How the Plastics Industry Is Fighting to Keep Polluting the World
Pushes to “recycle” plastics are one element of a massive, industry-led effort to suppress meaningful efforts to reduce plastic waste.
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Marie Colvin Dedicated Her Extraordinary Life to Describing “What Really Happens in Wars”
“In Extremis” by Lindsey Hilsum is the new biography of war correspondent Marie Colvin, who was killed in 2012 while covering the Syrian war.
Why Won't Trump Condemn the Saudis? (Hint: It's Israel. Also, Iran)
The Trump administration's reluctance to speak out against Saudi crimes is all politics.
Journalists, Lawyers, and Activists Working on the Border Face Coordinated Harassment From U.S. and Mexican Authorities
The Intercept has uncovered a pattern of official harassment aimed at journalists covering migrant caravans in Mexico, as well as attorneys and activists.
Inside the Israeli Right’s Campaign to Silence an Anti-Occupation Group
Breaking the Silence is at the epicenter of a well-orchestrated, ongoing smear campaign by a host of right-wing groups, reporters, and senior politicians.
Yale Legacy Admission Brett Kavanaugh Is Now the Swing Vote on Affirmative Action at Universities
A decades-old policy is now facing a legal challenge from the same conservative movement that shaped the ideology of Yale graduate Brett Kavanaugh.
Amazon HQ2 Will Cost Taxpayers at Least $4.6 Billion, More Than Twice What the Company Claimed, New Study Shows
Amazon’s new headquarters will bring it at least $4.6 billion in state and local subsidies, according to an analysis by Good Jobs First.
A Group of Democrats Joined Republicans to Give Them Power in New York. On Election Day, New Yorkers Wiped Them Out.
All eight members of Andrew Cuomo's IDC faced primary challenges on Election Day in New York. Most were wiped out.
My Morehouse Brother Chinedu Okobi Died After Being Electrocuted by Police. Tasers Are Not “Less Lethal” Weapons.
Axon, the company formerly known as Taser, markets its electric shock guns as “less lethal,” but police keep killing people with these weapons.
Could Expanding Employee Ownership Be the Next Big Economic Policy?
Sens. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., have both pushed employee stock ownership plans, a potential tool to reduce income inequality.