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December 16, 2025

The Exploding Scope of the Military-Industrial Complex

Members of both major political parties have begun to question ballooning defense expenditures, which have almost tripled since the 1990s.

Sean Manning
Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellow

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December 16, 2025

The Generations of Public Service We Lost in 2025

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December 15, 2025

Disinformation Undermines Our Right to Science

Kate Cell
Senior Climate Campaign Manager

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Sean Manning

Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellow

Kristie Ellickson

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September 21, 2020

Council on Foreign Relations Gives Terrible Advice on Taiwan and China

Gregory Kulacki
East Asia Project Manager

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September 19, 2020

ICE’s Forced Sterilizations Are a Crime Against Humanity

Paula Garcia
Senior Bilingual Energy Analyst and Energy Justice Lead

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September 18, 2020

The THRIVE Resolution Puts Forth a Bold and Just Economic and Climate agenda

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

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September 18, 2020

Thank Science for Vaccines – Not Funders, Industries, or Politicians

Jacob Carter
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September 18, 2020

Superfund Site Cleanups Ignore Communities of Color

Juan Declet-Barreto
Senior Social Scientist for Climate Vulnerability

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September 18, 2020

Is the United States Planning a Nuclear-Armed, Intercontinental-Range, Hypersonic Missile?

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September 17, 2020

The RPM Act – How a Multi-billion Dollar Industry is Trying to Ruin Our Air

Dave Cooke
Senior Vehicles Analyst

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September 17, 2020

Will BP Finally Succeed at Moving Beyond Petroleum? To Survive, It Must.

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September 16, 2020

Three Tips for Getting Political Candidates on the Record About Science

Anita Desikan
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September 15, 2020

What I Told CNN: A Climate Denier Shouldn’t Be Leading at NOAA

Gretchen Goldman
President & CEO of UCS

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September 15, 2020

Political Officials Undermine CDC Scientists’ COVID-19 Studies

Anita Desikan
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September 14, 2020

Who Gets the First COVID-19 Vaccines? The Answer is a Complex Tangle of Science and Ethics

Taryn MacKinney
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September 14, 2020

In the US West Scorched by Wildfires, We Can Barely Breathe. It’s Going to Get Worse.

Kristy Dahl
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September 11, 2020

El trabajo más difícil dentro del sector de la pesca no es pescar sino procesar el pescado durante una pandemia global

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September 11, 2020

The Most Dangerous Job in Fishing Isn’t Fishing—It’s Processing Fish During a Global Pandemic

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September 11, 2020

Is BP Finally Committing to Ambitious Climate Action–or About to Fool Us Twice? Five Things to Look For in Its Climate Strategy

Peter Frumhoff
Former Director of Science and Policy and Chief Climate Scientist

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September 11, 2020

Ask an Expert: Reviving the Gulf of Mexico’s Dead Zone

Elliott Negin
Former Contributor

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September 10, 2020

Trade Groups Must Be Challenged for Their Harmful Climate Deception

Kathy Mulvey
Accountability Campaign Director, Climate & Energy Program

Christopher Michel

September 10, 2020

The Evidence is Clear: The US Public Wants Science-Based Policies for COVID-19

Derrick Z. Jackson
Former Fellow

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September 9, 2020

How an Upcoming USDA Rule Would Jeopardize the Safety of Poultry Workers

Anita Desikan
Former Staff

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September 4, 2020

What is the Secret Agreement between the United States and China on Taiwan?

Gregory Kulacki
East Asia Project Manager

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September 3, 2020

The Deadly Consequences of Sidelining Science and Government During a Pandemic

Anita Desikan
Former Staff

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Jesse Springer

September 3, 2020

Uber and Lyft Are Harassing a Researcher, Pulling a Page from Climate Deniers’ Playbook

Gretchen Goldman
President & CEO of UCS

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September 3, 2020

Did EPA’s Non-Enforcement Policy Cause Lake Charles Chemical Plant Fire As COVID-Climate Disasters Pile Up?

Adrienne Hollis
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