Saturday, November 14, 2026

Harris has to win—otherwise America forsakes its hobbyhorse addiction: Circus show trials on steroids

If a violent coup against our Holy of Holies is never aired out in public—and adjudicated, what happens to our core American confidence in right and wrong?

Turing Executive Fired After Questioning 5,500% Drug Price Hike

Former vice president and top lawyer for Turing Pharmaceuticals, Howard Dorfman was fired after he questioned Martin Shkreli's 5500% price increase.

Billions in fossil fuel subsidies worsen global health threats amid record-breaking climate crisis

2024 Lancet Countdown Report calls for redirection of $1 trillion in subsidies to combat health impacts of climate change.

Water protectors join together in march to halt Line 3 pipeline

“Find your bravery, find your community, find your truth. Stand with us and Stop Line 3.”
USPS delivery trucks. Photo: Tony Webster, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

New Mail Voting Rules Moved Forward Despite USPS Officials’ Concerns About Mass Disenfranchisement

In internal meetings, officials worried the rules they were drafting could delay or block ballots from reaching large swaths of eligible voters for the upcoming midterms.

Burgeoning hydrogen industry draws $41 million in federal lobbying from fossil fuel companies

Fossil fuel companies, which have promoted hydrogen as a catch-all solution to climate change, rank among the top spenders and outnumber clients from every industry.

A planet in crisis

Perhaps if we listen deeply enough and regularly enough, we ourselves will become the song this planet needs to hear.
The Texas Capitol in Austin. Photo: Larry D. Moore / CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Texas frees ICE agent charged in Minneapolis shooting after judge rejects extradition order

Minnesota's attorney general says the governor's inaction protects a man accused of a shooting, not just an immigration crackdown

Prayers aren’t enough, Texas governor calls for immediate action after Santa Fe school shooting

"It's time in Texas that we take action to step up and make sure this tragedy is never repeated ever again in the history of the state of Texas."

The end of US soft power?

Trump's effort to end U.S. foreign aid throws out a lot of babies with the bathwater.