Judge blocks Trump DOJ push for transgender youth medical records
A California ruling stops federal prosecutors from obtaining private records from Stanford-linked care, adding another court rebuke to the administration’s campaign against gender-affirming treatment.
The United States of consumption
Our trash and our lives, here and abroad.
California could soon end child marriage after years of debate
Before the new ban passed, California didn't even have a minimum age for marriage — unlike most other states.
Why Newsom Might Commute 564 Death Sentences in CA
More than 560 people still face death sentences in California, despite a longstanding moratorium on executions.
Whitmer’s data center push isn’t just bad for Michigan—it’s bad for the world
Michiganders are "fighting like hell" because they understand exactly what is at stake.
US-Canada trade war deepens as Trump revives Depression-era trade tool – what’s at stake...
Trump’s use of a trade tool created during the Great Depression helped trigger a trade war between the two border countries, with few signs of de-escalation in sight.
Pentagon Iran War Report admits to Worst Drubbing since Vietnam
The Pentagon puts the war's cost at 33.4 billion dollars, independent estimates put it at more than three times that, with strikes across roughly twenty Middle East bases.
Ready or not, AI government is already here
Automation has shaped governments for decades, but new AI-driven systems are taking on functions from warfare to welfare. Promising speed and efficiency, their growing influence over decision-making complicates political accountability and risks autonomous governance being beyond human control.
What social movements can learn from the ‘innovator’s dilemma’
Organizers can borrow ideas from the business world about where to look for innovation, and about how our movement ecology can make space for it.
Sanders blasts Tesla’s $1 trillion payday for Elon Musk
A shareholder proposal to grant Musk unprecedented wealth comes as inequality widens, taxes on corporations shrink, and workers face mounting economic strain.









