Politics
Politics Articles
Several research reports rank corrupt countries. Among the most well-known of these are Corruption Perceptions Index, The U.S News countries index, and a report by Forbes. While not all use the same...
Published:
The COVID-19 pandemic cut the revenue and profits of several business sectors, especially retail and food service. One industry, however, reported growing revenue during the pandemic – the lobbying...
Published:
As interest in beekeeping has grown in the US over the last few decades, honey bee colonies have continued to experience high mortality rates. In the winter of 2020-21, American beekeepers saw the...
Published:
U.S. lobbyists raked in a record $3.7 billion in revenue last year from companies, labor unions, and special-interest groups, according to OpenSecrets, which tracks money in politics. This 6% growth...
Published:
Calls for fiscal responsibility and debt reduction are common in Washington D.C., but a demonstrated commitment to achieving those goals is not. The federal government has not had a balanced budget...
Published:
Climate change is affecting the entire world, but not all countries are affected equally. Each year, Germanwatch, an environmental organization that promotes global sustainability and equity, lists...
Published:
In the wake of the Supreme Court’s June 24 decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, there are concerns that other landmark rulings, such as the one that guaranteed same-sex couples the right to marriage,...
Published:
In case you haven’t noticed, prices of foods from eggs to fish have been skyrocketing lately, and this inflation, which is driven in part by global food shortages, shows no signs of slowing down....
Published:
Just a day after Türkiye (now the formal name of Turkey) dropped its objections to Finland and Sweden joining the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, leaders of the Western military alliance...
Published:
The state of unions in America today is not heartening to the labor movement. In 1983, the first year for which data is available, some 20.1% of the American workforce, representing about 17.7...
Published:
Before it ceased to exist in 1991, the Soviet Union was the largest country in the world, covering some 8.65 million square miles, almost one-sixth of Earth’s land surface. Its population was...
Published:
Russia’s war on Ukraine has stretched into its fifth month with no end to the conflict in sight. Russia amped up its attacks on Ukraine in June, including a missile strike on a shopping center on...
Published:
When it comes to the impact certain foods have on the environment, it’s not surprising that meat and dairy products top the list. But you might be surprised that foods we’ve been told are good...
Published:
Since January, nearly 32,000 wildfires have scorched more 3.3 million acres in the U.S., the National Interagency Fire Center estimates. Currently, 50 active fires are burning across 1.7 million...
Published:
With the climate crisis looming larger, it is becoming ever more clear that humanity must radically change its habits to avoid devastating, irreversible consequences. As of March of 2021, 21% of the...
Published: