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A Harris arms deal is a more progressive arms deal.
The United States doesn’t have an ethical leg to stand on when it comes to cluster munitions.
Can tasers and electric pulse technology replace the need for traditional guns?
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.
Exploring the complexities of US military engagements in Iraq and Syria, from destroying ISIS to the challenges posed by Iran and Israel.
When the USSR collapsed during my teenage years, I hated Gorbachev for defaming my country’s history. For his 90th birthday, I remember how I grew to love him.
In Canada, 2000 scientists, and decades of research were dumped. In this comprehensive, alarming essay, Peter Dale Scott warns that, unopposed, the Koch brothers, who are heavily invested in the Albertan tar sands, could do the same thing to science in America.
How the war on reality threatens democracy. From January 6 to COVID-19, if truth becomes malleable we lose America’s ability to function coherently.
With Donald Trump taking office in two weeks and Congress controlled by a GOP majority with a record of dismissing science, this alarming essay from Peter Dale Scott on the War on Science is more important now than ever before.
The reelection of Barack Obama will ensure 16 full years of George W. Bush’s national security policies, adding more noxious infringements on American civil liberties by the year.
If you are repelled by the aggressive commercialism of the season, and bored with the ritual giving of the usual mass-produced items from predatory corporations—then keep reading! We have some ideas for unusual gifts that could not only give enormous pleasure but could, in some instances, change lives.