National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine reports on space nuclear propulsion
National Academies report urges nuclear-powered rockets for trips to Mars and lays out "synergies" in space nuclear activities between NASA and the U.S. military.
Taxing the rich is key to challenging the far-right
There are many things that need to change in this world. But one thing is clear: anyone who claims to oppose the rise of the far right must, at the very least, support higher taxes on extreme wealth.
Entitlements Are Bankrupting America. But the Rich Keep Taking Them.
With extreme inequality plaguing the U.S., the rich continue to bankrupt the middle and lower classes. They have a feeling of entitlement from our nation's many years of productivity. We have to stop ignoring the real problem.
Why reward bad corporate behavior with more tax breaks?
"Why are you even considering giving more tax breaks to corporate giants?"
Texas Republicans push Trump-backed map to entrench power and silence voters of color
A rare mid-decade gerrymander in Texas, championed by Donald Trump, sparks lawsuits, protests, and warnings of a nationwide redistricting arms race.
Identified Paris Attackers Were Not Refugees
Contrary to previous reports, all identified terrorists involved in the Paris attacks last week were European nationals. Does this affect the outlook on Syrian refugees resettling in foreign countries?
Blockbuster exposé confirms H.G. Wells’ truism that “human history” is “a race between education and catastrophe.”
Gayle Greene’s “Immeasurable Outcomes” presents an impassioned manifesto to revive quality, democratic education that redeems college teaching and re-seeds enlightened, disaster-averting voters.
When do the ‘primal, profit-driven forces of nature’—racked with buyer’s remorse—dethrone or defang MAGA...
If you credit mass buyers’ remorse by hoodwinked MAGA voters, that goes double for flabbergasted tycoons once open to disruption (and donor payoffs) but now bullied by the allegedly pro-business browbeater.
If hell had a budget: The GOP breaks the ten commandments
This budget seemed strikingly in sync with the hellish weather gripping Washington.
President Biden issues executive order pardoning federal offenses of simple marijuana possession
The executive order will "pardon more than 6,500 individuals convicted of the offense and thousands more through pardons under Washington D.C. law."