Sunday, November 15, 2026

Backing Biden for 2024, conformist Democrats have been in denial. Now they’re in a...

“The truth remains that a president is not his party’s king and has no automatic right to renomination.”

Bottled water’s rising toll on planetary and human health

With approximately one million bottles purchased every minute globally, experts are warning that this trend has dire consequences for the environment, public health, and social justice.

US Fish and Wildlife precludes listing of monarch butterfly on Endangered Species Act; remains...

While the monarch butterfly remains a candidate for the list, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service found listing actions for 161 species on the National Listing Workplan a higher priority.

New Biden rule denounced as ‘Trump’s asylum ban under a different name’

"This asylum ban is, at its core, Trump's asylum ban under a different name."

Iraqis rise up against 16 years of ‘made in the USA’ corruption

“Protesters are demanding the overthrow of a political class seen as corrupt and serving foreign powers."
Dolores Huerta. Photo: Eric Guo / CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Dolores Huerta, Chicana activist and defender of farmworker rights, dies at 96

She coined ‘Sí Se Puede’ and spent over seven decades organizing for better treatment and pay for immigrant workers in California’s Central Valley.

Mueller, Russiagate, and the 2020 elections

The only true magic bullet in this case is the collective determination of all Americans who still believe in decency and democracy.

Wildfires unleash deadly air crisis as Western USA chokes on toxic smoke surge

Rising wildfire smoke nullifies decades of air quality gains.

Climate-related damage costs $16 million per hour on average globally, new study estimates

The study authors estimate the cost of the extreme weather damages from 2000 to 2019 to average around $143 billion, which breaks down to around $16.3 million per hour.

Do you need luck to get really rich?

A little ruthlessness, Elon reminds us, can go a long way.