AJ Dellinger

While much of the conversation about the 2020 election is focused on the top of the ticket, in California, a down-ballot proposition may hold undue influence on the future of the economy. The measure, Proposition 22, will determine if gig workers…

For years, law enforcement agencies at the state and federal levels have used often faulty and always creepy facial recognition technology to try to identify civilians. Now the table is being turned. According to a report from the New York Times,…

Well, it’s finally happened. After years of threats and anticipation, on Tuesday, the United States Justice Department announced that it has filed a lawsuit against Google, claiming that the company has participated in anti-competitive business…

If you had "tsunami threats in the Arctic" on your End Of the World Bingo card, mark it off. Experts are warning that Alaska and other typically frozen tundras around the world are at risk of experiencing devastating tsunamis that could threaten…

In the last half-decade, Alaska has warmed faster than any other state in the country. That spells trouble for a lot of people, including those who are largely responsible for that uptick in temperature. Energy companies trying to extract hundreds…

With just under three weeks to go until the 2020 presidential election, Trump has his sights set on the big issues. No, not the ongoing coronavirus pandemic that has left more than 215,000 Americans dead, nor the skyrocketing number of jobless…

A common refrain during election years is the question, "are you better off now than four years ago?" If you're an industrial polluter or environmental criminal, the answer is likely a resounding yes. According to a study published Wednesday in the…

On Wednesday morning, the New York Post published a supposed bombshell of a story about Hunter Biden. Citing emails and documents supposedly recovered by a computer repair shop from an abandoned MacBook Pro, the story alleges that Hunter used his…

Amy Coney Barrett is not a scientist. That's what she told Republican Senator John Kennedy of Louisiana on Tuesday when he asked the Supreme Court nominee if she had a personal view on the issue of climate change. "I've read about climate change,"…

Facebook is finally starting to clean up its act, or at least the content that appears on its platforms. On Tuesday, the company announced that it will ban advertisements that "discourage people from getting a vaccine." The change in policy comes…

In 2017, Ben Shapiro, suffering from a flare-up of his terminal case of Galaxy Brain Disease, briefly entertained the idea that water levels might rise significantly thanks to climate change and could push people living in coastal cities out of…

Aside from the fly that perched itself atop Mike Pence's head, there was another unexpected star that took center stage during Wednesday night's Vice Presidential debate: fracking. The controversial practice, which includes shooting high-pressure…

Senate Republicans have made it clear that nothing — not their own words, not the overwhelming public disapproval for a rushed nomination, not even the coronavirus — will stop them from putting Amy Coney Barrett on the Supreme Court. And according…

After years of allowing a baseless and dangerous conspiracy to live and grow to new heights on its platform, Facebook finally decided on Tuesday evening to ban QAnon and all related content from Facebook and Instagram. The decision will wipe away…

Facebook has been incredibly reluctant to remove content posted by President Trump, to the point that when it actually does take the necessary step of intervening to prevent the spread of misinformation, it becomes newsworthy. You can probably…

Many humans, particularly the young ones, have been doing everything they possibly can to ensure that Earth remains habitable. They do this because they, like the rest of us, have to live here, and would like for the planet to not become an inferno…

The window to reduce carbon emissions in order to avoid the most disastrous effects of climate change is getting smaller by the day. It’s such an obvious, extinction-level problem that even most oil companies have been at least saying the right…

The Proud Boys have been absolutely giddy since the first presidential debate on Tuesday. The far-right, neo-fascist, white nationalist organization got a special shout out on national TV from the president, when he told the group to "stand back and…

There are approximately 4,000 polar bears in Alaska, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, but that population is at risk of decline as climate change continues to shrink their habitat. But a warming planet isn't the only threat polar…