Daniel Berrigan—Jesuit priest, peace activist, poet, author, and inspiration to countless people—died on Saturday. He was 94 years old. When America magazine asked a then-88-year-old Berrigan if he had any regrets over the course of his long life, he replied, Read More …
A leak at the Hanford nuclear site in Washington state has prompted warnings of “catastrophic” consequences, as workers attempt to clean up more than eight inches of toxic waste from one of 28 underground tanks holding radioactive materials leftover from Read More …
Fossil fuel projects were blockaded simultaneously on three continents on Saturday—the “crest” of a wave of global actions responding to the growing threat of climate change. Through rallies, civil disobedience, and kayaktivism, people around the world stood up to oil Read More …
Republican efforts to stifle any federal inquiry involving climate change should be considered “Exhibit A among the reasons why the Department of Justice should take a full and honest look at possible fraud in the fossil fuel industry’s climate denial Read More …
A lone shooter in the town of Vernheim, in the state of Hessen, Germany, was killed after a short-lived standoff with police. The masked and heavily armed man entered a movie theater around 3pm on Thursday afternoon and fired four Read More …
President Trump recorded a robocall for Sen. Luther Strange (R-Ala.) ahead of an Alabama GOP special election primary for Senate. In the robocall, Trump urges those in the state to go out and vote for Strange in Tuesday’s primary. “It is so important that Read More …
U.S. lawmakers have just passed legislation to finally update how toxic chemicals are regulated, but, according to watchdog groups, the changes to “the worst environmental law on the books” still leave consumers at risk. The House voted to update the Read More …
“I will be with you, whatever,” former British Prime Minister Tony Blair pledged to U.S. President George Bush on July 28, 2002. That vow was made public Tuesday in the damning Chilcot Inquiry, underscoring the investigation’s conclusion: The invasion of Read More …
Despite the widely-held belief that the Republican Party and the fossil fuel industry are natural allies, one of the world’s most prominent fracking tycoons admitted Tuesday that, actually, his business has fared better under Democrats. “The industry has actually historically Read More …
Pope Francis surprised reporters on a flight from Krakow to the Vatican late Sunday when he blamed the “god of money” for extremist violence in Europe and the Middle East, saying that a ruthless global economy leads disenfranchised people to Read More …