Monday, September 14, 2026

New analysis shows Big Oil’s continued and future price gouging

Oil prices dipped below $80 a barrel for the first time since January 2022, but consumers are paying 13 percent higher than the last time oil was this low.

The key to a sustainable economy is 5,000 years old

In ancient Mesopotamia, writing off debts worked brilliantly well for two millennia.

South Africa ends captive lion breeding industry

“It’s a real win for wildlife. I think commitment for change is the most courageous step and the most important one.”

Jeff ‘Space Cowboy’ Bezos

Space flights used to achieve scientific purpose. Now they're a rich man's carnival ride.

Increased restrictions on protest won’t keep communities safer

Instead of looking to combat-ready police to solve the problem of public disruption, the community itself has the capacity to create structures of safety and support by focusing on solidarity and confronting the foundational issues that are causing the violence in the first place.

5 things the mainstream media missed about Charlottesville

We can’t ignore the long history of white supremacist violence – and anti-fascist organizing.
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Economist Joseph Stiglitz: Capitalism hasn’t been working for most people for the last 40...

"We haven’t been challenged, to put it in a way. But we are being challenged now, because so many people have done so poorly."

American billionaires’ net worth up $931 billion since start of COVID-19 pandemic

The total collective wealth of American billionaires is "nearly double the $2.1 trillion in total wealth held by the bottom half of the population, or 165 million Americans."