Sunday, July 12, 2026

Why 116,000 black women are walking throughout the US

Thirty minutes a day begins as a walk toward freedom from illness, disease, exhaustion, and, in some cases, trauma.

Again, the US is a no-vacation nation

Nearly 1-in-4 Americans receive no paid vacation or holidays.
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SLAPP lawsuits: The biggest threat to the resistance you never heard of

Wealthy corporations must know they can’t SLAPP the public into silence.

The US Constitution may hold the key to solving the climate crisis

Drawing from U.S. case law and legislation, an argument for climate action centered on birthright equity is building momentum.

The battle for Net Neutrality isn’t over

The FCC says the reversal "will protect consumers at far less cost to investment than prior rigid and wide-ranging utility rules."
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The Trump takeover of the courts

This takeover of the federal bench is another assault on our democracy.

Conservation groups urge EPA to update list of toxic pollutants

The petition urges the agency to address the various categories of toxic pollutants that have been linked to cancer and many other health and environmental concerns.

Patience and secrecy in the Kochs’ complex conspiracy

The Kochs have taken the long view with their ideological power grab.

Standing Rock Sioux Tribe receives $1 million investment to transition away from fossil fuels

"We are grateful and honored to accept the inaugural Henry A. Wallace Award and a grant from the Wallace Global Fund that will help us continue our resistance against the pipeline and transition to clean energy technologies like wind and solar."

Reactionaries in ragged retreat: A wingnut brew of bottom-dwellers

Trump politics are in shambles, whatever he and lackeys try boomerang, and why should anything change in the next five months?