Thursday, July 9, 2026

Bernie and the Big Banks

The bottom line: Regulation won’t end the Street’s abuses. The Street has too much firepower. And because it continues to be a major source of campaign funding, no set of regulations will be tough enough.

Four ways Alaska’s unending warming impacts everyone

As remote Alaska warms and melts, it kicks off changes that will affect global systems and worsen climate change.

Big Pharma company that is trying to keep pot illegal was just approved to...

“It appears they are trying to kill a non-pharmaceutical market for marijuana in order to line their own pockets.”
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Exclusive: Lizz Winstead and Abortion Stories in the Public Square

Lady Parts Justice League protested outside the Republican National Convention to raise awareness for pro-choice activism.

Trump’s energy pick weaponizes global poverty to block climate action

Chris Wright has taken a different tack on climate—less outrageous, but no less dangerous.

Spiffed-up & Combed-over, Trump’s Breakthrough — as Rich White Trash— Lets a Billionaire Hug...

Thus Trump campaigns like a redneck, white trash billionaire, even though that term defies logic, history and reason. But then his benighted audience, with nods to white supremacy, isn’t expert at logic, history or reason. Not getting truly educated, thus not able to keep themselves informed, elevates emotion over thinking, thus making them vulnerable to a hustler who does PT Barnum proud.

Riots Erupt in Charlotte After Police Killing of Keith Lamont Scott

The police department and Scott's family are at odds with their version of events leading up to the shooting and killing of Keith Lamont Scott.

Hurricane Maria’s death toll higher than official recording a new study reveals

The overall death toll is 15 to 20 times greater than the Puerto Rican government's official death record.

The disintegration of North America

Director Michael Moore was trying to satirize the U.S. penchant for invading other countries.

Trump’s worst attacks on workers

So whose side is Trump really on?