Friday, May 29, 2026

Recycling is not enough. Zero-packaging stores show we can kick our plastic addiction

Zero-packaging stores show, in their own small way, a viable and healthier alternative to the current system. Both for ourselves, local economies and the planet.

The Economic Tsunami Gathering Momentum Off the Shores of America

Our government is a dysfunctional, corporate-ruled mess with a massive debt that has gotten out of control. “A massive tsunami, a mega-powerful financial tidal wave, is growing in intensity off the shores of America” and only we can stop the chaos that seems inevitable.

Federal Agents Arrested for Bitcoin Money Laundering and Fraud

Two former federal agents operated in the shadows and above the law during their investigation of the online black market, Silk Road. Now they face charges including money laundering and wire fraud along with other related offenses.

How Mainstream Is Bernie Sanders Really?

A democratic socialist and all, Bernie Sanders isn't being taken seriously by the corporate media. But to mainstream media's surprise, Sanders’s positions are quite mainstream to the stances of the general American public.

Trump pardons promise the sleazy ‘total immunity’ escape-hatch that courts defy 

What smart primary candidates stumble into self-destructive mode, immune from knowing smart pandering from dumb pandering.
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Ohio cops under investigation for pulling paraplegic man from car

“I’m hoping for some kind of disciplinary action and furthermore, I wish that this doesn’t happen to no one else."

The unseen threat: Noise in the Arctic marine environment

Increasing levels of underwater noise threaten Arctic whales, seals, fish and other species. A new report offers an opportunity for Arctic nations to lead on the issue.

Memo to Congress: Diplomacy for Ukraine is spelled M-I-N-S-K

If the U.S. government wants to play a constructive role in Ukraine, it should genuinely support this already existing framework for a solution to the crisis, and end the heavy-handed U.S. intervention that has only undermined and delayed its implementation.

Navigating the energy transition: Renewables abound, but grid challenges loom

Renewable energy doesn’t matter if we can’t distribute it.

Rethinking Medicare for All – slightly

In running a social system, we really need to decide when and how wealth can be used to “buy your way” into a better level of treatment.