Sunday, December 22, 2024

Peru’s newest national park safeguards 2 million acres of Amazon Rainforest

The designation is intended to conserve the region's precious biodiversity and protect the sacred lands of the indigenous communities that live around Yaguas.

Half of Puerto Rico still in darkness, with no light in sight

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently estimated complete power restoration by May, leaving 45 percent of the island’s 1.5 million electricity customers in the dark.

Establishment Democrats lack the will to fight the GOP tax plan. It’s time for...

To fend off the Republicans’ one-sided class war, we must break the corporate hold on the Democratic Party.

The U.S. is stockpiling nuclear arms, and the cost is astonishing

We're spending $1.2 trillion on weapons that invariably make the world a more dangerous place.

Trump’s ‘hold’ on elephant trophies may not be enough

We should be helping advance the significant global momentum to ban domestic ivory markets, not getting in the way by allowing more trophy imports that feed ivory demand.

Inequality out of control: The average 1% household made over $2.5 million in the...

With inequality ripping us apart, and with few of our national leaders willing or able to confront the problem, we may never again be an equitable and functional society.

Trump Jr admits corresponding with Wikileaks during campaign

Trump officials have repeatedly denied colluding with Wikileaks and the Russian government, but evidence to the contrary continues to surface.

An acid test for the self-righteous right

The fate of a suspected pedophile Senate nominee is now an acid test of Republican morality.

Drilling, drilling, everywhere…

Will the Trump administration take down the Arctic Refuge?