Wednesday, July 8, 2026

Will 2022 mark the turning point in the climate crisis?

This year the international community might finally be getting serious about climate change.

We can do so much more on student loan forgiveness

The administration still has time to take real action on student loan debt, but they need to get moving.

Biden announces new student debt cancellation plan

This plan will eliminate student debt for near 20 million Americans and reduce debt for another 43 million people.

After $1.9 trillion giveaway to rich, McConnell calls debt relief for working class ‘slap...

"It's not a slap in the face. It's a step in the right direction. We shouldn't be going [into] debt for getting an education."

The plastics paradox facing humanity

Properly addressing the plastics problem involves not only interrogating corporate tactics but also understanding that some plastics provide societal benefits.

Inflated by meager advances, the deluded still cling to the ‘Trump Party of Stable...

Do Trumpers have to sustain their dignity with loyalty not only to a naked emperor but one about to be run out of town on a rail?

A tax credit was meant to help marginalized workers get permanent jobs. Instead it’s...

The government gives hundreds of millions of dollars in Work Opportunity Tax Credits to temp agencies, even if the jobs they offer don’t lead to permanent employment.

Another company exits Arctic National Wildlife Refuge; cancels oil and gas lease

This leaves the state agency, Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority, as the only remaining lease holder in the refuge.
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Walmart, CVS and Walgreens must pay $650M for filling prescriptions to pill mills in...

A federal judge in Ohio found the pharmacy chains accountable for filling prescriptions even after suspecting doctors were operating pill mills.
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Is crypto really going to crash? (yes)

These crypto crashes and freezes have fueled worries that the complex crypto banking and lending system is on the brink of ruin.