It’s vitally important for media to get facts right in a life-or-death crisis
It’s so vital to provide accurate information, particularly about the outbreak’s growth, and especially when you are an outlet that officials and opinion-shapers are likely to look to for guidance when making decisions and recommendations about the drastic measures needed to halt the coronavirus.
Koch brothers to bribe GOP politicians to vote ‘no’ on health care bill
It seems the Koch brothers and their network are getting even bolder when it comes to showing their influence in politics.
Trump’s unprecedented attack on clean air and climate action
But there's good news too: the safeguards Trump wants to shred are on a strong legal footing and the public will have the chance to voice its objections as the Trump administration tries to roll them back.
Police Taser causes man to burst into flames
Although the officers were not wearing body cameras, Chief Darling confirmed that surveillance cameras recorded part of the incident.
How India’s farmers launched a movement against Modi’s farm bills—and won
For now, this victory is a direct blow to WTO, IMF, and World Bank policies, and to the BJP’s privatization agenda.
4 people every week were murdered while protecting the environment in 2016
The killings of land defenders are growing and spreading.
Court overturns murder conviction and prison sentences for Blackwater killers
“Their poor judgments resulted in the deaths of many innocent people.”
The American Empire: Murder Inc.
Investigative journalist Allan Nairn knows firsthand how the U.S. uses mass killing as a routine tool of foreign policy. The horrifying tactics of Islamic State, he says, are an imitation of what we have been doing and what we have been teaching our international proxies for generations.
Houston furniture store opens its doors to flood victims
McIngvale has done this before, including during floods last year and during Hurricane Katrina.
Extreme poverty cut in half? Only in the minds of the capitalists
The median wealth of the world's adults is $2,222, down from $3,248 at the end of 2007.









