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What Motivates People To Move Megaliths?

Tuesday, 17 June 2025, 9:43 pm | Independent Media Institute

One of the biggest questions about these mysterious sites is where the raw material was dug out of the earth. Excavations at quarrying sites for the most famous megaliths have led to surprising discoveries in the past 10 to 20 years. More >>

How Current Affairs Podcasts Are Filling The Cracks In Mainstream News Reporting

Friday, 13 June 2025, 7:05 pm | Independent Media Institute

Public affairs podcasts are an antidote to short-form news consumption and soundbite-oriented cable news broadcasts. More >>

Why Americans Support Unions And Distrust Big Business

Friday, 13 June 2025, 6:54 pm | Independent Media Institute

Support for unions versus big business soared to a record 16-point margin in recent years, according to EPI’s analysis of survey data from the federally supported American National Election Studies initiative. More >>

Rethinking Climate Action: A New Guideline For Planetary Health

Friday, 13 June 2025, 6:12 pm | Independent Media Institute

A new framework for planetary health reveals that our Industrial Age mindset—not human needs—is the real driver of environmental collapse. More >>

Factory Farms And The Next Pandemic: How Industrial Animal Agriculture Fuels Global Health Threats

Thursday, 12 June 2025, 8:17 am | Independent Media Institute

Zoonotic diseases linked to factory farming raise pandemic risks, but food tech innovations offer a safer alternative. More >>

The Evolution Of Mankind’s First Voice: How Drums Shape The Human Story

Tuesday, 10 June 2025, 9:47 am | Independent Media Institute

From ancient rituals to modern beats, the drum has echoed through every era as a vessel of rhythm, culture, and connection. More >>

The Unexpected Path To The Mamari Tablet—A Personal Discovery

Sunday, 8 June 2025, 11:28 am | Independent Media Institute

This whole experience showed me that you don’t need a grant, a lab, or a university to make a meaningful contribution. Sometimes, all it takes is a question you can’t let go of, a weekend you’re willing to lose, and the tools to follow the thread. More >>

Trump And Republicans Want Taxpayers To Fund Their Pet Project: Private Schools

Sunday, 8 June 2025, 8:03 am | Independent Media Institute

A proposal for a nationwide federally supported school voucher program is just another of President Trump’s schemes to give advantages to the rich at the expense of the rest of us. More >>

Alongside China’s, Which Social Credit Systems Are Developing?

Saturday, 31 May 2025, 8:47 pm | Independent Media Institute

China’s state-run social credit system has drawn global attention for years, but other versions are actively spreading. These systems increasingly shape the behavior and outcomes of citizens’ lives, often without their knowledge. More >>

As A Growing Social Movement And Self-Care Practice, Death Literacy Is Fostering Positive Conversations About The End

Thursday, 29 May 2025, 8:29 am | Independent Media Institute

The new self-care movement teaches death literacy as a life-enhancing practice. More >>

Trump Is Trying To Reverse The New Deal

Tuesday, 20 May 2025, 9:38 am | Independent Media Institute

Along with several other programs, the New Deal represented a leftward shift of state priorities. For the employer class, worse than those spending shifts were the corresponding changes in federal revenue sources. More >>

The Rise Of AI Warfare: How Autonomous Weapons And Cognitive Warfare Are Reshaping Global Military Strategy

Thursday, 15 May 2025, 1:14 pm | Independent Media Institute

Throughout history, it is human intelligence that uses the technology, not the technology itself, which has won or lost wars. That may change in the future when human intelligence is focused instead on creating systems that are more capable on the battlefield than ... More >>

How Some Independent Radio Stations Avoid Sounding Like Corporate Drones

Wednesday, 14 May 2025, 9:26 am | Independent Media Institute

Local radio stations and digital networks of independents are keeping “human-driven, anti-algorithm expression” alive. More >>

Why The Right Really Hates The Postal Service

Wednesday, 14 May 2025, 8:12 am | Independent Media Institute

It’s not about USPS’s efficiency or viability. It’s about equity and collective good, values that are anathema to predatory capitalism. More >>

What Are Erik Prince’s Plans For The Second Trump Administration?

Tuesday, 13 May 2025, 11:07 am | Independent Media Institute

New plans from Erik Prince, a persistent figure in America’s private military complex, signal a wider push to privatize government functions in Trump’s second term. More >>

The World’s Greatest Long Hikes

Sunday, 11 May 2025, 7:00 pm | Independent Media Institute

For those willing to brave extended treks in nature, the world’s best long hikes offer challenges and amazing rewards. More >>

How Decision-Making Is Affected By Social Conformity

Sunday, 11 May 2025, 6:58 pm | Independent Media Institute

How and why human beings make decisions has always been a topic of interest in science and fiction. In recent years, advanced technology has added another dimension: Scientists have devised methods to create images of how human decisions map onto specific regions ... More >>

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