Doomsday Clock Statement: 90 seconds to midnight 2023, A time of unprecedented danger
This year, the Science and Security Board of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moves the hands of the Doomsday Clock...
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Russia and West on verge of ‘real war’
The current situation in Ukraine demonstrates that the conflict between Russia and the West can no longer be defined as a “hybrid...
read more94% Of Forest-Based Carbon Offsets Certified By Leading Global Provider Are ‘Phantom Credits’
Are carbon offsets a useful tool on the road to net zero or simply another form of greenwashing?A new investigation from The...
read moreAlert: Biden says U.S. would defend Taiwan against Chinese invasion
Some observers say the remarks contradict a long-standing preference from U.S. administrations for ambiguity on the issue of...
read moreIt Didn’t Start With Trump: The Decades-Long Saga of How the GOP Went Crazy
Since the 1950s, the GOP has repeatedly mined fear, resentment, prejudice, and grievance and played to extremist forces so the party...
read moreIs Cold War Between the United States and China Inevitable?
A new biography of George Kennan, the father of containment, raises questions about whether the old Cold War—and the emerging...
read moreFukushima: Don’t dump on us
Pacific Islanders, marine scientists, urge Japan not to dump Fukushima radioactive water into ocean
read moreKing Advocated Disobeying Unjust Laws
Dr. King believed that society has a responsibility to disobey unjust laws. And right now in America, we have become the land of...
read moreChecking In With Joseph Stiglitz on the State of Inequality
The Nobel Prize-winning economist calls for a global tax on high earners at 70% and a 2-3% wealth tax on large fortunes to combat...
read moreBiden 2024 Decision Pits the Party’s Elites Against Most Democrats
Denial at the top of the Democratic Party about Joe Biden’s shaky footing for a re-election run in 2024 became more untenable over...
read moreThe Pentagon’s Version of the World Is Not the World
Now, the Department of Defense has delivered another massive intelligence failure, this time on China’s future threat to American...
read moreHow the Israeli Right-Wing Settler Movement Normalized IDF Drone Warfare in the Occupied West Bank, Gaza
Whether armed or not, drones function as a form of psychological terror for those living underneath them.
read moreThis Is Absurd. The Debt Ceiling Must Be Abolished
Given the hostage threats by Republicans, it is obvious that the U.S. should join the vast majority of rich countries around the...
read moreThree weeks and 39 mass shootings. This is America in 2023.
Communities from Goshen, California, to Baltimore, Maryland, are reeling while others brace for the possibility of such violence in...
read moreThe New York Times Is Orwell’s Ministry of Truth. “Newspeak, Double-Speak”
according to the esteemed editorial writers, this is not a U.S. proxy war. No, it is simply Russian aggression, supported by “the...
read moreDepleted Under Trump, a ‘Traumatized’ EPA Struggles With Its Mission
Despite an injection of funding, the agency still has not recovered from an exodus of scientists and policy experts, both insiders...
read moreEndangered foods: why our diet is narrower than ever – and the UK urgently needs to save these seven foods
What does it mean when a food or drink becomes “endangered”, when there are so few people producing it that it is on the brink of...
read more‘2022 Was Deadly’: Killings of Journalists Jumped by Nearly 50%
The deadliest year for media workers since 2018 was driven in large part by the war in Ukraine and a rise in killings in Latin...
read moreGentle policing: Social workers team up with Raleigh officers to successfully respond to over 1,000 calls
This type of community policing grew out of the calls to defund police. Instead, cities like Raleigh shifted funding for a kinder,...
read moreWarren Slams Republicans for Creating ‘Economic Chaos’ to Protect the Rich
“If this were really about the national debt, then there are plenty of places we could go to stitch up loopholes, like no more...
read morePronoun fines and jail time for librarians: Republicans target LGBTQ+ rights with new laws
Texas has filed the most anti-LGBTQ+ laws, a total of 36. Missouri has introduced or passed 26 bills, followed by North Dakota, and...
read moreRiotsville, U.S.A.: New documentary shows the bizarre beginnings of police militarization
How the director of an astonishing new documentary used old government footage to shed light on the present.
read moreWe Need Housing for People to Live In, Not for Corporations to Invest In
Unhoused people on our sidewalks, in shelters, in motels, in tents: this is our present and our future if we don’t see some...
read moreHarvard Changed Its Mind on Ken Roth—Not on Allowing Free Speech About Palestine
If even a highly respected establishment figure like Ken Roth can be targeted for speaking out against Israel’s abuse of Palestinian...
read moreThousands in the Peruvian Capital Demand the Resignation of the Military-backed Regime
In continuing the legacy of supporting military coups against progressive and socialist-oriented movements throughout Latin America,...
