Parkland school shooter gets life in prison without parole
Jurors in the Fort Lauderdale courtroom "found that mitigating factors, such as disorders described by witnesses as stemming from his biological mother's substance abuse during pregnancy, outweighed aggravating factors," therefore, decided against the death penalty.
Economists ‘can’t understand’ why workers can’t get paid more in a ‘booming’ economy
Mystery of the underpaid American worker.
Peace for Ukraine courtesy of China?
Another step in Beijing’s rise to global power.
National Monuments open for business: Mining and drilling to begin on public lands
Today marks the "largest rollback of protections for public lands and waters in U.S. history."
States are doing a terrible job enforcing laws meant to protect farmed animals
Lack of law enforcement leads to needless suffering for sentient beings.
Single-use plastic production on the rise in 2021 despite environmental impact, new report finds
"We need a fundamentally different approach, that turns the tap off on new plastic production.”
We need to know how corporate Democrats made President Trump possible
Scrutinizing them now is vital not only for clarity about the past. It also makes possible a clear focus on ways to prevent further catastrophe.
Outrage as Biden Administration recommends major Alaska oil project
"The project is “drastically out of step with the Biden administration’s goals to slash climate pollution and transition to clean energy,” but that “it’s not too late for him to step up and pull the plug on this carbon bomb."
(Neo)Conned? The Trump administration’s dangerous mix of old and new
The current President seems ready to repeat the worst mistakes of the past while at the same time steering the United States in dangerous new directions.
Exxon scientists accurately predicted climate damage while company pushed misinformation
"Airtight evidence that Exxon Mobil accurately predicted global warming years before, then turned around and attacked the science underlying it."