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Schools Need Resources, Not ‘School Resource Officers’
Turning schools into prisons means sending kids to real-life prisons. There are better ways to keep students safe.
Last Year, I Watched Grizzly Bears Play. This Year, They’re Going to Be Trophy Hunted.
The White House war on the Endangered Species Act is putting iconic species at risk — all to please fossil fuel companies.
Scoring Trump’s Tax Cuts So Far: $280k for Rich Lawmakers, Pennies for Working People
Very few businesses have raised wages thanks to corporate tax cuts, but executives and lawmakers are buying new yachts.
Here Out West, ‘Smoke Season’ Keeps Getting Worse
Addressing climate change costs money. Wildfires gobbling up our country — and seas swallowing up our shores — costs more.
Trump Snubbed McCain. The Media Snubbed the Rest of Us.
The media treated Trump’s petty snub of John McCain as a bigger controversy than the $717 billion Pentagon bill named for the Arizona senator.
Profiting Off Poison
A court found that Monsanto knew its signature Roundup chemical could cause cancer, but sold it anyway.
Toys R Us May Be Gone, But Its Workers’ Fight Continues
The toy store’s former employees are fighting for a fair severance — and shaming the private equity firms who made out like bandits.
Unimpeachable Logic
There was no collusion. If there was, it’s not a crime. If it’s a crime, we can pardon ourselves. Also, there was no collusion.
If Ireland Can Get Out of Fossil Fuels, Your Town Can Too
Almost 900 cities, universities, and governments have divested over $6 trillion from the fossil fuel industry. Why not yours?
One of Our Last Links to the Wild World Is in Danger
Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is one of the world’s last intact ecosystems, but dangerous oil exploration could soon spoil it.