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Noam Chomsky: Survival of Organized Human Life Is at Risk Due to Climate Change and Nuclear Weapons
Democracy Now!
Excerpt: "We're destroying the environment for organized human life. We're threatening a terminal disaster with regular nuclear confrontations. Anybody who has looked at the record, which is shocking, would have to conclude that it's a miracle that we've survived this long."
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Democracy Now!
Excerpt: "We're destroying the environment for organized human life. We're threatening a terminal disaster with regular nuclear confrontations. Anybody who has looked at the record, which is shocking, would have to conclude that it's a miracle that we've survived this long."
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The New York Stock Exchange. (photo: Ben Hider/NYSE Euronext)
Trump Administration Might Bypass Congress on Tax Cut for the Wealthy
Elliot Hannon, Slate
Hannon writes: "Every once in a while the Trump administration does-or seriously considers doing - something that's so on the nose, you wonder if there is, in fact, a cartoon villain living in the White House."
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Elliot Hannon, Slate
Hannon writes: "Every once in a while the Trump administration does-or seriously considers doing - something that's so on the nose, you wonder if there is, in fact, a cartoon villain living in the White House."
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Yusef Salaam. (photo: Andrew Burton/Getty Images)
Yusef Salaam of the Central Park Five Says City's Recent Document Dump Is One-Sided, Prejudicial and Biased
Angela Helm, The Root
Helm writes: "Yusef Salaam, says the city's recent decision to drop thousands of pages of documents was ill-considered at best, reopening old wounds and even kicking up doubts of his innocence, which he thought had been proven."
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Angela Helm, The Root
Helm writes: "Yusef Salaam, says the city's recent decision to drop thousands of pages of documents was ill-considered at best, reopening old wounds and even kicking up doubts of his innocence, which he thought had been proven."
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A wall of flames lurches over a ridge near Lower Lake, California. (photo: Kent Porter/AP
Twin Wildfires Threatening 10,000 California Homes
Marcio Jose Sanchez, Sudhin Thanawala, Lorin Eleni Gill and Olga Rodriguez, Associated Press
Excerpt: "Twin wildfires tearing through vineyards and brushy hills threatened some 10,000 homes in Northern California Tuesday - yet another front in the seemingly endless summer of wildfires that have ravaged some of the most scenic areas of the state."
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Marcio Jose Sanchez, Sudhin Thanawala, Lorin Eleni Gill and Olga Rodriguez, Associated Press
Excerpt: "Twin wildfires tearing through vineyards and brushy hills threatened some 10,000 homes in Northern California Tuesday - yet another front in the seemingly endless summer of wildfires that have ravaged some of the most scenic areas of the state."
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Anti-homosexuality activists marching on the streets of Kampala, Uganda. (photo: Getty Images)
Trump Administration Says It's Time to Stop Punishment of Anti-Gay African Countries
Zack Ford, ThinkProgress
Excerpt: "Mick Mulvaney said punishing homophobia is 'religious persecution.'"
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Zack Ford, ThinkProgress
Excerpt: "Mick Mulvaney said punishing homophobia is 'religious persecution.'"
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A masked Mexican soldier. (photo: AFP)
Militarization Redux in Latin America
Brett J. Kyle and Andrew G. Reiter, NACLA
Excerpt: "Law No. 13.491, passed by the Brazilian Congress in October, gives military courts jurisdiction over their personnel accused of human rights violations."
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Brett J. Kyle and Andrew G. Reiter, NACLA
Excerpt: "Law No. 13.491, passed by the Brazilian Congress in October, gives military courts jurisdiction over their personnel accused of human rights violations."
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Pollution from a factory. (photo: Reuters)
America Spends Over $20 Billion Per Year on Fossil Fuel Subsidies. Abolish Them
Dana Nuccitelli, Guardian UK
Nuccitelli writes: "At a time when we need to transition away from fossil fuels as quickly as possible, the federal and state governments are giving the industry tens of billions of dollars to make the production of their dirty, dangerous products more profitable."
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Dana Nuccitelli, Guardian UK
Nuccitelli writes: "At a time when we need to transition away from fossil fuels as quickly as possible, the federal and state governments are giving the industry tens of billions of dollars to make the production of their dirty, dangerous products more profitable."
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