It is not hyperbole to say that the world’s richest man has now illegally seized control of America’s checkbook and the entire federal workforce.
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Environmental Threats, Lack of Water, Poor Job Opportunities and Declining Social Benefits Produce Massive Protests in Southern Iraq
Organizers threatened that if their demands for water, basic services, and jobs are not met, the demonstrations will continue and grow.
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Lawmakers, Lobbyists and the Administration Join Forces to Overhaul the Endangered Species Act
In the past two weeks, more than two dozen pieces of legislation, policy initiatives and amendments designed to weaken the law have been either introduced or voted on in Congress.
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Detention Operators Face Suits Over $1-a-Day Work Programs for Migrants
Private prison companies are accused of breaking laws by paying migrants $1 a day. Geo Group and CoreCivic say the work is voluntary.
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In Trump, Brexit and the Transatlantic Game of Chicken, Public Is Divided
"There is no longer a significant majority in parliament in favor of any Brexit outcome. And in this case, public opinion seems to reflect parliamentary opinion: the public is divided, too.”
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Whataboutism, Part I: Trump's Rhetorical Technique To Subvert Political Discourse
To understand Donald Trump's rhetorical success, we must recognize his mastery of Whataboutism – employing the brutality of a personal attack to divert attention from any argument.
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Occupy ICE Activists Attract Rival Counter-Protesters Armed with Guns
As Occupy ICE camps continue to spread across the US, some activists have warned that they have been subjected to intimidation by armed, Trump-supporting counter-protesters.
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Baltimore Sues 26 Fossil Fuels Companies Over Climate Change
The city’s waterfront revitalization has become a model for urban development, but sea level rise and extreme weather are putting its future at risk.
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Rebel Cities 9: Iceland's Slow-Burning Digital Democratic Revolution
Icelanders to their credit have twice peacefully ousted governments, they are world leaders in transparency laws and digital freedom, and they decided not to bail out its failed banks.
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2018 update: More evidence that half of Americans are in or near poverty
By any rational definition of poverty, half of our country's households are dealing with it.
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American Exceptionalism Is a Dangerous Myth
Instead of disrespecting the achievements of other countries, the U.S. needs to learn from them.
