Is There Anyone Who Can Respond to My FOIA Requests? Anyone?

Asking the federal government for public records didn’t always feel like a shell game. But bounced emails and broken portals seem like the new normal.

Francesca Hong’s “Thanksgiving-Gate” Shows Her Detractors Are Totally Out of Ideas

By digging up a years-old tweet from the Wisconsin Democrat about Thanksgiving, Francesca Hong’s opponents show they’re totally out of ideas.

A new type of levee is taking root in Northern California

Combining flood mitigation with wetland habitat restoration, "horizontal levees" could protect coastal cities and wildlife from rising seas.

Canada’s wildfire season is taking a heavy toll on First Nations

Thousands have been displaced as Indigenous leaders raise concerns about firefighting resources, emergency aid, and evacuation decisions.

The Tantalizing Possibility Of Locating Consciousness In The Brain

Few discoveries would be more consequential than identifying the specific neural structures responsible for subjective experience.

They’re making record profits, but oil companies still won’t ‘drill, baby, drill’

The war in the Middle East has sent Big Oil’s profits soaring. Companies are pocketing the money rather than expanding drilling.

“Total Whitewash”: New Pentagon Report Claims U. S. Killed No Civilians in Boat Strikes

Government officials told The Intercept the War Department’s latest civilian casualty report was “sickening” and a “joke. ”

No, AOC: “Woke” Wasn’t “Crazy” the Way You Say It Was

Millions of protesters in the streets after George Floyd wasn’t the “crazy” part. Centrist Dems selling them out was.