Friday, June 12, 2026

Trump says America’s oil industry is cleaner than other countries’. New data shows massive...

Does Texas, the heart of America’s oil and gas industry, tell a different story?

Scores of climate experts condemn Trump climate report as ‘junk science’

“It reads like a list of common climate skeptic tropes—long ago rebutted by the scientific community—being rehashed by a group of disgruntled scientists.” 

How union membership leads to a great life

Unions anchor millions of Americans in the middle class, enabling these workers to leverage a stronger work-life balance than peers at nonunion workplaces.

Scholars say Israel is committing genocide in Gaza

Scholars’ group cites mass civilian killings, starvation, and official incitement as evidence, while Israel and the United States reject the genocide label.

US bans import of seafood from countries in violation of marine mammal bycatch prevention

Countries facing the embargo include Mexico, China, Ecuador, Indonesia, Nigeria and Turkey.

Meet the Canadian aiding Trump’s ‘insane’ war on climate science

Ross McKitrick claims his views have long been ‘overlooked.’ Now his work is helping guide the MAGA assault on climate regulations.

The role of information in building a new world

Research as a key to fighting militarism and repression.

In defense of 20th C+ liberalism, historic domestic advances, truth, justice and the American way 

The big picture contrasts America of 1895 with how far we’ve come: despite setbacks and injustices, a century plus of domestic advances in freedom and justice match other enlightened nations.

FEMA workers warn of another Katrina as cuts, climate censorship, and retaliation mount

Nearly 200 FEMA employees signed the Katrina Declaration, warning Congress that Trump administration policies are eroding disaster readiness and risking a catastrophe on the scale of Hurricane Katrina.

America is still using diquat, a toxic weedkiller banned in much of the world

Despite mounting evidence of serious health risks, the U.S. continues to allow diquat use on farms.