Tuesday, September 22, 2026

The rules according to Trump

Women rise against centuries of assault and sexual harassment. Yet a man accused of such crimes remains in the White House.

Activists win major victory, forcing the EPA to update regulations on this harmful neurotoxin

The EPA wanted years to study the hazards, instead the court gave them 90 days to update regulations.

Dear Bernie,

A letter to Bernie Sanders: Run as a Green candidate in the general election. You can win, either outright, or by getting the most electoral votes and forcing Hillary to decide to either hand you her electors or give the decision to a Republican-run House of Representatives.

The “Hopeful” Democratic National Convention

While Hillary Clinton is still not the most-beloved politician, some readers seem to have warmed to her during a convention with a markedly more optimistic tone than last week’s RNC.
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‘Our bodies are on the line’: NYC nurses demand protective gear as COVID-19 death...

Nurses in California, Florida, Kansas, Missouri, Nevada and Texas are protesting one of the nation’s largest hospital chains for a “lack of preparedness” amid the coronavirus pandemic.

A public bank for Los Angeles? City Council puts it to the voters

California legislators exploring the public bank option may be breaking not just from Wall Street, but from the Federal Reserve.

‘Deeply sinister’: emails reveal Big Pharma pushed Twitter to silence vaccine equity voices

"At a time when online mobilizations were one of the few forms of protest available to the public, Twitter was seemingly asked to shield the powerful from criticism," said one campaigner. "That should worry all those who care about accountability."

Supreme Court rules in favor of Civil Rights Act of 1964 protecting LGBTQ employees...

"LGBTQI people have a right to the same protections as everyone else, and they deserve to be able to live their lives without fear of discrimination—something the Supreme Court has affirmed today.”

Texas GOP’s top anti-groomer crusader resigns over sexual misconduct with teenage aide

The lawmaker was facing an expulsion hearing after an internal investigation found he had furnished a 19-year-old staffer with alcohol and later tried to intimidate her into silence about what transpired and their relationship.
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The truth about the US border-industrial complex

Congress should expand legal avenues of immigration, along with a roadmap to citizenship for undocumented immigrants already here—a policy with broad public support.