read moreShareholder Resolutions Push Big Banks to Phase Out Fossil Fuel Financing
“Any climate commitment from a bank that is still financing fossil fuel expansion is greenwashing, pure and simple,” said...
read moreDOJ Suit Against Google Heralded as Among ‘Most Important Antitrust Cases’ in US History
“Never before has a single private institution concentrated so much power and control over so many corners of our...
read moreRetired chief FBI official involved in Trump-Russia probe arrested for ties to Russia, stealing $225K
A retired chief Federal Bureau Investigation (FBI) official who reportedly worked on the Trump-Russia probe was arrested and charged...
read more‘Wall Street Loves Layoffs’: Rich Investors Demand More Carnage as Tech Slashes Jobs
One pro-worker coalition called Amazon’s recent job cuts “sacrificial symbols for Wall Street.”
read moreSinema Challenger Gallego Sets Arizona Fundraising Record With $1 Million 24-Hour Haul
“We’re running a grassroots campaign to take back this seat for hardworking Arizonans, and this fundraising record proves...
read moreCritics Rip ‘MAGA Extremists’ Over Plan to Hike Social Security Retirement Age to 70
“Medicare and Social Security are non-negotiable,” responded Democratic Rep. Mark Pocan. “Risking default or...
read moreAirline CEO Admits Ticket Scam Permitted By Buttigieg
United Airlines’ CEO said airlines are selling seats for flights they can’t staff — but Buttigieg hasn’t acted on state...
read moreModerna’s COVID Vaccine Price Hike Reveals Government’s Failure
The U.S. co-invented the mRNA vaccine. So why doesn’t it act like it?
read more160 Lawyers Push Biden to Take Cuba Off State Sponsors of Terrorism List
“Policy—and electoral—concerns appear to have always kept Cuba on the SSOT list, rather than actually meeting the...
read moreThe Police Killing of ‘Cop City’ Protester Tortuguita Terán is a Blow to Dissent
January 18, state troopers shot and killed Tortuguita Terán, who belonged to a contingent of climate activists occupying forest land...
read moreClassified documents discovered at Mike Pence’s Indiana home
A dozen documents with classified document markings were found in former Vice President Mike Pence’s Carmel, Indiana, home last...
read moreHouse Democrats seek IRS probe for ‘failures to conduct presidential audits’ in letter to government watchdog
Democrats in the House of Representatives are asking a government watchdog to probe the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for the...
read moreAlert: AARP And The AFL CIO Are Pushing Medicare Disadvantage
AARP And The AFL Are Now Partnering With Insurance Companies To Push Medicare Disadvantage — Euphemistically Called Medicare...
read more‘Sounds Like a Plan’: Biden Given Roadmap for 100% Clean Energy by 2035
“This new report not only shows that President Biden’s climate goals for the power sector are achievable—but it is...
read moreFive truths about the pending debt-ceiling fight that the mainstream media doesn’t want you to know
“Both-sides”ism is rampant. And it’s seriously misleading the public.
read moreWhy Oligarchs Don’t Just Want to Be Rich, But Kill Democracy Too
An extraordinary investigative report from documented.net tells how morbidly rich families, their companies, and their personal...
read moreUkraine update: Western nations are still playing games, Ukraine is still paying the price
Increasing indications that even if Germany doesn’t send Leopards of its own, the “Leopard alliance” of Estonia, Finland, Lithuania,...
read moreMeta makes ‘balanced’ decision on Ukrainian neo-Nazi regiment
Content about the notorious Azov will be freely posted on Facebook and Instagram again, a Ukrainian minister says...
read moreTo prevent the next Ukraine, we need clarity about the role of nuclear weapons
No, we can’t snap our fingers and make Russia’s nuclear weapons disappear, and Putin is not about to get rid of his trump card. But...
read moreThe MAGA Threat Is Greater Today Than It Was in 2020
McCarthy got his gavel, but MAGA pulls his strings. The GOP is comfy with armed fascists, SCOTUS is rolling back the 20th century....
read moreDoes the Democratic Base Think Biden Is the Best Choice for 2024? Let’s Ask Them
The president doesn’t want to ask the question of loyal Democratic voters because he probably wouldn’t like the answer....
read moreThe Whole of Europe Turned Into a Battlefield
the U.S. and NATO are enhancing the deployment of their forces in Europe, increasingly close to Russia. In Romania, NATO deployed...
read moreUS Expands Training of Taiwanese Military with National Guard
The US has expanded its training of the Taiwanese military to include a program involving the US National Guard, Nikkei Asia reported...
read moreHow Elon Musk Is Aiding The US’ Regime Change Operation In Iran3
Elon Musk has announced that he is helping to smuggle hundreds of Starlink satellite communications devices into Iran. The South...
read moreManchin-Romney Attack on Social Security Is ‘Last Thing We Need’: Sanders
The Vermont Independent called for expanding popular federal programs rather than allowing a bipartisan commission to propose...
read moreThe Science (and Business) Behind COVID-19 Disinformation
Covid-19 disinformation is coordinated, effective, lucrative, and costs lives. This is true during the pandemic and it will be true...
read moreReport: Mothers in states with abortion bans nearly 3 times more likely to die
The U.S. has the highest maternal mortality rate among developed nations, and government officials and health experts are concerned...
read moreAs Police Violence Reaches All-Time Highs, Are We Ready to Shrink Police Budgets?
