Thursday, October 29, 2026
The Wisconsin State Capitol in Madison, where the legislature funds the state's private school voucher programs. Photo by Michael Barera / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

At “Quasi-Public” Private Schools, 100% of Students Get Tuition Vouchers. There’s Almost No Accountability.

Private schools — even those that are heavily dependent on taxpayer funding — often operate without the scrutiny public schools are subject to. Following the money at one Milwaukee private school reveals an opaque world with little oversight.

Corporate interests have given $21.5 million to GOP ‘sedition caucus’ since Jan. 6 attack

In the month of June, as the House January 6 committee revealed alarming new details on former President Donald Trump's coup attempt, corporate...

Winner take everything: Will Paul Kagame be Rwanda’s president for life?

“The issue is how and when to recognize the moment when staying in power becomes counterproductive.” —Paul Kagame, President of Rwanda

Trump-era deregulation deemed a key culprit in the failure of Silicon Valley bank

"President Trump and congressional Republicans' decision to roll back Dodd-Frank's 'too big to fail' rules for banks like SVB—reducing both oversight and capital requirements—contributed to a costly collapse," said Sen. Elizabeth Warren.

Is it time to regulate or nationalize Facebook?

Has Facebook gone from merely being a destination on the internet to something so interwoven in our lives that it should now be considered part of the commons and regulated as such?

When fear comes

The coming arrests mean that a wide range of Americans will experience the violations that poor people of color have long endured.
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Why Trump is partnering with Christian Nationalists

Trump is playing to a rising white Christian Nationalist movement within the Republican Party.

Trump wants Charlie Kirk to be his Horst Wessel—don’t give him the opportunity

The greatest tragedy of all would be President Donald Trump successfully exploiting Kirk’s senseless killing as a pretext to carry out a nationwide crackdown on the political left.

Congress targets SCOTUS Roundup ruling with new warning label bill

This newly introduced bipartisan bill called the People Over Poison Act (H.R. 9528) seeks to mandate health warning labels on pesticides and restore consumers' rights to sue chemical manufacturers.

Ending Latin America’s sewage decade

The victory of Xiomara Castro in Honduras is a sign that region is ready to exit its lost decade.