10 years ago, Connecticut got big money out of its elections. Now Democrats are...
The landmark public financing system is under threat.
‘A new and unanticipated danger of plastic pollution’: New study shows plastic’s effect on...
The study is the first of its kind to look at the impacts of plastic on this type of bacteria.
Yearly wrap: Handful of good, loads of bad, onslaughts of ugly
Thus, the ugliest consequence to wasting billions on Pentagon missiles rather than funding education—stupidity—is a greater threat even than climate change.
Why Big Brother Lies (And How He Gets Away with It)
Peter Van Buren did something no US diplomat is allowed to do. He told the truth and told it to the wrong people – us. Our government is not in the habit of telling us – the governed – what it's up to.
Trump administration’s solution to climate change: Ban the term
The effectiveness of this approach has previously been tested and has shown poor results.
More Americans than ever agree: climate change is a crisis and Trump needs to...
Nearly 80% of poll respondents stated that "yes, human activity is causing the climate to change."
Indigenous Peruvians protest mining pollution
In countries like Peru, extractive industries contract police to suppress Indigenous protesters and detain international observers — including me.
Accurate science reporting influences Americans’ climate change beliefs only briefly, study suggests
“What we found suggests that people need to hear the same accurate messages about climate change again and again. If they only hear it once, it recedes very quickly.”
Bringing workers’ rights into a Constitution? An innovative state ballot proposal could offer a...
A Nov. 8 referendum will give Illinois voters the opportunity to enact a “Workers’ Rights Amendment” to the state constitution.
GOP attack on Medicaid puts millions of Americans at risk of losing coverage
Republicans push Medicaid cuts that could leave millions without health coverage.