Saturday, November 14, 2026
A gas station price sign in New York, May 2026. Photo: Tdorante10 / CC BY-SA 4.0

Highest Gasoline Prices ever in Aug., as US-Iran Tit for Tat Strikes Continue

Americans paid nearly $60 billion more at the pump this spring than a year earlier, and the Gulf shipping crisis shows no sign of easing before the price hits again.

America first is America alone

Power-crazed the president may be, but he fails to grasp soft power.

Florida deputy charged with child abuse for assaulting teen on video

“The way the deputy responds, for whatever occurred, whatever type of verbal dialogue was going on, it makes no sense and it wasn’t necessary.”

Why fixing methane leaks from the oil and gas industry can be a climate...

It might be the cheapest, quickest way to reduce climate change without roiling the economy.

Federal judge rules Trump’s mass firing of federal workers was illegal—but will it stop...

The case was brought by a coalition of labor unions and advocacy groups, who sued OPM after the agency ordered thousands of probationary federal employees to be fired.

A 40-year fight against cluster bombs offers lessons to stop the US-Israel weapons pipeline

The Honeywell Project in Minneapolis showed how to beat a weapons maker: obstruct operations, recruit workers as allies, build camaraderie and persist no matter what.

Microplastics in every bite: News study confirms human consumption of plastic

A new study confirms that on average, humans consume 50,000 bits of plastic a year and inhales nearly the same amount.

Clarence Thomas acknowledges undisclosed real estate deal with Harlan Crow and discloses private jet...

Writing in his annual financial disclosure form, Thomas said that he “inadvertently failed to realize” that the deal needed to be publicly disclosed.

U.S. chooses genocide over diplomacy in the Middle East

What Americans should be asking their government is this: Why are there still 2,500 U.S. troops in Iraq?

Universal basic income is easier than it looks

The Federal Reserve alone could do the job.