Tuesday, July 14, 2026

Preparing for the Next Memorial Day

In the aftermath of the Memorial Day military parades and with a new administration looming on the horizon, a critical task for the coming year is to build a renewed, more vibrant, interracial, and multi-generational peace movement that will pressure the next administration.

70% of Americans support deciding state abortion rights by ballot measure: Poll

After an "enormous victory" in Kansas, some progressives argue that ballot measures "are the next frontier" for protecting access to reproductive healthcare.

EU to ban common single-use plastics to address environment and marine pollution

"Europe now has a legislative model to defend and promote at international level, given the global nature of the issue of marine pollution involving plastics."
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Why we need sanctuary states

California’s law limits the authority of state and local law enforcers to communicate with federal immigration authorities, and prevents officers from questioning or holding people depending on their immigration status or immigration violations.

Senate Intelligence Chairman steps down amid investigation probe

Richard Burr spent most of his time as Intelligence Committee Chairman suppressing intelligence reports and public knowledge of government misconduct.

EPA to allow minors to be exposed to highly toxic pesticides

Unfortunately, EPA administrator Scott Pruitt will continue to side with industry interests over science and citizen health.

There’s a big pot of climate bill money waiting to be seized—activists can’t miss...

The IRA could be one pathway to delivering something real and tangible in communities where progressives do not usually organize.

Biggest solar-and-battery installation in world, at Darwin, Australia, to power Singapore 3,000 miles away

Australia has lots of wilderness (the center of the continent is virtually uninhabited) and lots of sunshine, so it is an ideal producer of solar energy.

Global “Tesla Takedown” protests erupt against Musk’s role in Trump administration

Tens of thousands gathered at Tesla dealerships worldwide to protest Elon Musk’s leadership of the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency, calling for mass boycotts of Tesla stock and vehicles.

Evidence That Poor People Aren’t Lazy

Many white conservatives may believe that poor people are just taking handouts, but for many privileged Americans, denial is easier than facing the fact that the hardest workers are those who have to fight their way up from the bottom.