This article originally appeared on Grist. Scott Pruitt, new Environmental Protection Agency administrator, had cozy ties with energy companies while serving as Oklahoma’s attorney general, as The New York Times reported in 2014 and again this…
PT meeting in 2013. Cesar Ogata/Flickr. All rights reserved. At dinner, someone asked the time from the Swiss guard on duty. Looking at his watch and seeing that it had…
For the first few weeks of a baby’s life, swaddling has numerous benefits. It allows them to sleep calmly because they’re not disturbed by their startle reflex. Plus, it keeps…
PEPSI. Flickr/Mike Mozart. Some rights reserved.In 1979, I was almost seven years old when the Soviet Union occupied Afghanistan and my father decided to move the family from Herat, my home…
Altiero Spinelli's grave, Ventotene. Flickr/ Jon Worth. Some rights reserved.Mr. Varoufakis: beyond your slogans, what is your practical plan to initiate a surge of democracy in Europe? This question is…
In the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, thousands of miles from land, a rogue wave knocked Chris Bertish off his paddleboard. The impact partially inverted the entire craft and pulled…
Special forces soldiers march in a military parade. Fernando Vergara / AP/Press Association Images. All rights reserved.Colombia is currently setting up a new, innovative and unique system of justice for…
Istanbul police suspend students protesting against YOK, November 2015. Demotix/ Sahan Nuhoglu. All rights reserved.Following the arrest of 27 academics, and a criminal investigation into more than a thousand individuals…
Complex reality:Tunisians protest against terrorist attack at Bardo museum, March 2015. Demotix/Chedly Ben Ibrahim. All rights reserved. The abhorrent Paris attacks have reduced political and public debate on the ongoing…
When the Arizona Wildcats take the field on September 2 for their season opener against the Northern Arizona University Lumberjacks, My-King Johnson will make history. The highly touted 6-foot-4-inch, 225-pound…
Candle vigil in southern Beirut to mourn 44 victims of suicide bomb, November, 2015. Demotix/Eduardo Lima. All rights reserved. In the grip of the refugee crisis, the European Union is now…
Bill Gates sure is strict on how his children use the very technology he helped bring to the masses. In a recent interview with the Mirror, the tech mogul said his…