Thursday, July 16, 2026

To help prevent the next ‘Tiger King’, House passes Big Cat Public Safety Act

A fine of up to $20,000 and a prison sentence of up to five years is waiting for those who violate the law.

“This is about today”: One climate crisis happens every week

“We need to look at the risks of not investing in resilience.”

Solving our financial problems

Does the U.S. have enough assets to solve some of its financial problems?

Child refugees hit record in Latin America, Caribbean as climate crisis, poverty grip region

"The unprecedented scale of the child migration crisis in Latin America and the Caribbean urgently requires a stronger humanitarian response as well as the expansion of safe and regular migration pathways for children and families," said one international advocate.

Locals and tribes march together to oppose construction of natural gas plant

The construction of the Puget Sound Energy facility is already underway in Washington state, and it has locals worried about the health and safety of their community.

The perilous shift in US weapons sales to Taiwan

It raises the question; Is Beijing taking notice?

Six lessons the remorseless siege against procreative rights can teach the left

Secular democracy, as in majority rule, is just as threatened by religious fanaticism as it is by looming dictatorship.

‘Totally unacceptable’: US rejecting 90% of Afghans seeking asylum under humanitarian program

"We don't feel safe," lamented one Afghan asylum-seeker whose brothers translated for U.S. invasion forces. "We don't know what will happen in an hour. We don't know what will happen tomorrow."

Documents reveal a web of financial ties between Trump officials and the industries they...

ProPublica is releasing a trove of disclosure records that detail the finances of more than 1,500 Trump appointees, including former lobbyists, industry executives and at least a dozen officials who declined to identify former clients.

Imagine a world where CEOs get paid $3 million a year

Being a well-paid CEO means something very different today than it did fifty years ago.