Air pollution from coal is much more harmful than previously thought. And siting power plants upwind of major population centers only made matters worse.
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George Santos is not only a colossal liar, he's also really bad at it. Oddly enough, it is that fact that that may finally rebound on him the most.
Recent state elections point in one clear direction. Abortion rights increasingly matter to voters. And most voters do not want laws severely restricting abortion and other kinds of reproductive health care.
The voting public hates the brinkmanship practiced by Congress. So why does Congress run right up to the edge of the cliff—and sometimes beyond it—for every funding resolution?
Even in cases where Democrats and Republicans agreed that headlines were inaccurate, Democrats were twice as likely as Republicans to want to remove the content, while Republicans were twice as likely to call removal censorship.
Hitler wrote that emotional antisemitism, expressed in episodic violence, would not have lasting effect. In contrast, he wrote, the “antisemitism of reason” would work through law to achieve an enduring solution to the “Jewish problem.”
In addition pay increases, the agreement will convert many temporary workers to full-time status, higher pay for temps, the right to go on strike over plant closures, and increases in retirement plans.
Although major social media platforms have community guidelines prohibiting incitement to violence and sharing of graphic content, those prohibitions are difficult to enforce.
Here are three of the most revealing elements of the ongoing speaker kerfuffle, and how political science can help people understand them.
It is important to understand the distinctions between patriotism and nationalism, especially since there has been intentional misuse and hijacking of both by the far right.
California’s new laws mean oil and gas companies like Chevron will likely have to account for emissions from vehicles that use their gasoline, and Apple will have to account for materials that go into iPhones.
Israel has one of the most capable and sophisticated intelligence enterprises. Yet some Israeli officials have said they believed Hamas lacked the capability to launch an attack on the scope and scale of what occurred.
Rupert Murdoch has been described as perhaps the most destructive immigrant ever to become an American citizen—a fact that is hard to overstate.
Tommy Tuberville—responsible for holding up about 300 military promotion confirmations—represents Alabama but lives and votes in Florida. Why is he still in the Senate?
Blaming the victims of hate and hate speech for that hate is a practice that is actually thousands of years old. Elon Musk has opened the power of "social" platform to once again amplify this insanity.
RICO, Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, charges can be brought against citizens who work for legitimate businesses but commit acts of bribery and corruption.