Wednesday, May 27, 2026

We All Are Islamic State

The killings in Brussels or Paris and the killings in U.S. military strikes in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Syria or Libya perpetuate the same dark lusts. The savage tit-for-tat game will not end until we rouse ourselves from our hypnotized state.

California police officer charged with assaulting minor

“Those who wear the uniform must follow the law. Excessive force will not be tolerated in Los Angeles County.”

Arctic waters have been rescued from drilling, but what about the land?

Time is running out for Obama to say no to Big Oil and permanently protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge – and the people who depend on it.

The people’s Memorial Day

On this Memorial Day let us contemplate the moral injury we do to our nation every day in the never ending wars of the 21st Century.

Why activism needs to be part of any meaningful climate education

Simply teaching kids about the science of the climate crisis isn’t enough. To prevent feelings of disempowerment, they need to see how they can make a meaningful impact.

Real solutions for tax day, not bogus tax reforms

The CPC budget would end the deferral of taxes on “offshore” corporate income that has let corporations dodge hundreds of billions of dollars in taxes.

Judges are complicit in the opioid epidemic says new analysis

An analysis of U.S. court secrecy, conducted by Reuters, shows that by sealing evidence from the public, judges may have lengthened and deepened the epidemic.

Pharma lobby furious over wildly popular effort to curb drug prices

"This is the biggest defeat Big Pharma has ever suffered—and it won't be the last. We are going to keep fighting until every single person in America can get the medications they need."

‘Enough is enough’: Sanders, Klobuchar unveil bill to slash drug prices in half

"We can no longer tolerate policies that make prescription drugs unaffordable and out of reach—Congress must act."

Fracking caused 6,648 spills in four states alone, Duke study finds

Most spills occurred in the the first three years of a well's life.