Wednesday, July 8, 2026

Americans are stressed about the future. Here’s why that’s promising

The era of empire, white supremacy, dirty energy, and global capitalism is coming to a close.

Insurance executives refused to pay for the cancer treatment that could have saved him....

A Michigan law requires coverage of cancer drugs. One insurer came up with a “defensible” way to avoid paying for treatments that offered Forrest VanPatten his last chance for survival. “We crossed the line,” says a former executive.

Airmen guarding US nuclear missile base caught using LSD, cocaine, and ecstasy

In total, fourteen airmen were disciplined, while six of them were convicted in courts martial of LSD use or distribution or both.

Net Neutrality, Back by Popular Demand

During the past two decades, as the Internet flourished and transformed our society, several major corporations have assumed dominant “gatekeeper” positions, threatening net neutrality. We must protect net neutrality.

To resist injustice in Gaza and the wider world

One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This is neither polemic nor memoir, although it contains elements of both.

Sorry for Killing Your Son, CIA Tells Drone Strike Victim’s Family During Unprecedented Meeting

For years they have refused to release details of the strikes, fighting successive court cases brought by relatives of strike victims and by civil liberties groups.

Mixed messages from MIT Media Lab regarding Epstein money

The director of the M.I.T. Media Lab received at least $1.7 million from Epstein, including $1.2 million for his own outside investment funds.

Activists to retailers: Shoppers need to know who’s making the clothes

Advocates for garment workers think that people will avoid buying clothing they know was made in a sweatshop.

5 pitfalls Black Lives Matter must avoid to maintain momentum and achieve meaningful change

There are steps the Black Lives Matter movement can take to carry on the remarkable energy it has built—and steps that could cause it to disappear.