Category: Politics

Ilustração: Rodrigo Bento/The Intercept Brasil; Getty Images O mundo mudou. Nós mudamos. O jeito de nos comunicarmos também. Mas o jeito de fazer jornalismo não mudou tanto quanto deveria. E isso é especialmente grave por ser a imprensa um pilar da democracia. Como fiscalizadora dos poderes, ela deveria acompanhar as mudanças da sociedade, se não […]

In a last-minute bid to shape the composition of the U.S. Senate, fossil fuel energy industry interests are planning to infuse $1.5 million into Georgia in support of Herschel Walker, the Republican facing off with Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., in the runoff on December 6. The infusions of cash, designed largely for get-out-the-vote efforts, are […]

In mid-November, the Biden administration recommended to a U.S. judge that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman be granted immunity in a lawsuit over the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The White House immediately sought to distance itself from the decision, insisting that it was an administrative matter handled by the State Department, not the executive office. For its […]

É 15 de agosto, feriado no Pará, e acaba de amanhecer em Novo Progresso. Nem por isso a cidade de 25 mil habitantes, situada à beira da BR-163, está parada. Enquanto os primeiros clientes entram e saem das lojas de ouro, na zona de prostituição meia dúzia de homens tenta se recuperar da noite agitada […]

A Montana judge declined a petition to halt the state’s controversial wolf hunt Tuesday, rejecting a claim from two environmental groups that continued killing would cause irreparable harm. In a highly anticipated hearing Monday, Lewis and Clark County Judge Matthew Abbott considered a potential first-of-its kind closure of Montana’s wolf hunting and trapping season, following […]

A showdown over a looming railroad strike heads to the Senate floor this week, after a group of progressive Democrats, led by Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., pushed to modify a tentative agreement to include seven days of sick leave. The expanded agreement passed the House 220-206 on Wednesday, and the fight now moves to the […]

Gen. Mark Milley, chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, recently offered some matter-of-fact observations about the immense human suffering and death caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and placed the responsibility for ending the war squarely on Moscow’s shoulders. “There’s one guy that can stop it — and his name is Vladimir Putin,” Milley said. […]