Should Oil Execs Be Charged With Crimes Against Humanity?
Our species, homosapiens, is losing the ability to survive on the planet slowly. This is according to multiple studies and extensive research. Oil companies, those fossil fuel extraction outfits, are...
View ArticleA Father’s Love Knows No Bars
With the recent celebration of Father’s Day, I’ve been thinking about a kind of love familiar to millions of men around the globe—including the nearly eight hundred thousand incarcerated men in...
View ArticleThe Harsh, Dangerous Gig of Seizing Thousands of Illegal Cattle in the Amazon
By Fernanda Wenzel President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s administration has removed thousands of cattle from illegal areas in the Amazon, but the task is far from the end; only in Pará state, more...
View Article‘True Detective: Night Country’ Is Out Now on Blu-Ray
‘True Detective: Night Country’ is out now on Blu-Ray It can be fun to watch drama shows sometimes. When done right they can take viewers on a pretty thrilling journey. I will admit I haven’t watched...
View ArticleFrom Baby Bust to Ongoing Fertility Collapse (Just Kidding)
Elon Musk, sharing a post that said “humanity’s birthrate is collapsing,” added that America is “trending toward extinction!” Of course any decline in fertility rate is “trending toward extinction,”...
View ArticleCohabitation Displacing Marriage
Updating a post from 2015. In the last 10 years in the US, the proportion of adults under age 45 who are single (not living with a partner) has increased only about 1 point, to about 46%. Most of the...
View ArticleReport Reveals Widespread Use of Smuggled Mercury in Amazon Gold Mining
By Fernanda Wenzel Enforcement against illegal gold mines in the Brazilian Amazon ramped up in 2023, but the contamination from the mercury used in mining will likely be felt for generations to come....
View ArticleHonduras’s Paradox: A Narco-State Where the Majority Does Not See Drug...
Written by ContraCorriente and Translated by Melissa Vida This article was written by Célia Pousset for ContraCorriente on May 29, 2024. An edited version is republished on Global Voices under a...
View Article‘The Bikeriders’ Is Available Now on Digital
‘The Bikeriders’ is out now on Digital Movies can help bring some amazing true stories to life. When done right they can take audiences on a thrilling journey. I will admit I knew little about The...
View ArticleInside the Dark World of Dognapping
By Ben Stickle, Middle Tennessee State University and Brenda Vose, University of North Florida It’s late at night, and a stranger walking down an alley sees your family dog sleeping on the porch...
View ArticlePastor Has Unbelievable McDonald’s Meltdown — Then Gets Arrested.
I’ve been on the receiving end of some pretty lousy service at McDonald’s down through the years. Who hasn’t? If I had a dollar for every time the pimply teenager at the drive-thru window forgot to put...
View ArticleLuxury Hunting Firm Linked to Decades of Poaching in Tanzania, Whistleblowers...
By Mongabay.com Whistleblowers speaking to Mongabay have reported instances of poaching over decades linked to a luxury hunting firm catering to UAE elites and royals. The insiders have experience...
View ArticleCrime Is Down, FBI Says, but Politicians Still Choose Statistics to Fit Their...
By Amanda Hernández Violent crime and property crime in the United States dropped in 2023, continuing a downward trend following higher rates of crime during the pandemic, according to the FBI’s...
View ArticleThe Upside-Down World of Crime Statistics
By Rod McCullom Speaking at an Erie, Pennsylvania rally just two days before of the vice presidential debate, former President Donald Trump made a bold statement: Police should be allowed “one really...
View ArticleEven Blue States Are Embracing a Tougher Approach to Crime
By Amanda Hernández The outcomes of seven ballot measures in Arizona, California and Colorado reflect the stricter approach to crime that’s been seen across much of the country recently, with voters...
View ArticleCan You Love Someone After They Confess to Being a Criminal?
Picture this: you’re a few months into a relationship, the kind that feels like it was written by a rom-com screenwriter. They’re charming, attentive, and yes — your mom adores them. You’ve been...
View Article3D-Printed Guns, Like the One Allegedly Used To Kill a Health Care CEO, Are a...
By Nir Kshetri, University of North Carolina – Greensboro Police investigating the shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on Dec. 4, 2024, have announced that the suspected assailant had...
View ArticleWhat if Trump’s DNA Sample Links Him to Another Crime?
Trump is now officially a convicted felon, but now that it’s all said and done, so what? He isn’t going to jail, doesn’t have to pay a fine, and his friends at the Supreme Court are one vote away from...
View ArticleAsk Yourself Now What You’re Willing to Be Fired Over
Here’s some inspiring /troubling breaking news: “Two top security officials at the US Agency for International Development were put on administrative leave Saturday night after refusing to allow...
View ArticleThe Psychological Thriller ‘Seven’ Is Out Now on 4K Ultra HD
‘Seven’ is available now on 4K Ultra HD It can be exciting to watch a thriller sometimes. They can take viewers of all ages on a really insane journey. I hadn’t seen Seven before, but always heard it...
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