Saturday, November 7, 2026

#BuyNothing: Greenpeace and partners ask people to make something instead this Black Friday

"With our throwaway lifestyles, we are fueling climate change, pollution and the destruction of people’s homes and irreplaceable natural wonders. MAKE SMTHNG Week offers a fun and creative way out of this wasteful consumerism."

The Intellectuals We Abandon

"One of the many cruelties of corporate capitalism is that it has abandoned the poor and, among them, the gifted intellectuals I teach."
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As Mueller finds no collusion, did press overhype Russiagate? Glenn Greenwald vs. David Cay...

"This is the saddest media spectacle I’ve ever seen, since I began practicing journalism in 2005."

Federal judge strikes down Iowa’s ag-gag law ruling it a violation of free speech

"Today's victory makes it clear that the government cannot protect these industries at the expense of our constitutional rights."

Fox contributor and Fox guest float internment after London attack, network later apologizes

This is not the first time the idea of internment camps to deal with Islamist terrorism has been floated on a Fox show.

Back to thoughts and prayers: Donald Trump abandons support for enhanced background checks

"It's the people that pull the trigger, it's not the gun that pulls the trigger."

‘Sacrifice zones’: the new ‘Jim Crow’ that’s sickening and killing people of color

A product of entrenched, historic racism, “sacrifice zones”—designed to site pollution hot spots within communities of color—are a front line in a largely silent, often deadly, and steadily growing health crisis across the United States.

Republicans want to defund our libraries

Claiming to protect children, Republicans are going after libraries and librarians instead of the police, gun manufacturers, and actual child sexual abusers.

How to Make Billboards Uglier

At best, these giant corporate placards are problematic: They garishly loom over us, clutter our landscapes and intrude into our communities with no respect for local aesthetics or preferences.