Saturday, July 4, 2026

Texas governor says most gun crimes involve illegally owned weapons. That’s not true for...

According to an investigation by ProPublica and The Texas Tribune, the majority of the state’s 19 mass shootings over the past six decades were carried out by men who legally possessed firearms.

How unions safeguard workers’ sweat equity

When companies do threaten to close worksites, unions step up to preserve jobs and protect communities.

Four corrosive ‘bad myths’ batter America until unifying ‘good myths’ regain prominence

History depicts the battle between “bad myths” that divide, even destroy, vs the “good myths” that speak to the grandeur of the American experiment.

There’s a big pot of climate bill money waiting to be seized—activists can’t miss...

The IRA could be one pathway to delivering something real and tangible in communities where progressives do not usually organize.

Who’s winning and losing the economic war over Ukraine?

The winners are the opportunists and war profiteers, and the losers are the people of Ukraine, working and poor people everywhere, but especially in the Global South, and our fading hopes of halting the climate crisis.

New bill terminates vaccine requirement for air travelers to US

The argument against the bill states that this could put "American health care at risk."

New Biden rule denounced as ‘Trump’s asylum ban under a different name’

"This asylum ban is, at its core, Trump's asylum ban under a different name."

War in Ukraine and ICBMs: The untold story of how they could blow up...

With sky-high tensions between the world’s two nuclear superpowers, the chances of ICBMs starting a nuclear conflagration have increased as American and Russian forces face off in close proximity.

Humanity’s secret war against the environment, ourselves, and our children

Inequitable family planning and illogical pro-growth policies are taking away every child’s right to a fair start in life.

Soaring energy prices triggered by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine could push up to...

"Unaffordable costs of energy and other necessities will push vulnerable populations into energy poverty and even extreme poverty.”