Sunday, July 12, 2026

The Whalers Are Long Gone, but These Great Whales Are Still Struggling

Researchers have created the first reliable population estimates for the now-rare New Zealand southern right whale.
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ACLU vows to keep fighting as Supreme Court allows Trump’s mostly Muslim travel ban...

The administration can now fully enforce its new restrictions on travel from eight countries, six of them predominantly Muslim.

Study: Fracking, Not Just Fracking Wastewater Injection, Causing Earthquakes in Western Canada

One of the most important finds appears to be the definitive link the researchers found between fracking and earthquakes in the region.

UAW reaches historic labor agreements with Big Three automakers

Union leaders will vote to forward the deal to the entire membership on Nov. 3.

Spending a night in the Concord jail when Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated

On the evening of April 4, 1968, an hour or so after Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated, I was in a jail cell in Concord, Mass., writing a freshman paper about King, Gandhi and Thoreau.

American campuses erupt in protests over Gaza, drawing harsh police response and national outrage

As students across the U.S. demand university divestment and an end to military aid for Israel, aggressive crackdowns raise alarms about civil liberties.

Progressive Briefing for Monday, September 10

"How much perjury is too much perjury from a Supreme Court nominee?"

U.S. to investigate discrimination against Native American students on Montana reservation

The Education Department said it will look into a long-standing complaint of racial inequities in Wolf Point schools after The New York Times and ProPublica wrote a story about the issue.

Majority of College Kids Go Hungry—Even With Jobs and Financial Aid

Over half of college students are facing food insecurity despite assistance programs.