Tag: 2017
2017 was the hottest year on record for oceans
"Plastic is one of the biggest threats in the ocean at the moment, I would say, apart from climate change,"
Farewell 2017, year of anxiety
There was anxiety in the air throughout much of the world in 2017—here's what you should know going into 2018.
10 good things about a TERRIBLE year
As we head into the new year, let’s keep ourselves inspired by the hard work of folks at home and abroad who gave us something to cheer about for 2017.
America’s major challenges in Middle East policy in 2017
Trump’s announced Iran policy is a mess, and it remains to be seen if he can shape it into something meaningful.
A New Year’s development resolution
As 2016 comes to an end, so should the old modes of economic thinking that have produced so much economic hardship and fueled so much tumult.
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“Moderates” Support Extreme Injustice
The label goes to candidates who back endless war and block Medicare for All, while a CNN poll now finds a third of Democrats calling themselves socialists. Scolding them as interlopers plays well with donors and nowhere else.
On September 2, federal layoff appeals move from the Merit Systems Protection Board to...
Ninety-nine percent of the 1,252 public comments opposed the change, and employees will no longer be able to take a final decision to federal court.
The baddest, bloodlust bullies having a very bad year
How goonish egotism backfires, Befouled by self-inflicted quagmires!
Three-quarters of Americans would oppose a data center near their home, new polling finds
Opposition has swung 33 points in a year as utility bills climb, and more than 530 counties and towns have restricted or banned the facilities.
Appeals court upholds order limiting ICE arrests at Quaker, Sikh and Baptist houses of...
The Justice Department never argued a compelling government interest before the district court, and the Fourth Circuit held that defense waived.