by Julia Conley, staff writer
The continuous addition of carbon dioxide to the planet's oceans—which shows no sign of stopping due to the persistent extraction of fossil fuels—is likely to trigger a chemical reaction in Earth's carbon cycle that is identical to those which happened just before mass extinction events, according...

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Instead of remaining complicit in worsening the effects of climate change, members of Congress in both the House and Senate must respond to this resolution with the urgency and support that this moment demands."

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
In spite of growing public calls for Labor Secretary Alex Acosta to resign or be fired over a sweetheart plea deal he granted registered sex offender and financier Jeffrey Epstein while serving as a federal prosecutor in Florida, Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday both deferred to President Donald Trump to decide his cabinet member's future.

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
New NASA-funded research warns that because of human-caused global heating, West Antarctica's massive Thwaites Glacier is at risk of reaching a tipping point that could raise the global sea level by about 20 inches.

by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
The comments came during testimony to Parliament

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"From abolitionism to Standing Rock, Americans have come together time and again to defy horrific injustice. Now, as the government tries to normalize concentration camps, it is time like never before to target those responsible."

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"It has been more than 10 years since congress raised the minimum wage—the longest stretch in history. This is a shameful benchmark. Congress should immediately pass the Raise the Wage Act."

by Thom Hartmann
Which is why Trump and McConnell are working as hard as they can to make sure those foreign oligarchs and autocrats know how much they’ll appreciate that help, should it be forthcoming

by Robert Reich
When oligarchs fill the coffers of political candidates, they neuter democracy

by William Astore
Lessons from the natural world on Washington’s unnatural wars

by Michael Arceneaux
I’m bored with the folk tale of Nancy Pelosi in which she drives the aspiring tyrant Donald Trump mad by using ironic turns of phrases such as 'self-impeachment' while providing him more money to mistreat kids

by Angus Satow
Plans for a radical green transformation must be matched by a movement that is rooted in the lives of ordinary people

by Jesse Jackson
If there is justice, the U.S. women’s soccer team will be as victorious in their quest for equal pay as they were in their quest for the World Cup