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Honeybees Can Do Maths

Tanya Loos Cosmos
Research shows the insects understand both subtraction and addition.

The Battle for Venezuela

Tony Wood London Review of Books
In Latin America alone, the long and disastrous record of US-led interventions is enough to cause alarm about the possible outcomes of this crisis. Even if Maduro is levered out of power, the battle for Venezuela is just beginning.

How The CIA Overthrew Iran's Democracy In 4 Days

Lawrence Wu and Michelle Lanz NPR
Over the course of four days in August 1953, Roosevelt would orchestrate not one, but two attempts to destabilize the government of Iran, forever changing the relationship between the country and the U.S.

Everybody In, Nobody Out

Benjamin Day, Mark Dudzic Common Dreams
What We Know So Far About the Medicare for All Act of 2019

The Northam Controversy

Bill Fletcher, Jr. BillFletcherJr.com
So, let’s start by my alerting you that my views on the Governor Northam controversy may be different from what you expect. I don’t think that he should resign.