Friday, June 26, 2026

Tenants demand a national renters bill of rights amidst skyrocketing rents and corporate landlord...

Rising up for housing justice: tenants unite to demand a national renters bill of rights.

From the kingpins of private equity, a new dagger to democracy

Profit maximizing in the newspaper industry is corroding the knowledge base that sustains government by the people.

Bombing Iran is part of the USA’s repetition compulsion for war war war

“People who shut their eyes to reality simply invite their own destruction.”

President-Elect Biden: Time for YOU to follow the science

A president can do a lot in battling climate change, without Congressional approval, through executive orders and EPA regulations. Obama’s record was mixed and hesitant. Biden will need to do many times better.

A Message of Uplift Won New Hampshire

It's that message of uplift, expressed so differently by Sanders and Trump, that resonated so powerfully in New Hampshire.

Ask not For Whom the Bell Tolls: Police state unbound

"When Donne spoke of the bells tolling "for thee", he was referring to death. But it applies every time we turn a blind eye to those whose lives are being violated in our name."

The big union contract fights coming in 2025

The coming year is full of expiring contracts that could keep the strike wave rolling.
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Republicans don’t own patriotism

True patriots don’t put loyalty to their political party above their love of America.

Societies can prevent wars from starting—and the future of humanity requires peace

Experts in peace and conflict studies explain the scientific evidence that societies can choose peace, and that warfare is also a choice, not a necessity.

How Donald Trump’s failures turned Dallas into a COVID-19 hotspot

Yet Trump not only failed to channel existing stimulus funds to hard-hit areas like Dallas but also refused to use his clout to push an acceptable local government aid package through Congress.