A chemical additive helped stop fishmeal from catching fire on ships, but it carried a downstream carcinogenic risk to modern food systems.
Ethics & Values
Cornell, Capoeira, Community
Act with purpose.
Act with purpose.
Everywhere Insiders 70: India Protests, North Korea and UN Reform
How does Irina Tsukerman assess India’s protests, North Korean propaganda and American influence at the UN?
“The response needs to move from containing demonstrations to addressing the issues that brought people into the streets.” — Irina Tsukerman
Helping the Powerful Escape Accountability
Trump is dismantling the International Criminal Court to protect himself, his allies, and Israel. We shouldn’t let him.
Trump is dismantling the International Criminal Court to protect himself, his allies, and Israel. We shouldn’t let him.
Try Humility
Humility is a noninvasive treatment designed to cure a multitude of ailments such as racism, xenophobia, sexism, and hypermasculinity.
Humility is a noninvasive treatment designed to cure a multitude of ailments such as racism, xenophobia, sexism, and hypermasculinity.
Why Making Americans Bet With Cash Could Protect People From Gambling Problems
Gambling has exploded in the United States. American casinos and sportsbooks earned US$79 billion in 2025, up nearly 20% from the $66.5 billion just two years earlier.
Gambling has exploded in the United States. American casinos and sportsbooks earned US$79 billion in 2025, up nearly 20% from the $66.5 billion just two years earlier.
AI Has a Labor Problem
The World Bank is bullish on AI. Experiences in the gig economy give us good reason to doubt that confidence absent strong regulations.
The World Bank is bullish on AI. Experiences in the gig economy give us good reason to doubt that confidence absent strong regulations.
If We Want to Stop Mass Shootings in America, We Need to Stop Voting Republican
Before we can properly mourn them, there will be more students or shoppers or church members or moviegoers or music fans or tourists to grieve over.
Before we can properly mourn them, there will be more students or shoppers or church members or moviegoers or music fans or tourists to grieve over.
Forgiveness, Memory, and Partnership Ethics
How does Riane Eisler connect forgiveness, memory, and partnership ethics to challenging domination?
“Is domination inevitable? My work has always concentrated on showing that it isn’t, that we can change it.” – Riane Eisler
Oil, War and the Fate of Industrial Societies
Richard Heinberg examines how tightening oil supplies, geopolitical conflict and the limits of alternative energy could reshape industrial economies and everyday life.
Richard Heinberg examines how tightening oil supplies, geopolitical conflict and the limits of alternative energy could reshape industrial economies and everyday life.
Want to Save Democracy? Save Journalism.
Real journalists are losing their jobs while money flows into pay-for-play social media. We need a publicly funded alternative.
Real journalists are losing their jobs while money flows into pay-for-play social media. We need a publicly funded alternative.
In the United States Running an Illegal Monopoly Has No Consequences: Just Ask Google
A US judge ruled Google ran an illegal monopoly but refused to break it up, showing that antitrust law has become little more than theatre.
A US judge ruled Google ran an illegal monopoly but refused to break it up, showing that antitrust law has become little more than theatre.
Yasss, Queen!
No Kings- get out and vote your heart out
No Kings- get out and vote your heart out
Inside Big Beef’s ’90s Campaign to Rewrite Its Climate Story
Documents show how the National Cattlemen’s Association launched a long-term misinformation campaign to downplay livestock’s environmental impacts.
Documents show how the National Cattlemen’s Association launched a long-term misinformation campaign to downplay livestock’s environmental impacts.
Public Parks Aren’t Development Opportunities
A Louisville columnist urges public input and preservation of historic Stansbury Park amid renewed university development discussions.
A Louisville columnist urges public input and preservation of historic Stansbury Park amid renewed university development discussions.
Emotional Abuse: The Invisible Train Wreck
So many survivors only recognize emotional abuse in hindsight.
So many survivors only recognize emotional abuse in hindsight. Mary Elizabeth Robinson is one of them.