Politics

Humans, fish and other animals are consuming microfibers in our food and water, Trump's pick for energy innovation is invested in Big Oil, and Susan Collins' challenger raises millions after vote for Kavanaugh.

Legislators in Washington and in state capitols would be wise to see these results as a bellwether for the nation.

Veteran Eric Gunlefinger wrote to Senator Sanders thanking him for his decision to vote 'NO' for sending troops to Iraq.

Tom Engelhardt discusses how our new hybrid system fits the Constitution, the classic tripartite separation of powers and the idea of democracy increasingly poorly. And warns recent college grads who are about to enter the “real world,” you're already in it.

Percolate-up economics works. Trickle-down does not.

Under U.S. trade agreements, corporations are suing developing country governments for sums that far outstrip the value of humanitarian aid.

The TPP is a massive trade and investment agreement that dwarfs, but does not replace, NAFTA in its scope.

Martin Winterkorn, VW’s disgraced CEO, was forced to resign after the auto maker's eco-friendly diesel cars actually polluted the air more than allowed by law. Finally, a CEO must pay the consequences for betraying consumers and the environment?

The best retort to an unqualified, unstable narcissist is dramatic contrast with a principled, grounded, selfless career professional like Sanders. Broadcast Trump's vanity worldview, glorifying his almighty cash nexus, against Sanders' steadfast life of public service -- in which honor and persistence reinforce moral intentions, fleshing in Bernie's idealistic pledges. The effective way to trump Trump is present a stable, moral choice opposite in every way to his surfeit of moneyed self-indulgence, life-long manias for fame, and incendiary fabrications.

Wildlife advocates are hoping to put wolves back under the Endangered Species Act while government attorneys are claiming wolves are resilient and will bounce back easily and do not need to be put under federal jurisdiction.