Wednesday, September 16, 2026
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As Noam Chomsky turns 93, he urges young people to create a ‘much better...

He finds hope in the activism of young people “to create a much better world than the one we have.”

Workers need more rights and economic democracy

It is time to correct the decades of diminishing worker rights and shrinking unions as well as low-pay.

NRA spokesperson: Dallas shooting in which a cop killed a man in his own...

"And this could have been very differently had he actually had a firearm on him."

The truth about immigrants and the economy

We need immigrants to keep our economy — and our country — vibrant and growing.

A growing movement to reclaim water rights for Indigenous people

Native tribes are reliant on their local water sources, which have been continuously exploited and contaminated by the U.S. government and non-Native people. Indigenous groups are finding new ways to demand justice.

The soaring cost of US child care, in 5 charts

This spike in costs has broad implications, including leading fewer families to have children.

The billionaire playbook: How sports owners use their teams to avoid millions in taxes

Owners like Steve Ballmer can take the kinds of deductions on team assets — everything from media deals to player contracts — that industrialists take on factory equipment. That helps them pay lower tax rates than players and even stadium workers.

US doubles down as empire declines

U.S. global dominance is coming to an end. The issue is how will it end?

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."

Pipeline opposition groups fight back against anti-protest laws ‘designed to intimidate’

"The response of the government to protest ought to be engaging on the issue, listening to the concerns of the people that are speaking out, and trying to respect and work with them, not stifle First Amendment rights."