Saturday, November 7, 2026

Why did the Saudis invest $2 bn with Jared Kushner?

What do canny observers from the Middle East say about Saudi motives here?

Franklin’s ‘keep the republic’ demands Democrats must win over the majority—or else

The absence of outrage, if not indictments, to the Big Lie is as significant as the wickedness of the disgrace.

New efforts seek to build trust in elections, in the face of a still-thriving...

Believers of Trump’s big lie about the 2020 election continue to ignore national media and election experts. Will they be convinced by poll workers and local leaders to trust the democratic process again?

Sanders’ hearing on corporate greed goes unnoticed by corporate media

"The Democratic leadership has to decide what they want most—votes or more corporate campaign money to further enrich their consultants who themselves are often conflicted due to their own business clients."

US Senate confirms Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson to Supreme Court

Jackson will become the first Black woman and public defender to serve in 233 years.

Why hasn’t the US been kicked off the UN Human Rights Council?

Let's be honest, Russia isn't the only or the worst war criminal.

Some early lessons from the war in Ukraine

"We will not give up, and we will not lose. We will fight till the end — at sea, in the air, we will continue fighting for our land whatever the cost. We will fight in the forests, in the fields, on the shores, in the streets."

Ukraine in perspective

A historical feast of death and destruction from the Peloponnesian Wars to late tomorrow night.

Mass action planned at heart of Joe Manchin’s coal empire

"Joe Manchin clearly has no plan other than more of the same for the future of West Virginia," said one organizer. "More of the same maltreatment and exploitation of the poorest people in this country."

Right-wing Supreme Court justices ‘just further poisoned your water’

The move, said one attorney, "shows disregard for the integrity of the Clean Water Act and undermines the rights of tribes and states to review and reject dirty fossil fuel projects that threaten their water."