Iceland's open prisons, Kvíabryggja and another, offer a unique perspective on rehabilitation. With minimal security and a focus on communal living, these facilities prioritize...
Most people have been taught that the fastest path to economic growth runs through the wealthy -- give investors more money, and prosperity will eventually trickle down to...
Something strange happens to companies after they win. They stop trying to earn your loyalty and start finding ways to make your loyalty irrelevant. The pattern is everywhere...
Artificial lights disrupt the migratory patterns of billions of birds each year, leading to fatal consequences. New research shows that even ground-level lights can significantly...
In an age where trust and faith are increasingly tested, it is vital to recognize the duality of human nature. While the media often highlights violence and negativity, there are...
Across the 2026 Democratic primaries, something the party establishment did not plan for is happening in plain sight. A 29-year-old attorney knocks off a 30-year incumbent in...
A heat wave does not just make you sweaty and miserable. It turns the landscape into a loaded gun, dries out every blade of grass until it crinkles like paper, and then pulls the...
A strait 33 kilometers wide at its narrowest point carries roughly 20% of the world's seaborne oil and LNG — and when it closes, the bill doesn't get sent to the generals who...
Europe is baking under another record-breaking heat wave, and this one arrived right on the heels of temperatures in May that had no business existing. Meanwhile, Asia...
Coral genotypes can survive for thousands of years, possibly making them the longest-living animals in the world.
When federal crop insurance rules stymied Gail Fuller’s attempts to innovate, he knew something had to change.
On the evening of December 7, minutes after a local Indiana union leader, Chuck Jones, criticized Trump on CNN for falsely promising to keep Carrier jobs in the U.S., Trump tweeted, “Chuck Jones, who is President of United Steelworkers 1999, has done a terrible job representing workers.
Detroit-area resident Shamayim Harris bought more than 10 properties on her block. She’s now converting them into sustainable community spaces for education, wellness, and economic development.
The Syrian civil war and subsequent refugee migration caused sudden changes in the area’s land use and freshwater resources, according to new satellite data.
Last Thursday President-elect Donald Trump triumphantly celebrated Carrier’s decision to reverse its plan to close a furnace plant and move jobs to Mexico. Some 800 jobs will remain in Indianapolis.
Nearly all Americans are likely to know a victim of gun violence within their social networks during their lifetime. The findings suggest citizens are “closer to gun violence than they perceive,” write the authors of a new study.
In a context of growing injustice, reclaiming the importance and the meaning of the word resistance is more urgent than ever.
Democracy depends on a free and independent press, which is why all tyrants try to squelch it. They use seven techniques that, worryingly, President-elect Donald Trump already employs.
Tohono O’odham traditional lands extend deep into Mexico, and any border wall will face legal and physical opposition.
A cancer diagnosis can be a serious financial hardship for many elderly and disabled patients on Medicare, with annual out-of-pocket costs ranging from $2,116 to $8,115, on top of what they pay for health insurance, a new survey shows.
My literature is totally committed with a new political attitude – human beings in search of their own identity. My books don’t talk about the old and used up process of the right/left but there is a revolution that is slowly rising up...
A new theoretical model may lead to timelier, accurate forecasts of the central Pacific El Niño, an important weather-maker. Any El Niño is a period of warmer-than-normal sea-surface temperature in the equatorial Pacific.
This was a highly emotional election, and we need time to feel our feelings and sort out what it means for us and for the country. Donald Trump's game is to manipulate emotions and activists can be as vulnerable as anyone else...
New research links income inequality with greater civic engagement among young people—particularly among young people of color and those of lower socioeconomic status.
California is now the capital of liberal America. Along with its neighbors Oregon and Washington, it will be a nation within the nation starting in January when the federal government goes dark.
Teachers communicate with parents based on their racial and immigrant backgrounds—not just their child’s academic performance—research finds.
How to effect regime change without war was demonstrated by the nonviolent revolution in India led by Mahatma Gandhi. Gandhi pioneered satyagraha, the resistance of tyranny through mass nonviolent civil disobedience. Positive change occurs when committed people work for it...
A common argument for the decline in employment in recent years is that more workers are dropping out of the labor force to live off public benefits, particularly Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI).
Trump’s First 100 Day agenda includes repealing environmental regulations, Obamacare, and the Dodd-Frank Act, giving the rich a huge tax cut, and much worse.
The Stein/Baraka Green Party Campaign is launching an effort to ensure the integrity of our elections. We are raising money to demand recounts in Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania-- three states where there is a significant need to verify machine-counted vote totals. Please donate to this initiative today.
The journey of Odysseus in Homer's 'The Odyssey' offers profound insights into healing...
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Junk emotions like anxiety, anger, and jealousy can hinder personal well-being and...
Awareness meditation shifts focus from traditional breath techniques to observing...
The exploration of precognitive dreaming reveals a profound interconnectedness within...
Negative moods can linger and affect overall well-being, but identifying their triggers...
A rare celestial formation is quietly reshaping the foundations of everything we know —...
You don't need a week in silence at a mountain retreat to feel spiritually alive again....