Thursday, July 9, 2026

Up next – trial in Monsanto’s hometown set for August after $2 billion Roundup...

"We want the companies to take responsibility for warning people – even if there is a chance that something would be harmful or hazardous for them, people should be warned."

Western media accuse China of wanting to do what US does to other countries

A new Cold War media blitz against China that simultaneously serves US imperialism by blessing it or denying that it exists.

Pipeline company wants to quietly expand gas shipments in the Pacific Northwest 

TC Energy’s upgrade of its GTN XPress pipeline would result in a huge increase in methane gas volumes to the region. But it would undermine climate laws already on the books.

Why the Taliban’s promise to stop the opium trade rings hollow

Uncertainty abounds over what the Taliban’s opium policy will actually look like. In the meantime, the farmers are planting the seeds for next year’s crop right now.
Image credit: Steven Depolo/Flickr

New study finds detectable plastic fragments in bottled water that invade human cells

A new study explored the world of nanoplastics and their presence in bottled drinking water.

Trump’s Supreme Court pageant: a silly show to fill a stolen seat

Republicans stole the seat from the president who was elected to fill it – and, more importantly, from the voters who elected him.

Obama Ends New Coal Leases on Public Lands

The federal coal leasing program had not been updated for 30 years until Obama’s recent move to stop a majority of new coal leasing on America’s public lands.

Big oil firms touted algae as climate solution. Now all have pulled funding

ExxonMobil, the last remaining proponent of green algae biofuel, ends research.

The Biden interview: the President talks about the Supreme Court, threats to democracy and...

In a sit-down conversation with ProPublica, Biden discusses Kevin McCarthy’s “terrible bargain,” the fear of change that drives threats to democracy and the Supreme Court’s need for an ethics policy.

Support the growing Sanders-AOC anti-oligarchy, class-warfare protest rallies

The surging Sanders/AOC class-war juggernaut confronts super PACs payola billions while pushing its humanistic, “democratic socialist” agenda to rebalance unjust wealth inequality.