Sunday, November 8, 2026

The Age of Decline, Apple Pie, and America’s Chosen Suicide Bomber

The Donald represents, as a friend of mine likes to say, the suicide bomber in us all.

‘Elon, there are rules’: EU says Twitter must comply with new Digital Services Act

"If [Twitter] does not comply with our law there are sanctions—6% of the revenue and, if they continue, banned from operating in Europe."

N.C. shut down a group home last year. The US just gave it a...

Advocates for migrant children have criticized the government for relying on these large new facilities.

Building the Iron Wall

The ominous assault on the final redoubts of a free press, through an attempt to brand dissidents, independent journalists and critics of corporate power and imperialism as agents of a foreign power, has begun.

On a Philippine island, indigenous groups take the fight to big palm oil

After years of struggling against the odds for the rights to their land, the indigenous peoples of Palawan appear to be making progress.

To defeat Trump, ‘the resistance’ must own up to its own white supremacy

From immigration to climate, the white left’s blind spots have sullied even well intentioned efforts to combat Trump, the far right, and ecological collapse.

A telling tale of two press lords

Rupert Murdoch made the world safe for grand fortune. E.W. Scripps had a better idea.

Why escalation is the best response in moments of crises

To win on gun violence and abortion, activists must engage in actions of escalation that match the public’s distress.

A veteran’s case for canceling student debt and making higher education tuition-free

The G.I. Bill helped millions realize a future they otherwise may not have ever known. We can do the same again—on an even larger scale.