My name is Russ Baker. For more than two decades I have been an investigative journalist, doing what I believed journalists were supposed to do—seek the truth and publish nothing less. Over the years, however, I have learned how the media gatekeepers, both “mainstream” and “alternative,” will not allow the biggest, most disturbing revelations to see the light of day.
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NY: Broadband Companies Paid for 8.5M Fake Net Neutrality Comments
Soumis par Aggregation le ven, 05/07/2021 - 13:00Reading Time: 3 minutesPICKS are stories from many sources, selected by our editors or recommended by our readers because they are important, surprising, troubling, enlightening, inspiring, or amusing. They appear on our site and in our daily newsletter. Please send suggested articles, videos, podcasts, etc.
Should Cancel Culture Be Canceled?
Soumis par Aggregation le ven, 05/07/2021 - 07:00Reading Time: 2 minutesCancel culture is the enemy of free speech. One would think that liberals who lived through the red-baiting of the McCarthy era in the 1950s — the apogee of cancel culture — would know better.
Nature at Its Craziest: Trillions of Cicadas Are About to Emerge
Soumis par Aggregation le jeu, 05/06/2021 - 13:00Reading Time: 2 minutesPICKS are stories from many sources, selected by our editors or recommended by our readers because they are important, surprising, troubling, enlightening, inspiring, or amusing. They appear on our site and in our daily newsletter. Please send suggested articles, videos, podcasts, etc.
Yes, Arizona Is Still Recounting the 2020 Election
Soumis par Aggregation le jeu, 05/06/2021 - 07:00Reading Time: < 1 minute What the Grand Canyon is going on in Arizona? The GOP-led state Senate hired a mysterious company, Cyber Ninjas, that’s engaged in a secrecy-shrouded, privately funded audit of last year’s vote in Maricopa County.
His Paycheck Bounced. It Got Worse From There.
Soumis par Aggregation le mer, 05/05/2021 - 13:00Reading Time: 2 minutesPICKS are stories from many sources, selected by our editors or recommended by our readers because they are important, surprising, troubling, enlightening, inspiring, or amusing. They appear on our site and in our daily newsletter. Please send suggested articles, videos, podcasts, etc.
Is Georgia the Next Virginia?
Soumis par Aggregation le mer, 05/05/2021 - 07:00Reading Time: 6 minutesGeorgia rocketed to the apex of national political attention during the 2020 general election.
Republican Voters to COVID-19 Vaccine: Drop Dead
Soumis par Aggregation le mer, 05/05/2021 - 06:55Reading Time: < 1 minute COVID-19 doesn’t discriminate based on politics, but with more than 3 million dead, why do so many Republicans think it’s no big deal and 45 percent oppose being vaccinated?
You May Qualify for a $50 Monthly FCC Broadband Internet Subsidy
Soumis par Aggregation le mar, 05/04/2021 - 13:00Reading Time: 2 minutes
How COVID Vaccine Hoarding and Selfishness Can Create a Pandemic Loop (DonkeyHotey)
Nuts About Agroforestry: Can Hazelnuts Transform Farming?
Soumis par Aggregation le mar, 05/04/2021 - 07:00Reading Time: 12 minutesThis story by Sarah Derouin originally appeared in Mongabay and is republished here as part of
New Glow-in-the-Dark Pumpkin Toadlet Species Found in Brazil
Soumis par Aggregation le lun, 05/03/2021 - 13:00Reading Time: 2 minutes
Republican State Lawmakers Look to Empower Partisan Poll Watchers, Setting Off Alarms About Potential Voter Intimidation (DonkeyHotey)
British Lockdown Fuels Domestic Violence
Soumis par Aggregation le lun, 05/03/2021 - 07:00Reading Time: 6 minutesSome names in this story, including that of the author, have been changed. I found out I was pregnant a matter of weeks before our first lockdown in Britain in March last year. I had tried for a baby for years and, after a divorce and years of fertility treatment, I had given up hope of ever having a child. That all changed the night I met Ben.
COVID-19 Vaccine Patents Patently Unfair
Soumis par Aggregation le dim, 05/02/2021 - 11:00Reading Time: < 1 minute
The Mysterious, Anonymous “Energy Weapon”: Whose Op Is It, Anyway?
Soumis par Aggregation le dim, 05/02/2021 - 08:10Andrew Giuliani Flips Out, but Will Rudy Flip On?
Soumis par Aggregation le sam, 05/01/2021 - 07:00Reading Time: < 1 minute Rudy Giuliani and his son, Andrew, are defiant now following this week’s FBI raid. But if push comes to shove, will Rudy flip and give evidence on Trump? That’s “a theoretical,” Andrew huffs.
How the Federal Reserve Is Increasing Wealth Inequality
Soumis par Aggregation le ven, 04/30/2021 - 13:00Reading Time: 2 minutes
What We Know About the People Who Don’t Want to Get Vaccinated (DonkeyHotey)
Digital Octopus: How Silicon Valley Is Buying California
Soumis par Aggregation le ven, 04/30/2021 - 07:05Reading Time: 5 minutesUnpopularity is not the problem for California Gov.
