Monday, June 9, 2025

Tag: Defense Secretary Mark Esper

Secretary of Defense opposes invoking Insurrection Act, a rebuke to President...

"The option to use active-duty forces in a law enforcement role should only be used as a matter of last resort, and only in the most urgent and dire of situations—we are not in one of those situations now."

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Is there a crack in Western support for genocide? 

The shift in political rhetoric among Israel's traditional Western allies continues as it ratchets up its campaign to make life in Gaza so impossible for Palestinians that they will submit to ethnic cleansing.

New lawsuit claims Ziploc brand products misleading, increases risk of exposure to microplastics

Made from polyethylene and polypropylene, research shows that these materials release microplastics when microwaved and frozen "making them fundamentally unfit for microwave and freezer use."

The far right’s tipping point

Over the last decade, the world has suffered bouts of political whiplash as right-wing populists and their opponents have battled it out at the ballot box.

Algae vs. the sanitation crisis: How a rural South African town is cleaning wastewater...

A low-cost, climate-resilient solution using microalgae offers hope for clean water in underserved communities across Africa.