Sunday, May 5, 2024

Chomsky: Why Trump is pushing the doomsday clock to the brink of midnight

Noam Chomsky discussed Trump, Russia, history and the future at the University of Arizona.

Climate migrants might reach one billion by 2050

“Unless we change the way we manage our land, in the next 30 years we may leave a billion or more vulnerable poor people with little choice but to fight or flee.”

New study shows fracking harms kids’ brains

This is the first study to focus on the UOG industry's effects on infants and children, particularly those that live near fracking sites.

A time of reckoning for monuments to racism and genocide

With so many ongoing crises arguments about history may seem esoteric, but only by honestly redressing the sins of the past can we find ways to make a better future. Toppling monuments is just a start.

Jeff Sessions sets back the clock

How low can he go? And how far back can this Attorney General take us?

‘Black Sludge’ Pours Out Of Texas Town’s Faucets Days After FBI Arrests Nearly Every...

The problem is summed up in just a few words: "There's not really anyone in charge."

Ex-cop pleads guilty after shooting unarmed man in back

If convicted, Slager faces a maximum sentence of life in prison for violating Scott’s civil rights under color of law.

No charges filed against NYPD officer who killed Eric Garner on video

Justice Department officials announced Tuesday that no federal charges would be filed against suspended NYPD Officer Daniel Pantaleo for directly causing the death of Eric Garner in 2014. Despite the fact that Officer Pantaleo was recorded...

‘Wild and timely’ report details infiltration of far-right militias and white supremacist groups in...

"An especially harmful form of bias, which remains entrenched within law enforcement: explicit racism."
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Judge denies bail to alleged NSA leaker Reality Winner, citing her admiration for Snowden...

Federal Judge Brian Epps of Augusta, Georgia, said his decision to deny bail was based in part on comments by Winner that she “admires Edward Snowden and Julian Assange.”