Thursday, April 9, 2026

How Musk sold out America’s veterans

The VA intends to fire more than 80,000 workers—many of them veterans themselves—in coming months.

Federal Agents Arrested for Bitcoin Money Laundering and Fraud

Two former federal agents operated in the shadows and above the law during their investigation of the online black market, Silk Road. Now they face charges including money laundering and wire fraud along with other related offenses.

Congress Starts the New Year Off by Kicking the Disabled

The new Congress decided that its first order of business was to go after the disabled. Republican Congress is holding disabled workers hostage in order to extract concessions on these programs.

One Southern Leader Bridges Civil Rights’ Past and Black Lives Matter’s Future

Irving Allen on creating an inclusive movement. “You’re not organizing unless you’re training up the next generation.”
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Policing on trial: Attorney Ben Crump on Fed case against three cops involved in...

The trial will show the importance of accountability even from police who are bystanders to murder, says Benjamin Crump, part of the legal team for George Floyd’s family.

Report: Silver Spoon Oligarchs: How America’s 50 largest inherited-wealth dynasties accelerate inequality

Fifty dynastic billionaire families hold as much wealth as the bottom half of U.S. families. Their wealth grew at ten times the rate of ordinary families over the last 40 years.

ACLU launches 7-point plan of action against Trump administration

“Let’s fight like hell for our country and the Constitution.”

ICE agent kills Minneapolis woman during protest as video and witnesses contradict federal claims

A masked federal agent fatally shot 37 year old Renee Nicole Good during a Minneapolis protest against Immigration and Customs Enforcement, prompting widespread protests and sharp rebukes after Trump administration officials labeled the killing self defense despite video and eyewitness accounts that challenge that narrative.

Climate activists in New England can finally celebrate ‘the end of coal’

Activists know better: Nonviolent direct action gets the goods.

Happy ThanksGetting Day

This column is just about one tiny example of the unfairness of this current corporate/capitalist system.