Nearly 500 More U.S. Troops Sent to Iraq for Mosul Attack in Advance of...
“It seems a little unlikely that PM al-Abadi cares about U.S. electoral problems. He has his own reasons for wanting to roll up al-Qaeda in Iraq quickly. But his timetable could play into Hillary Clinton’s hands.”
Boris Johnson’s Brexit gambit
This past Tuesday, with a then deadline of October 31s for the United Kingdom to pull out of the European Union, deal or no...
It’s only a mid-term—however daunting the threat
The remedy to fascist excess/ Is activist, real-world progress.
China to ban single-use plastics
The Chinese government recently announced a sweeping anti-plastics campaign.
Right-wing indoctrination in charter schools at taxpayer expense
A “new breed” of charter schools is spreading conservative ideology and Christian nationalism.
Donald Trump is the fakest (and realest) news of all
After all—god save us—he might even find himself in the White House for a second term (if the coronavirus or Bernie Sanders doesn’t take him down first).
The year of the commando
U.S. special operations forces deploy to 138 nations, 70% of the world’s countries.
Dutch trains are world’s first to run on 100% wind power
The Dutch government is looking to ramp up the nation's share of renewable energy from 4 percent to 16 percent.
Much Ado About Nothing: The ODNI report on Russian “hacking” is short on proof
It’s respected voices like these that are missing from the current debate about Russia.
West Virginia teachers help vote out longtime foe of state’s unions
The teachers handed Republican state Sen. Robert Karnes his defeat as many participated in the GOP primary.