There are only 76 whales left in the genetically distinct Southern Resident orca population. While a shortage of their main food source, chinook salmon, and pollutants have driven their decline, the u...

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Hundreds of imperiled species, including North Atlantic right whales and rusty patched bumble bees, could face greater threats from industry and development.

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October 12, 2026

The top United Nations expert on Palestine said Wednesday – the third anniversary of the Hamas-led attack on Israel – that Israel’s US-backed genocidal annihilation of Gaza continues, with daily…

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BreakThrough News is under attack. For years, Republican lawmakers have painted a target on our backs, falsely claiming that our political views and reporting are part of some foreign plot. Now, the...

The power of kitchen-table economics

Journalist Tim Burke’s new lawsuit challenges the government’s search of months of emails, messages, files, and other information from his Google and Twitter accounts

These days, people are working longer hours for wages that just don’t go as far. With out-of-control cost of living expenses, stagnant wages, and AI looming as a massive disruption to everything that ...

When I said three years ago that egg companies were using the avian flu as cover to price-gouge, Fox News called me craz

October 1, 2026

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En français plus bas The worsening situation of femicide in Cameroon is becoming alarming. Cameroonian civil society considers that the government is failing to fully grasp the scale of these trage...

He would be good for Michigan and good for the United States

We, the undersigned individuals and organizations, stand resolutely opposed to the U.S. government's attack on the International Criminal Court (ICC). This is a direct assault on international law an...

Israeli settlers and security forces terrorize families in the occupied West Bank, drive Palestinians from their homes, beat and shoot people, and jail children, all with the support of the Israeli st...

VOTE NO on 5: The Reckless Revenue Cap Ballot Initiative Backed by wealthy investors and CEOs, the dark-money Massachusetts Opportunity Alliance (MOA) is backing Question 5: a reckless ballot initi...

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