A Conversation With Hawaii Senator Mazie Hirono
Soumis par Aggregation le ven, 04/30/2021 - 07:00Reading Time: 15 minutesFresh off engineering almost unanimous Senate support for her COVID-19 Hate Crimes Bill, the junior senator from Hawaii, Mazie Hirono, is our guest on this week’s WhoWhatWhy podcast.The first Asian woman and the only immigrant currently serving in the US Senate, Hirono explains the need for this hate crimes legislation and why in h
Daniel Kaminsky, Internet Security Savior, Dies at 42
Soumis par Aggregation le jeu, 04/29/2021 - 13:04Reading Time: 3 minutes
A Radical Right-Wing Dream to Rewrite the Constitution Is Close to Coming True (DonkeyHotey)
A Massive Methane Reservoir Is Lurking Beneath the Sea
Soumis par Aggregation le jeu, 04/29/2021 - 07:00Reading Time: 3 minutesThis story originally appeared in Eos and is republished here as part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration strengthening coverage of the climate story
Drought-Hit California Moves to Stop Nestlé From Siphoning Millions of Gallons of Water
Soumis par Aggregation le mer, 04/28/2021 - 13:00Reading Time: 2 minutes
G.I. Joe Trotsky (Reader Steve)
California Plans to Make Wastewater Drinkable
Soumis par Aggregation le mer, 04/28/2021 - 11:00Reading Time: 6 minutesFacing historically low rainfall, California lawmakers are planning an unconventional solution: turning wastewater into drinking water. The usual solutions to drought are to limit water use and cut allocations for industry and agriculture.
There’s No Vaccine for Tucker Carlson
Soumis par Aggregation le mer, 04/28/2021 - 07:00Reading Time: < 1 minute Believe it or not, Tucker Carlson actually urged his viewers to call 911 if they see a child wearing a mask outdoors. “It’s child abuse,” he fumed.
Genetic Study Offers Good News for Endangered Sumatran Rhinoceros
Soumis par Aggregation le mar, 04/27/2021 - 13:00Reading Time: 2 minutes
The Right to Crash Cars Into People (DonkeyHotey)
Kentucky Breaks Ranks With Conservative States
Soumis par Aggregation le mar, 04/27/2021 - 07:00Reading Time: 4 minutesResisting the national trend, Kentucky, a deep-red state, passed a modest bill expanding voting rights on April 7.
Facebook v. Apple: The Ad Tracking Row Heats Up
Soumis par Aggregation le lun, 04/26/2021 - 13:00Reading Time: 2 minutes
What Are the Odds Derek Chauvin Wins on His Expected Appeal? (Reader Steve)
Here’s What’s Wrong With How Minnesota Trains Its Officers
Soumis par Aggregation le lun, 04/26/2021 - 10:48Reading Time: 6 minutesAs the Department of Justice begins its investigation into the Minneapolis Police Department to assess its use of force and whether officers engage in patterns of discriminatory policing, the people responsible for educating the new generation of police officers are sounding the alarm on crucial aspects of state training and oversight that could be contributing to the nu
Putin on the Fritz
Soumis par Aggregation le dim, 04/25/2021 - 07:00Reading Time: < 1 minute
Vaccines for Maple Syrup? We’ll Throw in a Drake.
Soumis par Aggregation le sam, 04/24/2021 - 11:00First Voter Suppression, Now Protester Suppression
Soumis par Aggregation le sam, 04/24/2021 - 07:00Reading Time: < 1 minute It sounds hard to believe, but some Republican-controlled state legislatures are providing legal protection for motorists who run down protesters. Others are criminalizing protest following the death of George Floyd.
Rerouting the Mississippi River Could Build New Land — and Save a Retreating Coast
Soumis par Aggregation le ven, 04/23/2021 - 13:00Anti-Asian Violence: The View From Seattle
Soumis par Aggregation le ven, 04/23/2021 - 13:00Reading Time: 4 minutesIn 2017, King-TV Seattle anchor Lori Matsukawa produced an award-winning documentary about the 1942 internment of Japanese Americans in the aftermath of the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Will the Chauvin Conviction Be the Exception?
Soumis par Aggregation le ven, 04/23/2021 - 11:00Reading Time: < 1 minute Andrew Brown Jr. Daunte Wright. Andre Hill. Just some of the most recent of the 181 Black people killed by police since the murder of George Floyd.
The Rich Are Different: They Don’t Pay Taxes
Soumis par Aggregation le ven, 04/23/2021 - 07:00Reading Time: 16 minutesWe know that the 1 percent don’t pay their fair share of taxes. But they don’t avoid these taxes on their own.
