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90% of Marine Species Face Extinction Under Emissions Status Quo: Study

While the research predicts "a potentially bleak future for many marine species," the authors say it "also measures how much our oceans and the life within them stand to benefit from both climate change mitigation and adaptation."

by Julia Conley

Fetterman Calls for Prosecution of Corporate Executives 'Gouging Consumers'

"It's gross, and deeply unpatriotic, for the big corporations to be rolling around in cash while charging us record-high prices for gas and groceries," said the Democratic U.S. Senate candidate.

by Jake Johnson

Leonard Leo speaks during an event in 2019.

Right-Wing Dark Money Group Gets $1.6 Billion Donation From Tax-Dodging Business Mogul

One observer called the massive gift "an extraordinary manipulation of loopholes in tax and campaign finance law."

by Jake Johnson

• 50+ Israeli Organizations Blast 'Baseless' Attacks on Palestinian NGOs

• 'This Is Blackmail': New Orleans Denied Flood Funds Over Opposition to Abortion Ban

• Biden Officials Reportedly Assure Israel That Revived Iran Nuclear Deal Not 'Imminent'

• Lima Becomes First Latin American Capital to Back Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty

• 3 Arkansas Cops Suspended Amid Probe of Brutal Beating Caught on Video

• More Americans Than Ever Rate Themselves as 'Suffering' in New Survey

• CIA Report Finds No Proof for Israeli Claim That Palestinian NGOs Are 'Terrorist' Groups

Trump Likening the US to a 'Third-World Country' Is Something We Can Agree On

The imperial hubris on display in the use of such lingo towards poorer nations can't hide America's own failures.

by Belén Fernández

The Tide Is Turning: US Congress Finally Considers a National Domestic Workers Bill of Rights

Domestic workers make all other work possible—yet have been excluded from crucial federal labor protections for over 80 years. In an historic first, Congress held a hearing on policy that would finally change that.

by Bella DeVaan

Supporters holding posters of author Salman Rushdie

The Villainous Attack on Salman Rushdie and What It Says (and Doesn't Say) about Islam

The fatwa against the author did not result from religion or even religious extremism; it resulted from political extremism.

by Sumbul Ali-Karamali