Saturday, November 7, 2026

Social media giants’ climate misinformation policies leave users ‘in the dark’: report

"Despite half of U.S. and U.K. adults getting their news from social media, social media companies have not taken the steps necessary to fight industry-backed deception," reads the report.

What’s Left of the Left?

If progressives can't gain ground during today's hard times, full of disasters at home and abroad, then when? If progressives don't gain when the right lurches between disgrace and farce, gloating with lies that scandalize reality, then when? Bright spots surface, but what notable change, especially on income distribution, speaks to unified progressive activism?

Like clockwork, right-wing media exploit DOJ IG report to call for special counsel Mueller’s...

The report had nothing to do with the FBI’s Trump-Russia probe.

Trump baby balloon: Why humor is such a powerful form of protest

So humor, democratically conceived and expressed in ways such as a giant Trump balloon, allows our voice to be heard.

Supreme Court votes in favor of Trump’s military transgender ban

Two lower court injunctions previously blocked Trump's policy, but in a 5-4 vote, the Supreme Court's decision allows the Pentagon to enforce the policy.

No, we’re not all in this together. How the super-rich are cheating America.

There are at least three good reasons why wealthy Americans should be doing a LOT MORE to give something back to the nation that made them rich.

The roots of the Capitol insurrection

Allowing them and their followers to distance themselves from what happened would be the kind of strategic blunder we too often see from the centrist wing of the Democratic Party.

Preserving Black historical resorts is a radical act

We may have more options for travel, recreation, and restoration than our ancestors likely ever dreamed of, but it’s still important to safeguard the historic leisure sites of the past.

The 10 happiest countries in the world 2021; why isn’t America one of them?

America, quite likely, will never rise to #1 or even be in the top 10 happiest as long as there is so much animosity and divisiveness in its society.

What pundit Ezra Klein doesn’t get about parenting in a looming climate crisis

It’s a matter of math: Bigger families mean more carbon emissions.