News Analysis

Residents fear that coal-contaminated water is seeping into their wells. But a lack of evidence is stalling action.

Andrew Cockburn takes us back to the drug wars of the 1990s, opening a window on just why the drone is the modern age's blowback weapon.

The threat of aggressive public protests against those assembling to critically discuss the behavior of Israel has become an excuse to shut down such gatherings.

The return of expropriated land and full political enfranchisement remain elusive in Sri Lanka.

If public morality justifies a national ban on GM food, why is no such ban required for GM feed and GM crops also?

The culture of US policing needs to move beyond current practice and operations.

In the EU, the issues around glyphosate seem caught in a never-ending saga of delays and conflicts of interest.

Did Blumenauer use his position say boo about this?

Gentrification of cities isn't just caused by rich people moving in. In San Francisco, the police help.

The climate change movement has devastated public discussion by allowing the idea that some warming must be natural.