By Doug Johnson, a Canadian writer, editor, and journalist. Origially published at Undark. The world’s aquatic habitats are a heady brew of pollutants. An estimated 14 million tons of plastic…
Yves here. Across the American economy, we are seeing the high cost of American rentierism, reflected among other things in a profit share to GDP that for year has been…
Highlights of Today in History: Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. is born; Richard Nixon suspends U.S. offensive in Vietnam; Queen Elizabeth the First crowned; Work completed on Pentagon;…
A plane making a 27-minute flight to a Nepal tourist town crashed into a gorge Sunday while attempting to land at a newly opened airport, killing at least 68 of…
Rescue workers in Ukraine scramble to pull survivors from the rubble of an apartment building hit by a Russian missile in the southeastern city of Dnipro. 21 people are reported…
Highlights of Today in History: Start of Operation Desert Storm; Space Shuttle Columbia lifts off; Prohibition takes effect; Shah of Iran flees into exile; Musical “Hello Dolly” opens.
FREMONT, Ind. — The Indiana State Police and Indiana State Fire Marshal’s Office are investigating a fatal structure fire that claimed the lives of a mother and her three children…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Two Illinois emergency medical workers from LifeStar Ambulance Service, Inc.were charged Monday with first-degree murder in the Dec. 18 death of a Springfield, Illinois man. Sangamon County State’s Attorney…
Storms are pounding California this month, creating mudslides. The state is prone to mud flows. Here’s why and what one community is doing to protect themselves. (Jan. 16)
Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. made history as a defining leader of the Civil Rights movement who preached a message of nonviolent resistance. His hand in organizing a number of significant…