Wednesday, August 26, 2026

The rage of billionaires and the frenzy to stop Zohran Mamdani from becoming New...

That strategy is now striking fear into the hard hearts of insatiably greedy billionaires.

Zeldin’s EPA rollbacks and PFAS limits

Instead of doing its job to keep people safe, the agency is systematically dismantling protections for the environment and human health.
The U.S. Treasury Department building in Washington, D.C. Photo: Erich Robert Joli Weber / CC BY-SA 3.0

“Most Americans Are Getting Poorer”: Robert Reich on Inequality & the Failures of Corporate...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent called on UC Berkeley to fire Reich after he disputed White House claims that the wealth gap has closed.

A New Economic Vision That Mixes Together Occupy, Amish Culture, and Startups

What subcultures offer us insight and principles for new ways of organizing?

Trump designates Saudi Arabia a major non-NATO ally amid plans for expanded weapons sales

Trump’s formal designation of Saudi Arabia as a major non-NATO ally coincides with proposed F-35 and tank sales, a pledged increase in Saudi investments and renewed scrutiny of the Kingdom’s human rights record and the 2018 killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

The apocalyptic president

The personification of an imperial power (and planet) in decline.

Bishop Barber warns that tens of thousands will die under GOP healthcare cuts

Faith leaders and advocates hold nationwide eulogies for Americans projected to lose their lives due to sweeping reductions in Medicaid, SNAP, and public health funding.

The Mexicanization of the United States

The destruction caused by neoliberalism is global. The patterns of economic, social, cultural and political assault that Mexico has suffered are afflicting countries from Greece to the United States. Only a worldwide anti-capitalist resistance movement will save us.

Is the World Order Collapsing?

Will world order will continue as is, with occasional disruptions and non-compliance?