Software developers in Oakland are putting people over profit
How coders are working on creating community participation and democratic design.
EPA puts politics over science
This isn’t 1984. You can’t just throw scientific conclusions into the metaphorical memory hole.
Earthquake in Japan kills 55 people
The earthquake was categorized as the deadliest in the country since 2016.
Big Business Tax Breaks Crippling Chicago
For over 100 years the Chicago Mercantile Exchange has used the city's invaluable resources to make billions in profits while paying almost nothing in return.
$740 Billion Pentagon Bill receives all but six Democrat votes in Senate
“The United States government should be responding to the needs, to the desperation, of families in our country at this time.”
Erik Prince, the failson face of privatized war
If the face long associated with modern mercenaries were more successful at his business, we might already live in a much more dystopian world.
Same-sex marriage becomes legal in Costa Rica—first in Central America
"This change will cause a significant social and cultural transformation of the country."
Plastic-eating super enzyme could help solve the plastic waste crisis
“The faster we can make the enzymes, the quicker we can break down the plastic, and the more commercially viable it will be.”
The Ukraine war’s collateral damage
Is the health of an overheating world at stake?
Koch justice: Billionaires seek to expand influence over law enforcement and courts in 2018
The Kochs’ campaign to influence state attorneys general and state courts has largely flown under the radar.