Monday, October 26, 2026

Supreme Court to weigh same-sex marriage challenge from former Kentucky clerk Kim Davis

At a Nov. 7 conference, justices will decide whether to revisit the landmark Obergefell v. Hodges ruling that legalized marriage equality nationwide.

Forty-four states refuse to release private voter info to Trump commission

Instead of protecting the privacy of voters or the integrity of fair elections, Trump continues to waste time and resources on a fiction that he has failed to prove time and again.
New York City Hall. Photo: Kidfly182 / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Mamdani launches nation’s first city office dedicated to worker organizing

City Hall points to CEO pay ratios and outdoor worker risks in laying out what the new agency is meant to address.

Sunflowers vs. Gunpower: March For Our Lives takes on the NRA

Several hundred students, parents and supporters brought signs calling out the gun rights organization.
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A message to Trump from a Swede: My real concern is rise of militant...

“Sweden? Terror attack? What has he been smoking? Questions abound.”
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Amid spike in civilian deaths from U.S. strikes, Trump requests lifting policy limiting casualties

U.S. airstrikes has been escalating since Donald Trump took office two months ago.

State Department rewrites climate change web page

Secretary of State Tillerson has maintained that he believes climate science is "not conclusive" so the changes aren't altogether surprising.

In California’s Imperial Valley, residents aren’t waiting for government to track pollution

For marginalized communities along the California-Mexico border, projects to gather and share scientific reports are crucial to holding agencies accountable.

Education Department changes are leaving millions of vulnerable students at risk

Moving special education services and civil rights enforcement to other federal agencies has left families wondering what's next.

The Unending Persecution of Chelsea Manning

The government’s cruelty is taking another turn against Chelsea Manning as they try to destroy her for providing classified information to WikiLeaks more than 5 years ago. But why?