Most of us know what the Ukrainian flag looks like now after a month of wall-to-wall coverage of Russia's onslaught against Ukraine.
A month ago the only ones who knew the name "Volodymyr Zelenskyy" were probably...
“I have seen many scientific reports in my time, but nothing like this."
This is what United Nations Secretary General António Guterres said after reading a new report from the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)...
It appears wealthy right-wing donors behind the anti-mask, anti-vaccine, anti-democracy, anti-intellectual, "COVID hoax" wing of the republican party have widened their franchise.
Touting a so-called "freedom convoy," Canadian truck drivers protesting a vaccine mandate have fanned...
Climate change is not typically something that energizes the so-called "Christian" right.
The single issue animating those who argue against women's right to their own reproductive health is abortion.
But the climate crisis and anti-choice activists' cries...
The "Conference of the Parties" (COP) 26 United Nations Climate Conference is to begin in Glasgow, Scotland next week.
But unlike previous climate conferences, this one comes with a “code red for humanity.”
Unless nations arrive with plans...
For the first time in United States history, someone sentenced to prison was prosecuted not by the US Justice Dept. (DOJ) but by an attorney working for a private corporation.
In the 1990s, human rights lawyer...
Democrats have a day to prove they are capable of delivering on President Joe Biden's campaign promise of "building back better."
If they fail, they risk a republican rout in next year's mid-term elections and possibly...
"What the hell are we doing here?"
That's the question Democratic California Congresswoman Maxine Waters exclaimed last week in response to images of U.S. Border Patrol agents on horseback whipping Haitian asylum seekers who have been...
What is the greatest threat to global public health?
Many will argue it's COVID-19.
That's a reasonable claim since, as of this writing, there are 41,645,545 total confirmed cases in the United States alone, and 666,806 Americans...
It was the end of period three, the last of three classes in a row before I had a break.
The teaching assistant assigned to some students in that class walked up to me at the...
President Joe Biden addressed the nation Monday about the events unfolding in Afghanistan.
https://twitter.com/CBSNews/status/1427365579145482246
No sooner did Taliban forces begin overrunning the beleaguered Middle Eastern country when critics both left and right of the political spectrum started...
It's bad.
Really bad.
Some phrases climate experts are using now are “record-shattering,” “out of time,” “unprecedented,” and even “irreversible.”
Several previously optimistic about our ability to mitigate the worst of the climate emergency are now becoming more...
"Bleak."
"Getting worse."
"Record-shattering."
"Out of time."
"Deadly."
These are the phrases being used lately to report on the climate emergency.
Here are some recent headlines:
Associated Press: "Heat wave grips US West amid fear of a new, hotter normal"
Yahoo:...
As Vt. Sen. Bernie Sanders has said many times, "Despair is not an option."
That's true.
The moment we succumb to despair, particularly pertaining to politics, is the moment the opposition wins.
With so many deep-pocketed special interests...
The clock is ticking.
There are four weeks left in the congressional calendar, which means when federal lawmakers return to Washington in September, it will be time to be gearing up for November elections.
While it's not...
Vt. Sen. Bernie Sanders said it best in his New York Times op-ed piece on Friday: "The U.S. must stop being an apologist for the Netanyahu government."
After more than a week of relentless Israeli bombardment...
In the 1930s, our 32nd president, Franklin D. Roosevelt, embarked on a bold initiative.
Lifting the nation from the Great Depression's doldrums required more than peace-meal policies that basically kept the system humming along as it...
When the world shut down last year for the coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic, something happened to the air.
It got cleaner.
According to Global Carbon Project researchers, carbon emissions dropped by 2.4 billion tonnes in 2020 due to reduced...
Texas is synonymous with the oft-cited American ethos of "rugged individualism".
But perhaps that obstinance has finally come at a dangerous and expensive cost.
As President Joe Biden on Saturday approved a major disaster declaration for Texas after...
We have been told time and again that private industry is the engine driving innovation and the economy.
While to an extent this is true, we must not forget corporations' number-one priority is to maximize profits.
If...
