We are living through a terrible time in humanity. Here’s why we tend to stick our heads in the sand and why we need to pull them out, fast

Immigrant advocates praised the move but noted that Biden has issued inhumane anti-immigrant orders in the recent past.

As the climate crisis continues, flood victims in Brazil are building solidarity as they occupy unused buildings.

The banal cruelty of Europe’s “protest vote for the status quo.”

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Although the 13th Amendment seemingly outlawed slavery in 1865, its authors carved out an exception for people convicted of a crime. It’s time to put an end to this injustice.

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With aid blocked and stores empty of basic goods, dozens of Palestinian children have been hospitalized with malnutrition and acute anemia.

One Ultium worker said the new contract—under which production workers will get $35 by late 2027—"enables me to just go ahead and move forward in life rather than living from paycheck to paycheck."

"Having the support of 1.3 million Teamsters to take on Amazon gives us tremendous worker power and the opportunities to demand better conditions for our members," said ALU president Chris Smalls.

"They don't give you a choice in the hospital. 'If you leave, you'll die,' they told me. I didn't feel like dying," an Alaskan in medical debt said. "I don't think anyone should have to go into financial ruin to live."

One climate scientist said a pending heatwave would "affect a bunch of highly populated areas where there hasn't been quite as many stories about extreme heat recently."

Two new reports detail how the world's nine nuclear-armed countries are spending aggressively to modernize and deploy weapons that pose an existential threat to civilization.

Dopamine may be relevant for the climate crisis. Here's why.

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A study using foraminifera fossils suggests that shifts in marine community structures can predict future extinctions, highlighting the role of historical data in forecasting climate change impacts on biodiversity.

The Biden campaign is trying to work its way into social media feeds. But it is struggling to win over the young, left-leaning influencers who control the conversation online.

“Why wouldn’t we give that a try?”

We compiled Reconstruction-era documents to identify 1,250 formerly enslaved Black Americans given land—only to have it returned to their enslavers.

The new Executive Order comes during a period of rising migration across the hemisphere.

We should not have to fight for arts inclusion every single year, says arts educator Jody Drezner Alperin.