Thursday, October 22, 2026
U.S. currency. Photo: Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Companies that saw federal cases dropped gave or pledged $210.5 million to Trump-aligned super...

Public Citizen's tracker lists more than 200 corporations that benefited from canceled enforcement, and the group says its database is not comprehensive.
The Texas State Capitol in Austin. Photo: Larry D. Moore / CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Ken Paxton’s Security for Travel Cost Taxpayers Millions. Just 1 in 6 of His...

Records show the Texas attorney general has taken nearly 1,000 trips during his tenure, costing $3.3 million in security. We could only connect 138 of those trips and $553,000 in security costs to state business.
Early voters wait inside a polling place in Florida. Photo: Alex Johnson / CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Lawsuits ask courts to bar armed federal agents from polling places before the midterms

New Mexico has already barred them by state law, and the Department of Homeland Security says it has no plans for operations at polls.
A solar farm near Golmud, China, seen from orbit. Photo: Planet Labs, Inc. / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

China? A Rising Imperial Power?

Well, Yes... and Strangely, No

Material Insecurity and the Foundations of Democratic Participation

Democratic participation depends on more than voting rights: people also need material security, practical knowledge, social belonging, and a sense of agency that human ecology education can help cultivate.
A farmers market. Photo: USDA / public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

States take on 75 percent of SNAP administrative costs as federal share drops to...

Forty states have appropriated money for the shift, while New York and North Carolina passed the costs to counties and Arkansas and New Hampshire declined
The Arc de Triomphe in Paris. Photo: Benh LIEU SONG / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

America’s Archvillain, And His Arch of Tr(i)ump(h)

Tom Engelhardt on the 250-foot triumphal arch Trump plans to build in Washington, D.C.
The Peace Tower and Library of Parliament on Parliament Hill in Ottawa. Photo: Sylvain Pastor / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The Tariffs Were a Wake-Up Call. Ottawa Hits Snooze Again

The U.S. share of Canadian merchandise exports fell from 75.9% in 2024 to 71.7% in 2025, but Umer Azad of CODEPINK argues Ottawa has not changed course.
Demolition of the White House East Wing. Photo: Sizzlipedia / CC BY-SA 4.0

Trump conned by his own worst enemy: himself – and the fixated lunacy of...

Thus do clear MAGA victims of an unjust economic system make themselves double marks from an even worse, more costly betrayer.
Main street in Webster, Iowa. Photo: Tony Webster / CC BY-SA 2.0

Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Divides Rural Voters, KFF-AP Poll Finds

Many rural voters say immigrants are a key part of their local economy, but views on whether President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown has had positive or negative effects on their communities are split.