Cold-War-Style Propaganda Posing as News at the New York Times
The Times has written a lot of verbiage about the controversial Keystone XL pipeline along with being a shameless promoter of war. Have we reached a nadir in journalism here in the U.S.?
The last time there was this much carbon dioxide in the air, giant armadillos...
New scientific estimates show that the last time there was this much carbon dioxide in the earth’s atmosphere may have been during the Pliocene era, some 4.5 million years ago.
John McCain: Obama Is ‘Directly Responsible’ for Orlando Shooting
He didn't mention guns. Then he tried to backtrack his statements.
Why there is a growing student absentee rate—and how community schools can fix it
Experts call for cultivating better student relationships and providing families with more supports—exactly what the community schools approach is all about.
Video shows Florida cop pushing teen off roof
“Massiah's decision to push the suspect off the roof could have resulted in significant injury.”
What happens when the internet tries to silence white supremacy
Two huge white nationalist sites were recently kicked off the web. But prohibiting hate groups could fuel paranoia – and more violence.
‘They’re ripping us off’: BP profits could pay energy bills of 9.4 million UK...
"Big fossil fuel firms making eyewatering profits is a slap in the face for the millions of citizens struggling to heat their homes."
Boycott, Divest and Sanction Corporations that Feed on Prisons
Mass incarceration has turned into a huge revenue stream for corporations as the for-profit prison industry is worth about $70 billion. Attempts to reform the industry are useless at a political level. So how can we fix it?
Key Assange witness recants—with zero corporate media coverage
Sigurdur Ingi Thordarson admitted that his entire testimony is false, a revelation that could be the death knell for U.S. attempts to prosecute the Wikileaks founder.
Prolonged uprising is the new normal
I believe that COVID-19 set the stage for what we are seeing now. Like Arundhati Roy said, the pandemic was a “portal” for the new normal.