Saturday, November 14, 2026

LNG exports: Profit for speculators, cost for consumers and climate

"Record LNG exports drive up home heating prices for Americans, and line the pockets of fossil fuel CEOs."

A successful general strike requires trauma-informed mutual aid

To strike at scale and over the long-term, we need to build real trust so that we can lean on each other when the paychecks stop.
White cheddar cheese. File photo, not the recalled product. Photo: Jon Sullivan (public domain)

Raw milk cheese recalled after E. coli outbreak sickens 13 people in nine states

Eight people were hospitalized and three developed a serious kidney complication, and more than half of those sick are age 5 or younger, the CDC says.

Message to Attorney General Garland: lead, follow, or get the hell out of the...

If Garland indicates he has not conducted an investigation of Trump and he has no plans to do so, even after receiving the Jan. 6 committee’s full report, Biden should fire him immediately and begin the search for a new, highly competent individual who will properly conduct the Justice Dept. business.

Shooting at press dinner fuels conspiracy spiral as political distrust deepens

An attempted assassination charge outside the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner triggered urgent security questions, but the political aftershocks spread far wider, exposing how conspiracy culture, rising extremism, and collapsing trust are reshaping responses to violence in America.

The Liberty Bell and the Democratic Party: A Tale of Two Fractures in Philadelphia

The Democratic Party has an enormous challenge now, to unify its members to defeat one of the most bigoted and divisive, some say fascistic, presidential candidates in modern U.S. history

While “the world is on fire,’ DNC kills resolution for climate forum

Party had been reminded of its platform asserting it will combat the 'global climate emergency.'

Trump’s threat to negate election results automatically disqualifies him

Trump the ignorant disruptive seems oblivious to what negating elections from willful blindness means.

Afro-descendant communities offer a living blueprint for Amazon Conservation

Lands managed by Afro-descendant peoples in the Amazon experience dramatically lower deforestation and house some of the planet’s richest ecosystems—showing how centuries-old stewardship can guide global conservation.

Four more officials charged with causing Flint water crisis

At least 13 former and current state and local officials face criminal charges for their participation in the Flint water crisis.