Instead of city governments embracing the life-affirming idea of diverting money away from murderous police, media pundits and...
read moreAlert: Analysis Shows Corporate Prosecutions Hit Record Low in 2022 Under Biden
“The decision to criminally charge a business in contrast to an individual for engaging in white-collar criminal activity is...
read morePublic defenders slam Newsom for slashing budget, prioritizing prosecution
Newsom’s proposed budget cuts $50 million from an established resentencing program, which public defenders say will keep people...
read moreHow Billionaires Shape The News They Own
Citizen Bezos’ latest visit to the Washington Post newsroom explains why independent media is so necessary.
read more3M to Stop Producing PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ by End of 2025
3M Co., confronting regulatory pressure and lawsuits that threaten billions of dollars in damages, will stop making so-called forever...
read more‘Cancel This Failed Experiment’: Physicians Tell Biden HHS to End Medicare Privatization Pilot
The program “presents a threat to the integrity of traditional Medicare, and an opportunity for corporations to take money from...
read moreWomen’s March Holds Nationwide Rallies on 50th Anniversary of Roe
The annual march, which was started in 2017 as a reaction to the election of President Donald J. Trump, this year focused on abortion...
read moreIf America Had Fair Laws, 60 Million Workers Would Join a Union Tomorrow
According to the latest data, the ranks of unionized workers grew by 200,000 between 2021 and 2022. If the United States’...
read more‘Night is descending on Israel’: Over 100,000 rally in Tel Aviv; largest protest yet
Demonstrators come out in force to oppose overhaul of judicial system; rallies also held in Jerusalem, Haifa, Beersheba and other...
read moreFree Julian Assange: Noam Chomsky, Dan Ellsberg & Jeremy Corbyn Lead Call at Belmarsh Tribunal
Former British Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg, famed linguist and dissident Noam Chomsky...
read moreAlert: 42 States Ban or Challenge Critical Race Theory
EducationWeek has documented that:“42 states have introduced bills or taken other steps that would restrict teaching critical race...
read moreWhite House Takes Executive Action To Help Protect Medication Abortion
The memorandum directs the Health and Human Services secretary, in consultation with the attorney general and the Homeland Security...
read more‘Fox News in Spanish’: The new right-wing media outlet courting Latino voters
English-only initiatives have been common among MAGA Republicans. But a new right-wing media outlet, Americano Media, is using...
read moreJudge criticizes Ron DeSantis’ firing of Democratic prosecutor but declines to reinstate Andrew Warren
US District Judge Robert Hinkle said in his opinion Friday that DeSantis’ suspension of Andrew Warren, the ousted state attorney for...
read moreSenate Democrats Finally Control Committee Majorities. What Now?
Here are nine practical and urgent suggestions.
read more‘Good News for Bees’ as Top EU Court Closes Pesticide Loophole
“Derogations with neonicotinoid-treated seeds are now definitely banned,” said one advocate. “This ruling is...
read moreAn unlikely alliance: could US far right and progressives agree on defense cuts?
Progressives and ‘America first’ Republicans in Congress both want to re-examine US military budget — but for vastly different...
read moreU.S. government cracks down on scammy organic labels
The government has new rules to determine what’s really organic and what’s a sham. The term “organic” has...
read more7 Cop City protestors charged with domestic terrorism after Atlanta police shoot and kill one
Investigators on Thursday released the identity of the person who was shot and killed by law enforcement officers who were trying to...
read moreThe Role Of The Brazilian Military In The Coup Attempt
Members Of The Military Are Being Investigated As Part Of The Investigation Into The January 8 Invasion By Bolsonaristas In Brasilia....
read moreLegal expert calls for new Brett Kavanaugh investigation amid explosive documentary allegations
“The documentary alleges that the FBI failed to reach out to 4500 people who sent in tips prior to Kavanaugh’s...
read moreMcCarthy Fills Oversight Panel With Conspiracy Kooks, Bigots And Election Deniers
House Republicans have reportedly selected four of their most extreme members to serve on the Committee on Oversight and...
read moreFDA proposes switching to annual coronavirus vaccine, mimicking flu model
The proposed change is designed to reduce the complexity of the vaccine regimen for the public, doctors and manufacturers....
read moreWhat the ‘Weaponization’ Committee Is Really After
Beyond the political risk for Biden and his legacy, there is a larger danger for the country—specifically the Judiciary...
read moreNPR uncovered secret execution tapes from Virginia. More remain hidden
Four tapes mysteriously donated to a library reveal uncertainty behind the scenes of the death chamber — and indicate the prison...
read moreAlert: The #NoFly list is a #MuslimBan list – Papers, Please!
