Thursday, October 22, 2026

Do better than a rip-off health care system

Universal care would unite our society under the essential democratic principle that we Americans really are "all in this together."

Only renewables can provide the jobs and revenue Trump promised from oil

The president promised a surge of jobs and tax revenue from oil. His policies won’t deliver either one.

After visiting Standing Rock, Swedish bank puts companies behind DAPL on watch

“It is becoming increasingly clear that financial institutions view the Dakota Access pipeline as a liability.”

Inside the student resistance to authoritarianism on campus

Student activists have already won important victories over Trump’s authoritarian agenda and they’re just getting started.
Construction along the Keystone XL pipeline.

Progressive Briefing for Tuesday, September 11

Native American tribes sue Trump over Keystone XL. Japan aims to overthrow whaling ban, and more.

It’s Official: Bees Added to Endangered Species List

The first bees added to the endangered species list include seven types of yellow-faced bees native to Hawaii that play a key role in the survival of some of the states endangered plants.

Plastic pollution in Antarctica 5 times worse than expected

As many as 51 trillion microplastic particles – 500 times more than stars in our galaxy – litter our seas, seriously threatening marine wildlife.

The poor at the crossroads

The first and worst hit by pandemics of every sort.

Groundbreaking Harvard study confirms #ExxonKnew

"This peer-reviewed study from Harvard is just the latest piece of evidence indicating that the largest oil company in the world knew about the risks of climate change, but concealed them from the public and shareholders."
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Mumia Abu-Jamal’s spiritual advisor confronts DA Krasner and the FOP

An interview with Mark Lewis Taylor, founder of Educators for Mumia Abu-Jamal.