Monday, May 25, 2026

TPP is dead. Time for a progressive trade vision.

Together we can win a more just and sustainable future for us all, across borders.

Lawmakers move to block Trump from dragging US into war with Iran amid Israeli...

As Israel intensifies strikes on Iran, Democratic and Republican lawmakers introduce legislation to restrain Trump from launching unauthorized military action.

Dairyland in denial: Red states & the myth of the real American

Unless or until progressives start to recognize the cost of losing the underpopulated red states in Middle America, ultra-right-wing Republicans will continue to have power in Washington all out of proportion to the popular will.

Brazilian government grants license for exploratory oil drilling in Amazon basin

Despite environmental and Indigenous concerns, the Brazilian government cited that the potential for energy sovereignty.

Supreme Court blunts voting rights in Arizona—and potentially nationwide—in controversial ruling

The court’s decision further erodes the Voting Rights Act. Attention now shifts to Congress to see whether it will respond.
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Don’t believe corporate America’s ‘labor shortage’ bullshit. This is an unofficial general strike.

What’s really happening is more accurately described as a living-wage shortage, a hazard pay shortage, a childcare shortage, a paid sick leave shortage, and a health care shortage.

GOP attorneys general petition against EPA’s use of civil rights law for environmental justice

The petition, if successful, could have dire consequences for communities living near industrial sites.

Mad Vlad? Russia’s senseless, brutal ‘intervention’ in Ukraine

Will a war in Europe make more people wake up to the real costs of militarism, even when they are asked to sacrifice themselves, loved ones or fellow citizens by their own leaders in the name of patriotism?

Bernie’s Right. Wall Street’s Business Model Really Is Fraud.

Play by the rules? For bankers, Rule #1 is “win at any cost.”

Trump shrinks national monuments in largest reduction in history. Here’s how groups are fighting...

The fight will not be easy, but with so much support and on-the-ground activism, hopefully it is a fight that conservationists can win.