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The approval of plans for an oil and gas lease sale in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge by the outgoing Biden administration on Monday will keep the door open for drilling in the pristine wildlands. By Cristen Hemingway Jaynes The sale, to be held on January 9, will…

During Trump’s first term, one word characterized his immigration policies, and it wasn’t efficiency—it was cruelty. It was cruel to yank babies from their mothers’ arms and place children in cages. It was cruel to forbid a Muslim mother, married…

Climate change has become a dollars and cents issue, especially for US homeowners. It’s no longer easily ignored or brushed away as a ‘hoax.” Only a fool would suggest that to an American homeowner. Anybody who owns real estate knows…

An Important Distinction That the Media Has Been Missing About Trump’s Current Tariffs Threat Donald Trump, in a pre-inauguration day attempt to begin slowing down what has been termed the global “de-dollarization” process, has threatened to slap a 100% tariff…

Whether you object to genocide or internalize every scrap of Israeli propaganda, there isn’t any way in ordinary English to dispute that each shipment of weapons from the United States to Israel, whether given or sold, violates numerous U.S. laws, including…

Two New Major Realizations By late 2023, it had become clear to countries all over the world that: Nearly 10 rounds of US/NATO economic sanctions against Russia had no effect. in fact, the sanctions had the opposite effect of the…

Update: Over 100 Jewish Canadians from the Jews Say No to Genocide Coalition brought parts of Parliament Hill to a standstill today, occupying the Confederation Building to demand an immediate and full two way arms embargo on Israel. Protestors held signs,…

“Trump could surprise on the upside,” writes Edward Luce, who claims to know “what Trump most cares about.” Lacking intimate knowledge of the inner workings of the president-elect’s personal thoughts, us non-pundits are relegated to looking at other indicators. By…

Putin doesn’t hate the dollar and actually wants Russia to once again be able to use it with its partners for reasons of convenience, but it was the US that forced his country to de-dollarize and pioneer alternative financial instruments…

Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico’s newly elected president, has made a bold and defining move in her first year in office: addressing Donald Trump head-on with a letter that is as diplomatic as it is uncompromising. Her powerful message lays out a…