Swiss hacker maia arson crimew has found versions of the Transportation Security Administration’s “No-Fly” and “Selectee” lists...
read moreAsylum For Sale, Profit And Protest In The Migration Industry
On the heels of last week’s North America Trilateral Summit, from which not much changed within the migratory system, today’s episode...
read moreCanada settles residential schools lawsuit for $2.8bn
Canada has agreed to pay C$2.8bn ($2.9bn; £1.68bn) to settle a class-action lawsuit seeking compensation for the loss of language and...
read moreFentanyl Test Strips Save Lives, Yet Most States Ban Them As “Drug Paraphernalia”
States should emulate Alaska and repeal their drug paraphernalia laws, but at a minimum, state lawmakers should make it legal for...
read moreMeet the gay imam changing attitudes from within
An Islamic scholar who broke taboos when he came out is empowering gay Muslims around the world. Hate he was prepared for, but the...
read moreIran’s Unrest Triggers Explosion Of Fake News
Some Of The Most Incendiary Accusations Made Against Iran’s Government By Corporate Media, Celebrity Influencers And Western Leaders...
read moreWatch the 2023 Doomsday Clock announcement
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists will host a live virtual news conference at 10:00 a.m. ET on Tuesday, January 24, 2023, to...
read moreTop Russia official warns West about ‘global catastrophe’ over weapons to Ukraine
The chairman of Russia’s lower house invoked the use of nuclear weapons in a social media post.
read moreAlert: U.S. to send hundreds of armored vehicles, rockets to Ukraine
The United States said on Thursday it would send hundreds of armored vehicles plus rockets and artillery shells to Ukraine as part of...
read moreJeffrey Sachs: The War in Ukraine and the Missing Context & Perspective
In this episode of The Source, we talk with world-renowned economist and best-selling author Jeffrey Sachs about the war in Ukraine....
read moreThe GOP Speaker Battle May Have Been a Dry Run for the Next January 6th
Liberals and the left enjoyed the schadenfreude experienced from watching the Republican Party battle with itself since January 3,...
read moreBook of the Dead: The Species Declared Extinct in 2022
This year we bid farewell to two lost frogs, the Chinese paddlefish, a plant from New Hampshire, and many others.
read moreGovernment Shutdown 2023: Will Your Social Security Payments Stop Now That the Debt Ceiling Has Been Reached?
The U.S. reached its debt ceiling on Jan. 19 the Treasury Department announced on Thursday, Jan. 19. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen...
read moreMeet the UK nuclear commanders who now work to ban the bomb
Both commanders have been supporting efforts to abolish nuclear weapons since leaving the UK’s Royal navy.
read moreAs U.S. Hits Debt Ceiling, Millionaires Tell Davos Leaders: Raise Our Taxes
Abigail Disney ripped the World Economic Forum as a “farce” and demanded participants address “only thing that can...
read moreThis is an era of plentiful, cheap, renewable energy, but the fossil fuel dinosaurs can’t admit it
For a couple of days this month, wind power supplied over half the UK’s electricity. You wouldn’t know it from our bills — or...
read moreFrance: Over Two Million March, Strike Against Pension Cuts
French President Emmanuel Macron’s retirement and pension cuts sparked more than 200 mass demonstrations and strikes across France on...
read moreHow police and politicians undermine civilian oversight of law enforcement
Civilian oversight is undermined by politicians and police, who say citizens are ill-equipped to judge officers.
read moreBiden’s NSA confronts Netanyahu over his controversial plan to crush judicial oversight
It is the first time that a senior Biden administration official has discussed the issue directly with Netanyahu.
read morePoll indicates big change in American attitude to Ukraine aid
33% believe the US is “doing too much” to help Kiev, a Quinnipiac survey has found
read moreHow the Israeli Right-Wing Settler Movement Normalized IDF Drone Warfare in the Occupied West Bank, Gaza
The settler movement has long pushed military strategy to extremes. Now, it’s in government.
read moreNetanyahu’s Claim of Jewish Exclusivity in Palestine Must be Challenged
Knowing full well that Israel has America’s backing, and that western capitals are far too scared to call him out, Netanyahu made the...
read moreWhy the Dobbs leak report will ‘likely add to public distrust’ of the Supreme Court: judicial analyst
It also suggests certain boundaries on who was investigated, referring only to employee scrutiny. There was no mention of possible...
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