Tuesday, May 26, 2026

Senate approves record Pentagon budget as Democrats help advance Trump’s defense agenda

Bipartisan vote sends $900 billion military bill to Trump’s desk amid war powers concerns and domestic cuts.

Personal interview: Abby Martin what are the prospects for peace?

Abby Martin is an American journalist, TV presenter and activist who continues her work opposing imperialism and promoting peace, as an independent filmmaker and journalist.

The student debt crisis is exploding

Nothing less than a student debt jubilee will do.

P. G. T. Beauregard

A white Confederate general can learn from experience that it does society better to recognize the equality of minority races.

Under Trump air pollution has increased for the first time in nearly a decade

“We had expected that things would be getting worse—and that they would perhaps be getting worse in lots of places.”

Taxpayers are funding cruel and outdated DOJ training programs that kill animals

It makes no sense to continue wasting both tax dollars and animals’ lives.

Major new study shows pesticide risk to honey bees

Scientists are calling for a complete ban on neonics, but will governments listen?

Con vs. Con

The remainder of the presidential campaign will be characterized by an attempt among liberals to discredit third-party and popular movements. Yet our only hope for change will come by breaking free from the tyranny of the two corporate parties.

Steward Health Care CEO refuses Senate subpoena after profiting off hospitals drowning in $9...

The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), chaired by Sanders, is investigating Steward’s bankruptcy, which has left over 30 hospitals in crisis, saddled with $9 billion in debt.

Can Bernie Save America?

Sanders has seized the chance to change the way we think about what is possible in this country.