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Reader Comments: Tyre Nichols Murder; Ilhan Omar; Rent Control; Climate Disaster; David Crosby; Making Sense of the Ukraine War and confusion on the Left; Medical Debt; Reconstruction; Antisemitism; More Announcements; Cartoons;

Oak Ridge National Laboratory fired the talented and prolific climate scientist Rose Abramoff for displaying the banner “Out of the lab & into the streets" at a science conference.

Last Friday, with this recent bomb cyclone, 53.7% of the nation was covered in snow; more than any time since record-keeping began -- As the oil industry knowingly lies to us and rakes in profits

Mia Mottley, the prime minister of Barbados, has a plan to create a new financial system that would fund climate spending. She put forward the Bridgetown Agenda would suspend IMF debt payments for the poorest countries.

At COP27, activists will be focused on all the ways developed nations have made it harder for developing nations to survive the climate crisis

Hurricane Ian isn’t a once-in-500-years flooding event, it is the New Normal. And Gov. DeSantis' policies in Florida are making it worse.

Reader Comments: Capitol Coup Insurrectionist Removed from Office; What Mar-a-Lago Documents Show; Mikhail Gorbachev; GDR - Victor Grossman responds; Rings of Power; Union Approval highest since 1965; Cartoons; more....

Flooding in Pakistan is the latest in a long line of climate disasters. Now the 150,000 residents of Jackson, Mississippi were ordered to evacuate as flooding hit the city. This weekend, temperatures in California are projected to hit 115°F.

Debunking the Myth of the Lost Cause: A Lie Embedded in American History. Choice (Texas Style). “I Call Bullshit!” Jon Stewart on the PACT Act. Manchin, Schumer Reveal Washington's Best Kept Secret. Why US Gun Laws Get Looser After Mass Shootings.