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Biden to Permanently Seize Afghan Assets

Jon Queally Common Dreams
"I can't think of a worse betrayal of the people of Afghanistan than to freeze their assets and give it to 9/11 families," said one person whose brother was killed on Sept. 11, 2001.

Kristallnacht in Tulsa

Philip C Kolin
Mississippi poet Philip Kolin depicts the crushing of the Black community in Tulsa, OK one century ago.

The World’s First Cloned Ferret Could Save Her Species

This isn’t Jurassic Park, but it might sound like the sci-fi classic. A 14-month-old female black-footed ferret is expected to become the first clone to be bred for the sake of saving her species from extinction.

Joe Rogan vs. Joe Rogan

Before pushing vaccine misinformation, Joe Rogan sounded the alarm on people pushing vaccine misinformation.

Belfast | Movie

Written and directed by Academy Award® nominee Kenneth Branagh, BELFAST is a poignant story of love, laughter and loss in one boy’s childhood, amid the music and social tumult of the late 1960s.

No Knock | Gil Scott-Heron

In the wake of the "no knock" police killing of Amir Locke, we remember Gil Scott-Heron's telling of the story of the use no-knock by Richard Nixon and John Mitchell 50 years ago.

Can YOU Fix Climate Change?

How much can changing individual habits contribute to so solving the climate crisis? To find real, doable solutions we need to delve deep into the problem.

Africa Is Bringing Vaccine Manufacturing Home

Nature Editorial Nature
A major milestone was reached last week when scientists in South Africa reproduced Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine. COVID-19 patents must now be shared.