Saturday, May 23, 2026

Trump is a brazen liar about Social Security

If Trump is re-elected, supporters of Social Security will be in for the fight of our lives.

How protests that double as trainings are growing this fossil fuel divestment campaign

The activists represented a broad coalition of grassroots organizations that had come to Malvern to stage an intervention over Vanguard’s $300 billion investments in fossil fuels.

State Troopers Arrested After Beating Unarmed Motorist on Video

Joseph Flynn of the Massachusetts State Police and Andrew Monaco of the New Hampshire State Police had been arrested and charged in Simone’s beating.

Florida wants to make ex-felons pay to vote

"They cannot legally affix a price tag to someone's right to vote."

Zoo troubles: The plight of two pandas lays bare the flaws

Animals in zoos suffer greatly and are exploited for entertainment under the guise of education and conservation.

Taxing Big Oil could boost UN loss and damage fund by 2000%

Targeting the world’s seven largest publicly traded oil and gas companies—ExxonMobil, Shell, Chevron, TotalEnergies, BP, Equinor, and ENI—the tax would hold major polluters accountable for their contributions to the climate crisis.

How employers are trying to thwart a wave of union drives

“Fear is a great motivator. That’s exactly how they operate.”

Alleging ‘failures’ to protect drinking water, coalition urges EPA to take over Ohio fracking...

Ohio’s “permissive” regulation of fracking waste injection wells threatens public health and the environment, a petition to the EPA says.

Rethinking Medicare for All – slightly

In running a social system, we really need to decide when and how wealth can be used to “buy your way” into a better level of treatment.

Food companies intentionally make their products addictive, and it’s making us sick

Foods with unnaturally high levels of sugar and salt keep Americans snacking their way to obesity.