Former FBI Director Robert Mueller testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington in 2011.AP Photo/Evan Vucci, FileOn May 17, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein appointed a special counsel to investigate ties between Russia and Donald Trump’s presidential campaign.
The man he chose was James Comey’s predecessor as FBI director, Robert...
What is moral injury?Truthout.org, CC BY-NC-SAOn Memorial Day, Americans remember those who died while in service to the country. In the past five years, a large proportion of these deaths have been suicides.
Popular media often link military suicide with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), which does indeed have a documented association with...
Protesters holding a candlelight vigil at Yale President Salovey's home.Local 33 UNITE HEREOn April 24, graduate students at Yale University announced a hunger strike in support of Local 33 of Unite Here, a labor union that represents workers in a variety of industries (including higher education) in dozens of cities across North America.
Their...
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Calls for Brazilian President Michel Temer's ouster are growing louder due to allegations of government corruption.Pilar Olivares/ReutersBrazil’s political turmoil is going into overdrive, exacerbated in recent days by the discovery of a tape recording allegedly of President Michel Temer approving some US$600,000 in hush money to pay off a...
When is it okay for the government to keep a secret?sharpshutter via shutterstock.comThe recent WannaCry ransomware attack infected about 300,000 computers in 150 countries, and cost computer users thousands of dollars in ransom money and billions in lost productivity.
The attack took advantage of a vulnerability in the Windows operating system...
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Tornado seven miles south of Anadarko, Oklahoma, May 3, 1999.OAR/ERL/National Severe Storms Laboratory/Flickr, CC BYEditor’s note: May and June are typically peak months for tornadoes in North America. We asked Penn State meteorology professors Paul Markowski and Yvette Richardson to explain why tornadoes form, how to stay safe if...
What can parents do to help their children manage the political climate?AP Photo/Richard Vogel“Lucy,” a shy, intelligent six-year-old, missed three days of school because she had stomachaches. The symptoms started the day after Lucy witnessed a loud argument while waiting for the bus with her babysitter. A “scary man”...
Heavy gray smog blankets northeastern China, including Beijing and Tianjin, on Dec. 18, 2016 during a five-day air pollution 'red alert.' NASA Earth ObservatoryOn April 22, as protesters swelled Earth Day rallies in U.S. cities and around the world, President Trump tweeted that he was “committed to keeping our air and water clean but always...
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Community health workers like these visit patients’ homes in Malawi to help prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV. Baylor College of Medicine Children's Foundation–Malawi/Chris Cox, CC BY-NDEditor’s note: President Donald Trump recently signed an executive order that media reports say could obstruct nearly US$8.8 billion...
Iranian presidential candidate Ebrahim Raisi is an important newcomer to electoral politics.
Last year, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei appointed Raisi custodian of the shrine of Imam Reza and chairman of the foundation that manages its extensive complex. This is no minor post. The foundation nets the regime billions of dollars.
The shrine of...Read more: Meet Ebrahim Raisi, the cleric challenging incumbent Rouhani for president of Iran