State of Emergency: Trump Creates Chaos to Grant Himself Extraordinary Powers
Donald Trump is declaring imaginary emergencies to amass more and more power. Occupying Washington, DC, is just the latest example.
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Failed UN Plastics Talks in Geneva Leave Few Options to Confront Crisis
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We Don’t Have to Anthropomorphize Animals to Care About Them
Assigning human qualities to animals is dangerous for them — and for us.
How the Meat Industry Uses Environmentalists to Make Beef Seem Climate-Friendly
Expert says nonprofit partners provide a “fairy dust” of legitimacy to beef industry.
Trump Goes After Wall Street Journal in Major Test of Press Freedom
Will the Journal and its parent company, Dow Jones, stand tall for journalistic integrity, as they have in the past?
JD Vance Undermines Trump’s Case for Burying the Epstein Files
What was meant to be a partisan attack from Vice President JD Vance will only make MAGA supporters want to see the Epstein files even more.
Without Facts on His Side, Trump Turns to Anecdotes to Justify Policies
With science, facts, and reality often not on their side, Donald Trump and his supporters turn to anecdotes to defend policies driven by sentiment rather than sense.
Donald Trump’s Tacky White House ‘Upgrades’ Embarrass the Nation
The president spends a lot of his time worrying about the tragic lack of gold ornaments on every surface in the White House.
Full Frontal Gerrymandering: Trump’s Roided Up Play to Hold the House
It seems we didn’t have enough chaos and blood on the national carpet.
When Democracy’s Operating System Crashes
When government systems collapse under complexity, democracy itself breaks down — fueling the populist frustration reshaping American politics today.
Giant Stick Insect Discovered in Rainforest May Be Australia’s Heaviest
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Oil and Gaslighting: How Trump and Corporations Manufacture ‘Pseudo-Realities’
Like MAGA, major fossil fuel polluters and their PR enablers evade accountability by spinning the world they want you to see.