Might Oppenheimer's idea of a world republic have provided humanity with the tools to get a grip on perils like the climate emergency, runaway artificial intelligence, and new weapons of mass extermination?
Common Dreams
Not only a staunch Trump supporter and election denier, new Speaker Mike Johnson is in lock step with the rest of the Republican Party in targeting Medicare and Social Security for major cuts.
Scientists are turning to nonviolent climate protest, including civil disobedience, to demand that governments take bold action to snuff out the use of oil, gas, and coal.
In their blind loyalty to their mega-donors, Republicans' fixation on giant tax cuts for billionaires has created a revenue problem.
Pfizer is treating Paxlovid like a Prada handbag; a luxury for the few rather than a treatment for the many.
A behind-the-scenes pressure campaign to shore up support for Jim Jordan as Speaker, which included anonymous threats to at least one member of Congress, appears to have backfired.
Beyond Canada's legendary reputation for politeness, the contrast between the workings of their Parliament and our Congress could not be more striking.
When the government loaned automakers more than $81 billion as a bailout, they turned to Wall Street to gain more financial expertise. Thus the financial foxes were hired to overhaul the hen house.
Justice Thomas' billionaire benefactor Harlan Crow has a vested interest in weakening rent control laws across the country to buttress his real estate empire's profits.
The impeachment drive, led by an inexhaustibly inept James Comer, follows eight-months of claims of a "mountain of evidence" of Joe's and Hunter's crimes presents witnesses with no knowledge of anything.
In denying the injunction, the judge said plaintiff the US Chamber of Commerce, representing Big Pharma interests, "demonstrated neither a strong likelihood of success nor irreparable harm."
When one reads Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, it is glaringly obvious that Trump is not eligible to hold any office. Michigan voters have now joined two other states in filing suit to block his presence on the ballot.
A new report sheds light on the perceptions of parents regarding Republican attacks on public libraries and the current issues they face.
The judge wrote that the Trump Organization's deceptive business practices were something out of "a fantasy world, not the real world."
Many complained when John Fetterman showed up for work in the Senate dressed in shorts and a hoodie. Yet he is the only Senator so far to call for the resignation of the indicted Bob Menendez.
As the original shapers of right-wing media fade into history, Charlie Kirk seemingly hopes to raise his own profile in the conservative movement by leaning into increasingly hardcore far-right positions.