1+ hour, 14+ min ago  (771+ words) When news of the Epstein files first broke, I watched it unfold on a television I do not own, in a room I cannot leave, on a TV channel I did not choose. The framing I received about Jeffrey Epstein'the…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago  (410+ words) The long habit of underestimating revolutionary Iran has proved fatal to American presidencies. The hostage today is the world's energy supply. Trump is now caught in bind similar to the one in which Carter found himself inextricably entangled. The hostages…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago  (484+ words) The proposal is expected to generate as much as$300 millionper year. Heavyweight corporate lobby groups have also ponied up sizeable sums. While some of these outfits might claim to represent small businesses, they are doing the bidding of large corporations…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago  (537+ words) In the report, Brazil is the sole country-level case study explored in detail; the country's exports face outsize pressure from warming temperatures and the oscillating extremes of natural weather cycles'El Ni'o and La Ni'a. But a few dozen other nations…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago  (809+ words) At the right-wing'Heartland Institute's International Conference on Climate Change held in Washington, D. C. , earlier this month, speakers mocked their usual cast of environmental targets: Greta Thunberg, John Kerry, and of course, Al Gore. But the fringe climate denial movement that Heartland…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago  (1177+ words) In the wake of the temporary US/Iran ceasefire, hawkish commentary in leading American newspapers advanced the premise that the US can dictate terms to Iran in negotiations, with a faith in the power of Washington's military might that was…...

1+ week, 2+ hour ago  (813+ words) WASHINGTON " President Donald Trump is looking to eliminate funding in fiscal 2027 for the agency that serves as the primary federal funding source for libraries and museums nationwide. But congressional appropriators " who rebuffed similar efforts to gut the agency in fiscal…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (1351+ words) Un peu plus loin, Jean-Claude Mpongo, conducteur de moto-taxi, attend un client. "Le Congo est riche, tout le monde le dit, " assure-t-il. " Mais nous, on ne voit pas cette richesse. Les routes sont mauvaises, le travail est rare, et la…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (457+ words) Should the government win " the consequences are sure to be grave and far-reaching. Unfortunately, having heard the statements and reactions of some of the judges, I fear that the majority of the Supreme Court may no longer agree with that…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (895+ words) As the U. S. -Israel war on Iran disrupts fertilizer supply, Africa's reliance on imported inputs exposes the deeper political economy driving food insecurity. The post Fields of Dependency appeared first on Truthdig. American writer Barbara Tuchman remarked that "war is the…...