Friday, October 30, 2026

Kids Suing Government Over Climate Change May Get a Trial

A group of young people pressing a novel legal strategy get another day in federal court.

The never-ending nightmare of the border wall

Flooded with cash, drained of sense in Trump's America.

4 myths about raising the minimum wage

We’re the richest country in the world, home to the richest people on the planet. We can, and we must, treat our workers with the dignity and respect they deserve.

Wall Street bonuses decline but still dwarf worker pay increases since 2008 crash

Since 2008, growth in the average Wall Street bonus has far outstripped wage growth for ordinary U.S. workers.

The theocratic scourge when a fundamentalist minority wars against diverse, majority rule politics

What the savvy Founders elevated was an enlightened chain of being that linked freedom, secular democracy and the exclusion of a state religion.

Food for Thought

Waste is a pretty bad thing – particularly in these days when we are all noticing that the price of food is increasing.

3 Men Arrested for Plotting Bomb Attack on Muslim Immigrants in Kansas

“These charges are based on eight months of investigation by the FBI that is alleged to have taken the investigators deep into a hidden culture of hatred and violence.”
FBI headquarters in Washington. Families of 9/11 victims are demanding answers about the bureau's investigation of Saudi suspect Omar al-Bayoumi. Photo: User:Aude, via Wikimedia Commons

25 Years After 9/11, Questions About the FBI’s Pursuit of Saudi Suspects in the...

FBI agents quickly identified a Saudi suspect who helped two of the 9/11 hijackers. But families of the victims are demanding to know what happened in the bureau’s investigation of Omar al-Bayoumi.

Taking on a billionaire landlord in the Twin Cities

Private equity firms snatched up rental properties, then neglected them. So Minneapolis activists organized the tenants to fight for their rights.