As Earth Chokes on Plastic Waste, Industry Expands Production
Reading Time: 19 minutes A new documentary depicts a global plastics crisis that is only getting worse.
A Firsthand View of Syria, Turkey, and the Middle East
Reading Time: 9 minutes A conversation with longtime Middle East correspondent Charles Glass.
Can the Editorial Cartoon Be Saved?
Reading Time: 20 minutes Cartoonist Ted Rall talks about the state of journalism, the death of irony, and the effort to save the once-powerful political cartoon.
Liberty: Hard to Achieve, Easy to Squander
Reading Time: 16 minutes A distinguished MIT economist looks at how today’s events line up with how liberty dies.
Watchdogs Challenge Surveillance in Berkeley
Reading Time: 16 minutes In a bastion of America’s progressivism, authorities are secretly spying on the public.
It Takes a Whistleblower to Know One
Reading Time: 14 minutes CIA whistleblower John Kiriakou weighs in on the Ukraine scandal.
Is This the End of the Republican Party?
Reading Time: 16 minutes The GOP has waged a losing battle against social modernity for decades. Next year Republicans will start paying for it, renowned pollster Stanley Greenberg predicts.
An Important Conversation With Climate Change Pioneer Bill McKibben
Reading Time: 13 minutes Big carbon and mass apathy are the existential double whammy, warns veteran climate campaigner Bill McKibben.
Are We All Cult Members Now?
Reading Time: 19 minutes One of the leading experts on cults gives a new perspective on today’s politics — and some of its frightening implications.
Detention Camps and Deadlock: US Immigration Policy Is in Disarray
Reading Time: 13 minutes Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) shares insights from his early visits to detention facilities and his legislative proposals to address the horrors he witnessed.