Nancy J. Altman / RoutledgeA new book analyzes the dysfunction of the current system and argues healthcare should be available to everyone in America as a right — automatic and free of charge when we need it.Africa
Stacy Malkan / USRTKThe philanthropist promised a biotech-fueled productivity boom for farmers, but the data shows sluggish yields and rising hunger. Where is the accountability?Politics
John P. Ruehl / IMIThe Trump administration is part of an international trend of business elites entering government and using commercial relationships as tools of diplomacy and geopolitical influence.Books
Sarah Anderson / Inequality.orgExecutives at the most profitable companies have enriched themselves while staying silent about ICE attacks on their employees and the shredding of our social safety net.Film
Alex Demyanenko / Capital & MainWhile the Trump administration attacks workers’ rights, here are some of the most influential films about labor from the last 50 years.Environment
Bob Berwyn / Inside Climate NewsWe failed to prevent 1.5 degrees of warming, but there is still a choice between doing nothing and allowing warming to continue, say the authors of a new U.N. study.Technology
Evan Simon / FloodlightThermal drone imaging shows the Microsoft-backed DataOne complex in New Jersey is powering its operations with dozens of unpermitted generators.
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Connor Echols, Kelley Beaucar Vlahos / Responsible StatecraftArmy Secretary Dan Driscoll isn't the first official to be squeezed out or exit with little explanation. It's not hard to figure out what they all have in common.
Jeb Lund / TruthdigAlexander Vindman’s loss in Florida only shocked the same people who underestimated and memory-holed Andrew Gillum eight years ago.
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Book Excerpt
A new book analyzes the dysfunction of the current system and argues healthcare should be available to everyone in America as a right — automatic and free of charge when we need it.
Africa
The philanthropist promised a biotech-fueled productivity boom for farmers, but the data shows sluggish yields and rising hunger. Where is the accountability?
Politics
The Trump administration is part of an international trend of business elites entering government and using commercial relationships as tools of diplomacy and geopolitical influence.
Books
What a history of the 1960s can teach us about cross-racial organizing in an authoritarian age.
Ear to the Ground
The president sees public land as another moneymaking opportunity.
Middle East
Trump’s illegal, unauthorized, unnecessary war is the worst strategic defeat in U.S. history.
Labor
Executives at the most profitable companies have enriched themselves while staying silent about ICE attacks on their employees and the shredding of our social safety net.
Film
While the Trump administration attacks workers’ rights, here are some of the most influential films about labor from the last 50 years.
Environment
We failed to prevent 1.5 degrees of warming, but there is still a choice between doing nothing and allowing warming to continue, say the authors of a new U.N. study.
Technology
Thermal drone imaging shows the Microsoft-backed DataOne complex in New Jersey is powering its operations with dozens of unpermitted generators.
Politics
Army Secretary Dan Driscoll isn't the first official to be squeezed out or exit with little explanation. It's not hard to figure out what they all have in common.
