Thursday, November 5, 2026

What just happened? $30 trillion to the richest white Americans since 2008

These fortunate takers profited mainly from the stock market, which has more than tripled in value since the end of 2008.

It’s spring and I’ve turned 71 in a pandemic-induced recession

But when we come out of it, we have to come out vowing never to return to the madness that was American society before COVID-19.

How Best to Train the Next Generation of Activists? Give Them Chores

Teaching kids to leave things better than they found them work not only on bedrooms and kitchens, but also on the world's bigger messes.

Wildfires are essential: The Forest Service embraces a tribal tradition

The Karuk were once denied the right to practice an ancient tradition. Now scientific and resource management circles are seeing the merits of controlled burning.

100 years later, Britain still won’t apologize for one of its worst colonial massacres—what...

Events like these keep people in fear. And it is easy to take things from people who are scared for their life.

A telling tale of two press lords

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

How cop shows serve to reinforce the racism at the heart of our culture

Recognizing that there are many problems, overt and covert, involved in cop shows is important and avoids simplistic narrative solutions being used to plaster over deeper problems.

No accountability: How the civil justice system fails Black Americans killed by police

Having escaped criminal punishment, police officers who shoot and kill Black Americans are often not held to account by the civil justice system either.

Inspiring student in France creates environmental app to motivate others to make a difference...

"At the end of the day I know that I've done something good on this day for the planet."

Love brings peace

Peace and love are the only answer.