How taxpayer money provides the research for Big Pharma
Public money and public universities boost Big Pharma’s profits, so shouldn’t the public be able to afford the drugs?
1.5 million volunteers plant 66 million trees in 12 hours, breaking Guinness World Record
The aim of the mass-planting event was to raise awareness for the nation’s “make India green again” plan.
“Biological annihilation”: The danger of opening Alaska’s ANWR to oil & gas drilling
The plan calls for the creation of landing strips, drill pads, pipeline supports, a seawater treatment plant, 175 miles of roads, and other infrastructure in Alaska’s north coast.
Cyberpunk nation
Is Elon Musk seeking to use Donald Trump and crew to create a twenty-first-century order based on digital authoritarianism and discrimination?
Restrictions on Syrian Refugees Driven by Fear, Xenophobia
Interview with Congressmember Keith Ellison (D-MN), the first Muslim member of Congress. “We’ve had 750,000 refugees come into this country since the year 2001. None of them – not one – has been engaged in terrorism,” Ellison says.
Through the looking glass
How can we recognize our friends in the mixed-up world of Donald Trump?
Science advisory boards see major cuts and controversial changes under Trump administration
“From what I have heard from members of the EPA who are still there, the idea the best thing is to keep your head down.”
How the sugar industry makes political friends and influences elections
A city commissioner race in Florida provides a window into how the sugar industry cultivates political allies, who help protect its interests.
Clues from history: Why Trump’s presidency is over
Many state governments over the years have reached exactly this point of racial toxicity – and crumbled.
The world’s four legacy empires going down
In a future full of signs that the four empires that have long dominated our world are all crumbling.