Tuesday, June 16, 2026

NRA says Secret Service ‘responsible for event security,’ guns prohibited during Pence’s keynote speech

The NRA announced that weapons of all kinds will be prohibited from the Institute for Legislative Action Leadership forum "prior to and during" Vice President Mike Pence's keynote speech in Dallas on Friday.

IKEA to sell renewable energy in effort to be climate positive

“At IKEA, we want to become fully circular and climate positive by 2030, built on renewable energy and resources."

Trump’s apology tour

Trump's version of making up with Muslims apparently involves selling $110 billion worth of arms to the most reactionary Muslim country on the planet.

Rightwing populism in a time of crisis

When the smoke clears, let’s hope the scales fall from the eyes of their supporters and the only recently growing phenomenon of rightwing, anti-science populism is consigned to the dustbin of history, where it belongs.

Trump’s major crimes

Impeachment finally underway The long-delayed impeachment proceedings against Donald Trump are finally starting, but at present, the focus...

Our opponents’ actions show we’re winning

Together, we can create transformational change. We are closer than we realize.

Exxon scientists accurately predicted climate damage while company pushed misinformation

"Airtight evidence that Exxon Mobil accurately predicted global warming years before, then turned around and attacked the science underlying it."

If America doesn’t reverse its current course, we are headed for a national meltdown

We have to get all sides involved on the same page, talking to each other about how these crises can be brought to an end.

Ending the American Dream by 2029?

The future seems to free the mind from reality’s restraints and let the imagination soar. Yet it has also proven full of political pitfalls.

Want proof that corporate money influences politicians? This new study has it.

It really is no coincidence that the members of Congress who receive the most money from Wall Street are also the most hands-off on regulating it.