The violence and cruelty of Guatemala's 36-year civil war was mainly due to US aid to the right-wing government installed by a US-supported coup in 1954.

Space tourism would emit lots of greenhouse gas: one rocket launch would equal 200 round-trip transatlantic flights.

Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez proposed a detailed plan for the Green New Deal in the area of public housing. This would address the housing shortage in US cities as well as reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and in the process create many good jobs.

Rodney Reed, facing immediate execution, has been given a stay to evaluate the claim that he was framed.

The Right-Wing Coup in Bolivia Is Exactly the Opposite of What Democracy Looks Like.

What Evo Morales achieved for the non-rich in Bolivia, especially the indigenous people who tend to be quite poor.

It seems clear that his enemies organized a dishonest campaign to force him out, but it isn't clear to me what tangible acts the military did to further that campaign. I think this is an important question. We should not call it a "military coup" unless the military played a central role.