Bad Chemistry
Chemours Is Using the U.S. as an Unregulated Dump for Europe’s Toxic GenX Waste
GenX was introduced in 2009 by DuPont to replace PFOA, but it presents many of the same health and environmental problems and causes cancer in lab animals.
World
U.S. Court Finds Syria Responsible for Killing American Journalist Marie Colvin
The decision marks the first time in the Syrian conflict that a court has declared Assad government forces responsible for deliberately attacking civilians.
Elliott Abrams, Trump's Pick to Bring “Democracy” to Venezuela, Has Spent His Life Crushing Democracy
The choice of Abrams sends a clear message: The Trump administration intends to brutalize Venezuela, while proclaiming our love for human rights.
Israeli Campaign Ad Stars Former Soldier Lauded for Executing Palestinian Suspect
An ally of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been endorsed by Elor Azaria, a former soldier who publicly executed a Palestinian suspect in 2016.
Congress Is Pushing Sanctions Against Supporters of Syria's Bashar al-Assad
The Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act passed the House on Tuesday and remains pending in the Senate.
Voices
Video: The Dramatic Scandal Swallowing the Bolsonaro Presidency Just Drove an LGBT Congressman to Flee Brazil
Kickbacks, money laundering, militia links, and assassination. A scandal that already had everything has driven Brazil's LGBT congressman into exile.
Snowden Archive
Everybody Does It: The Messy Truth About Infiltrating Computer Supply Chains
The danger of China compromising hardware supply chains is very real, judging from classified intelligence documents, even if a Bloomberg story on the matter is highly disputed.
The Plot Against George Soros Didn't Start in Hungary. It Started on Fox News.
Paranoid conspiracy theories about George Soros were first injected into the far-right imagination by Fox News, and the channel shows no signs of letting up.
Meet the Team Behind CNN Brasil: A Businessman Accused of Exploiting Slave Labor and An Executive From a Fox News-style Outlet
CNN Brasil is poised to become “Brazil’s Fox News” — in lockstep with Jair Bolsonaro’s right-wing movement.
ISIS Fighters in Syria Are Trying to Push Into Iraq, Where U.S. Forces Can’t Get Along With Armed Groups Supported by Iran
In Al Qaim, Iraq’s U.S.-backed security forces and the Iran-backed Popular Mobilization Forces are increasingly distrustful of each other.