Biden administration launches the American Climate Corps
According to the White House, in its first year, the American Climate Corps will put more than 20,000 young people on career pathways in the fields of clean energy, conservation and climate resilience.
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau director announces resignation
Richard Cordray has become the latest high-ranking U.S. official to step aside in frustration with the Trump administration.
Pelosi suggests FBI investigation into cease-fire advocates amid Gaza conflict
Pelosi's call for an FBI investigation into cease-fire advocacy has highlighted the complexities of navigating domestic civil liberties against the backdrop of international conflict.
Strange attractors
On being addicted to Trump and his press conferences...
You pay your fair share. Shouldn’t Wall Street?
While you and I file our taxes, Republicans want to make it even easier for big banks to dodge them.
Senators urge President Trump to cease reigniting nuclear arms race
“Your administration’s efforts to double down on new, unnecessary nuclear weapons while scrapping mutually beneficial treaties risks the United States sliding into another arms race with Russia and erodes U.S. nonproliferation efforts around the world.”
Social Security official: Married working mothers hurt society, condoms rob women of “remarkable chemicals”...
Robert W. Patterson also suggested that homosexuality is a mental disorder and sexual orientation can be forcibly changed.
'Circus of Hypocrisy:' Jeremy Scahill on How World Leaders at Paris March Oppose Press...
An estimated 3.7 million people rallied across France Sunday in response to the Charlie Hebdo shootings and ensuing attacks that left 17 people dead. It was the largest demonstration in French history.
Governor Apologizes to Indian Government for Brutal Police Assault
In a formal announcement this week, Governor Robert Bentley of Alabama apologized to the government of India after a brutal assault by an officer left a 57-year-old Indian man visiting America partially paralyzed. Bentley said "justice would be served."
Trump escalates economic attack on Cuba, banning Americans from educational, cultural trips
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin claimed the ban is in retaliation for Cuba “providing a communist foothold in the region and propping up U.S. adversaries in places like Venezuela and Nicaragua.”








