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By Juan Cole / Informed Comment The Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii reports that, for the first time in human history, the level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has exceeded 410 parts per million.

Trump has appointed generals to crucial posts in his administration, lifted restraints on how commanders in the field can act and let the military send more personnel into the Middle East.

By Paul Fitzgerald and Elizabeth Gould To understand America’s drift into despotism over the last 40 years, we must de-encrypt the evolution of its secret “double government.”

Reporters who witnessed the double executions in Arkansas on Monday say that key details indicate the inmates may have undergone painful deaths.

The term “populist” has a clear historical origin in the United States. It’s important we claim it. (Pictured: Marine Le Pen)

By Paul Brown / Climate News Network Innovative bicycle schemes in the two nations are tackling chronic air pollution problems and congestion by encouraging people to stop using cars.

By Jefferson Morley / AlterNet The first round of voting in France’s presidential election marked another step in the emergence of a new political world in the Western democracies.

By Steven Harper / Moyers and Company Through key Cabinet appointments, Trump is gutting federal agencies that have improved citizens’ daily lives in ways that most Americans will no longer take for granted.

Immigration protesters in San Francisco. (Haven Daley / AP) Prepare for an immigration showdown between the Trump administration and local and state governments this summer. On Friday, the Justice Department sent letters to nine jurisdictions, or “sanctuary cities,” with an ultimatum: Cooperate with federal immigration authorities or lose federal funding for law enforcement. Cooperation means local officials must provide proof by June 30 that they are abiding by Section 1373 of federal law... Читать дальше...

Daniel Delomez, the mayor of Annezin, a town in northern France. (Voix du Nord Béthune / Twitter) Daniel Delomez, the mayor of Annezin in northern France, wasn’t happy that Marine Le Pen won 38 percent of his town’s votes in the French presidential election. “It is catastrophic,” Delomez told the French publication L’Avenir de l’Artois. “It’s possible that I will step down as I do not want to dedicate my life to assholes.” French mayor on Le Pen win in his town: "It is possible that I will... Читать дальше...