Thursday, April 23, 2026

Another GOP Senator Wavers, Says He’s Open To A Vote On Obama’s Supreme Court...

Another GOP Senator breaks with McConnell's hard-line position. Senator Ron Johnson says he's open to a vote on President Obama’s nominee.

Iraqi Kurdistan: Setting the stage for a new war in the Middle East?

Several NATO countries, including Canada and the United States have special forces soldiers deployed in the region.

Biden-Harris admin announces $2.2 billion in discrimination relief payments to farmers

“It’s long overdue. These are payments that these farmers desperately need.”

Trump’s climate COP-out and the movement it has unleashed

The U.S. withdrawal from the Paris Agreement is a catastrophe, but it has inspired a whirlwind of bottom-up climate activism.

President Trump starts a conservation war

Retailers like Patagonia and REI are joining advocacy groups to battle for Bears Ears.

Black voters, specifically women, defeated Roy Moore

African American women went for Jones by a margin of 97 to three.

Trump Administration fires thousands of US health workers, putting well-being of Americans at ‘serious...

Termination emails were sent out to employees of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of Health, the Food and Drug Administration and several smaller agencies.

Not all insurrections are equal

Rebellions of the enslaved can aptly be classified as insurrections. This much is clear as we debate the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol.

A realistic ‘energy transition’ is to get better at using less of it

Being an early adopter of solar technology has given me personal insight into some of the practical limitations and difficulties of the energy transition.

Protest stopped the predators. They will be back.

The public outcry after the GOP tried to quash an ethics watchdog is the kind of citizen action we'll need to survive the next four years.