Monsanto’s Roundup Harms Bees, Report Confirms
Roundup has recently been proven to annihilate bees — pollinators essential to food production. Add it to the list of practices that have been killing them for 70 years.
Kavanaugh and #MeToo Raise New Questions About Youth Drinking Culture
Fraternities, one of the earliest manifestations of male privilege, remain training grounds for drinking and sexual abuse in a changing era.
The Espionage Act Has Become an Abusive Censorship Tool
The Espionage Act was passed to deter spies who might pass on classified information to foreign governments. But lately it’s been used as a weapon against homegrown whistleblowers, whose intention was not espionage but exposing government waste, fraud, and abuse.
Deep Partisan, Racial Divides Reflected in Concerns Over Elections
New polling shows that Americans’ confidence in the integrity and efficacy of elections is badly shaken — but their reasons for being distrustful reveal the deep partisan divide that splits the country.
Time Is Running Out to Register to Vote
Today is National Voter Registration Day. Please make sure you are registered to vote in your county — your democracy depends on it.
Migration Expert Slams ‘Barbarity’ of Trump Policies
Global migration is a huge problem. In order for nations to deal with it effectively and humanely, its root causes and historical lineage must be understood.
Voter Suppression Is Government-Sponsored Racism
Voter suppression laws appear as wolves in sheeps’ clothing — cost-saving, preventing in-person voter fraud, securing elections. They’re never cast as what they really are — ugly manifestations of racism.
Mass. Gas Grid Blows Up, and Answers Are Elusive
A buildup of pressure is the accepted cause of horrific gas line explosions in three Boston suburbs last week, but officials remain uncertain of what created that danger in the first place.
Is America Now a Fascist Country?
A look at how a country filled with sexism, racism, nostalgia, and class division is ripe for fascist politics to take over via seemingly democratic means.
It’s Official: Minority Voters Face Constant Discrimination
A bipartisan federal government commission has weighed in on the state of minority voter discrimination. Its conclusions are not pretty.
Drunk With Power — Quotations and Context for the Trump Era
Power, corruption, deception — and why it works.