“This money belongs to the people of Afghanistan, not to the United States,” said an Afghan protest organizer in Kabul over the weekend. With the people...
“Climate change is here and now,” said Rep. Pramila Jayapal. “If a 1,200 year mega-drought isn’t enough to make people realize that, I don’t know what...
“A large across-the-board increase in interest rates is a cure worse than the disease,” says economist Joseph Stiglitz. “That might dampen inflation if it is taken...
The 2022 Winter Games in Beijing provide many benefits for China, and really don’t have any downsides for the country. For China’s leader, Xi Jinping, the...
The blizzard that buried Boston under nearly 2 feet of snow in January 2022 was historic, but not a surprise. Over a century of reliable weather...
The wealth-hoarding by ultrarich families would be equivalent to over four Build Back Better plans Over the next few decades, the richest American families could avoid paying...
One critic said the company’s explanation for the coming price hikes amounts to “word salad to hide corporate greed.”‘ Starbucks on Tuesday reported a 31% increase in...
Data-driven personalized ads are the lifeblood of the internet. To a growing number of lawmakers, they’re also nefarious Earlier this month, the European Union Parliament passed...
A new legal filing by New York’s attorney general this week accused former President Donald Trump’s company of misleading lenders about the financial health of its...
U.S. President Joe Biden said on Jan. 19, 2022, that he thinks Russia will invade Ukraine, and cautioned Russian president Vladimir Putin that he “will regret...
“The U.S. is actually expanding fossil fuel infrastructure,” the 18-year-old Swedish climate activist said in a new interview. In an interview published in The Washington Post Magazine on Monday, Swedish activist...
From ‘metaverse’ to ‘NFT’ – here’s a wrap-up of the key buzzwords that shaped 2021 in the tech industry. These subjects were the talk of the...
“Wall Street’s toxic fossil fuel investments threaten the future of our planet and the stability of our financial system and put all of us, especially our...
What are the institutions—public and civic—that could roll back this fast-approaching U.S.-style fascism with the snarling visage of serial criminal and constitutional violator, Donald J. Trump?...
Lots of talk about the future is right on cue, but the next phase may lurch in an unexpected direction Though always surrounded by haters and...
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A jury has found all three men charged in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery guilty of murder. Arbery was a 25- year old Black man killed...
“There is no longer any question: These companies knew and lied about their product’s role in the climate crisis, they continue to deceive, and they must...
CEO Mark Zuckerberg had repeatedly promised to stop recommending political groups to users to squelch the spread of misinformation Leaked internal Facebook documents show that a...
If we are failing to meet our commitments, it is because of a handful of the richest people on the planet refuse to pay their taxes....
Facebook insists that mainstream news sites perform the best on its platform. But by other measures, sensationalist, partisan content reigns In early November, Facebook published its...
“No,” said Sen Bernie Sanders. “Congress should not provide a $10 billion handout to Jeff Bezos for space exploration as part of the defense spending bill....