Saturday, October 24, 2026

Colorado Springs agrees to pay nearly $3M settlement after fatal police shooting

“Nothing in this nightmare could ever make what happened to my son ok or justifiable. There is no amount of money that will bring him back."

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.

Cooperative artist residencies give Black creatives the space to thrive

How two nascent artist residencies on opposite sides of the country are giving Black creatives opportunities to rest and create.

Scientists fear soaring methane levels show climate feedback loop has arrived

Rapidly rising levels of atmospheric methane are "very bad news for humanity and the planet," warned one observer.

Tyson Foods uses land twice the size of New Jersey to feed its factory...

“When a single company has leverage over so much farmland, its actions have substantial consequences."

The Fed is about to shaft American workers—or no good reason

Fed policymakers are poised to raise interest rates at their March meeting and then continue raising them, in order to slow the economy.

Bernie Sanders says US war with Russia over Ukraine must be avoided at all...

"Wars rarely turn out the way the experts tell us they will. Just ask the officials who provided rosy scenarios for the wars in Vietnam, Afghanistan, and Iraq."
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Policing on trial: Attorney Ben Crump on Fed case against three cops involved in...

The trial will show the importance of accountability even from police who are bystanders to murder, says Benjamin Crump, part of the legal team for George Floyd’s family.

America, a nation teetering on the edge

The kind of question we the people of America should be asking ourselves, “Can we get along? Why is it that we can’t get along?”

How a cooperative run by the formerly incarcerated is reshaping Chicago’s food industry

Megacorporations tend to dominate food contracting with schools and other large facilities in America. In Chicago, Black formerly incarcerated people are prepping locally sourced meals for schools, nursing homes and transitional housing facilities.