Is it just me, or has the United States taken yet another great leap forward into the surreal over the last few days? Glancing through…
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Did you know that Washington keeps 450 nuclear ICBMs on “hair-trigger alert”? Washington thinks that this makes us “safe.” The reasoning, if it can be…
On April 15, perhaps as you’re reading these words, working people in 200 American cities will rally for a $15 base wage and the right…
The memory center in the brains of seniors who volunteered in public schools for two years maintained their size, rather than shrinking as part of the…
The one common element in recent weather has been oddness. The West Coast has been warm and parched; the East Coast has been cold and…
What is the real story of energy and the economy? We hear two predominant energy stories. One is the story economists tell: The economy can…
Following the sentencing of four private security guards convicted in the notorious 2007 massacre of innocent Iraqi civilians, attention has shifted to the growing role such private…
According to a report from the IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics , Americans spent more money on drugs than they ever have before with spending…
Coal, the No. 1 cause of climate change, is dying. Last year saw a record number of coal plant retirements in the United States, and a study last week…
Don’t hold your breath, but future historians may look back on 2015 as the year that the renewable energy ascendancy began, the moment when the…
There’s little natural about the boundaries that divide states and countries. They’re often imaginary lines that result from history, conflict, or negotiation. But imagine what…
Back in November we chronicled the (quiet) death of the Petrodollar, the system that has buttressed USD hegemony for decades by ensuring that oil producers recycled their…