By 2100, if current emissions trajectories hold, critical glaciers providing fresh water for 2 billion people in Asia could permanently lose 80 percent of their ice.
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After leaking the Pentagon Papers in 1971, Daniel Ellsberg expected to spend the rest of his life in prison, a fate he avoided because of the incompetence and abuse of power by Nixon staffers.
A new analysis by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) shows how megadonor Harlan Crow gave millions to right-wing dark money groups.
A Senate committee chaired by Bernie Sanders released a report revealing how Big Pharma is "ripping off" Americans with medical treatments that publicly funded experts helped create.
Fox News brought on a contributor with a history of downplaying the dangers of secondhand smoke and dismissing climate science to tell viewers that particulate matter is "innocuous."
The freshman Democratic congressman offered a concise political rebuke of his fellow Floridian—and fascism—during a rock concert Friday night.
By skillful manipulation of fear and hate, under the guise of super-patriotism, fascists erase civil liberties, treat women as breeders and claim that their supporters are the only people who count.
Documents reveal clear evidence that the chemical industry knew about the dangers of PFAS and failed to let the public, regulators, and even their own employees know the risks.
The DeSantis campaign is barely a week old and has already been caught in illegal campaign finance shenanigans.
Missouri Senator Josh Hawley, well known for supporting the Jan 6 insurrection and then sprinting for his life away from the rioters, has now published a book on manliness.
Poet Amanda Gorman provided a beautiful and promising vision for America, and Florida under DeSantis banned it. In running for President, he now offers this nightmare to the rest of the country.
The billionaires and large corporations backing "No Labels" are deeply invested in maintaining the status quo and opposing Democrats' agenda for working people.
Patriot Front Nazis paid an unannounced visit to the Capital, though surrounded by police. Joe Flood noticed there were no counter protestors. So he picked up the job by himself, quite effectively.
American families are paying far too much for prescription drugs, in large part due to Big Pharma's rampant corporate lawlessness.
J. D. Vance speaking with attendees at the 2021 Southwest Regional Conference hosted by Turning Point USA at the Arizona Biltmore in Phoenix, Arizona. Photo: Gage Skidmore, Wiki Commons
Despite the White House's lofty rhetoric, it is actively bolstering the military power of a majority of the world's authoritarian countries, from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to dozens of others.