Apple Targeted in $50M Ransomware Attack Resulting in Unprecedented Schematic Leaks
Soumis par Aggregation le jeu, 04/22/2021 - 13:00Reading Time: 2 minutes
The Invention of Whiteness: The Long History of a Dangerous Idea (Dana)
The Money Movement Exposes Fossil Fuel Financing
Soumis par Aggregation le jeu, 04/22/2021 - 11:00Reading Time: 3 minutesIs your bank contributing to the climate crisis by using your dollars to finance fossil fuels? On April 5, the nonprofit group Bank.Green launched the Money Movement to answer that question.
How We Turned the Amazon Into a Net Greenhouse Gas Emitter
Soumis par Aggregation le jeu, 04/22/2021 - 07:00Reading Time: 5 minutesThis story originally appeared in Mongabay and is republished here as part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration strengthening coverage of the climate story.
Does the Chauvin Conviction Signal a New Era?
Soumis par Aggregation le mer, 04/21/2021 - 14:50Reading Time: 5 minutes— OPINION —The guilty verdict against Derek Chauvin for murdering George Floyd should have been obvious from the beginning. Few killings have been so thoroughly documented or videotaped, or had so many witnesses present — many of whom pleaded with the perpetrator to stop.
The Climate Clock Now Ticks With a Tinge of Optimism
Soumis par Aggregation le mer, 04/21/2021 - 13:00Reading Time: 2 minutes
The Supreme Court Broke Its Own Rules to Radically Redefine Religious Liberty (Reader Steve)
A Bit of Justice for George Floyd
Soumis par Aggregation le mer, 04/21/2021 - 07:05Understanding the Fossil Fuel Industry’s Legacy of White Supremacy
Soumis par Aggregation le mer, 04/21/2021 - 07:00Reading Time: 8 minutesThis story originally appeared in DeSmog and is republished here as part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration strengthening coverage of the climate story.In December, the New York T
Tears of Relief for George Floyd
Soumis par Aggregation le mar, 04/20/2021 - 23:00Reading Time: < 1 minute A measure of justice in Minneapolis — a rare case of a white police officer convicted for murdering a Black man.
Natural Gas Is Getting Cheaper. Thousands Are Paying More To Heat Their Homes Anyway.
Soumis par Aggregation le mar, 04/20/2021 - 13:00Reading Time: 3 minutes
US Supreme Court Dismisses the Last Challenge Over Pennsylvania’s 2020 Election (Reader Steve)
US Startup Plans to Clean Up Steel Industry’s Act
Soumis par Aggregation le mar, 04/20/2021 - 07:00Reading Time: 8 minutesChina’s industrial heartland, Japan’s coastal manufacturing hubs, and even some cities in America’s ravaged Rust Belt are humming with the low roar of mills forging steel, the most widely used metal in the world but also one of the dirtiest to produce.Blast furnaces tower more than 100 feet high, their bowels heated to blinding-white temperatures that melt i
Despite Tensions, US and China Agree to Work Together on Climate Change
Soumis par Aggregation le lun, 04/19/2021 - 13:00Reading Time: 2 minutes
The Fast Lane for COVID Testing Has Opened Up in the US (Bethany)
Experts Say Vaccine’s Effect on Menstruation Is Expected
Soumis par Aggregation le lun, 04/19/2021 - 11:00Reading Time: 4 minutesThis week the internet revealed yet another way one COVID-19 vaccine could impact its recipients: Moderna’s effect on menstruation. At least 37 women, after receiving the Mode
Climate Change: What, Me Worry?
Soumis par Aggregation le lun, 04/19/2021 - 07:00Reading Time: < 1 minute It’s the size of Florida. And now the humongous Thwaites Glacier is closer to collapsing than ever before, as warm water runs beneath it. When it goes, it could take the rest of the Western Antarctic Ice Sheet with it, raising sea levels and submerging small islands and coastal regions around the world.
Tucker Carlson: Grand Wizard of Fox News
Soumis par Aggregation le dim, 04/18/2021 - 07:00Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe cartoon above was created by DonkeyHotey for WhoWhatWhy from these images: Tucker Carlson caricature (DonkeyHotey / Flickr – CC BY-SA 2.0), AOC caricature
Leaking Oil and Gas Wells: A Ticking Time Bomb
Soumis par Aggregation le sam, 04/17/2021 - 13:00Reading Time: 6 minutesThis story is part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration strengthening coverage of the climate story.They could be in your town or the next town over. Or both. Nobody knows.
Mission Accomplished in Afghanistan
Soumis par Aggregation le sam, 04/17/2021 - 07:00Reading Time: < 1 minute After two decades, some 2,300 American soldiers dead, and 20,000 wounded, Joe Biden is promising to do what the three previous presidents failed to do — end the US war in Afghanistan.
Will the SEC Finally Make Companies Disclose Climate Risk?
Soumis par Aggregation le ven, 04/16/2021 - 13:00Reading Time: 7 minutesThis story is part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration strengthening coverage of the climate story.After a decade of watching from the sidelines, the Securities and Exchange Commission is stepping up to regulate how publicly traded companies d