Wednesday, July 8, 2026

Right-wing indoctrination in charter schools at taxpayer expense

A “new breed” of charter schools is spreading conservative ideology and Christian nationalism.

Baiting the hermit kingdom: No change in North Korea policy under Trump

Diplomacy may take time and patience, but if policymakers would put as much faith into it as they do to the military solutions that we’ve seen fail time and again, we might see some progress in easing tensions in many of the world’s hotspots, including on the Korean Peninsula.

America is already socialist, and that’s a good thing

AOC and her colleagues – not Donald Trump and old, white Republican politicians – represent the future.

U.S. judge slashed Bayer/Monsanto damages owed from $75 million to $25.27 million

Bayer had purchased Monsanto back in 2016 and the product Roundup weedkiller has been linked to causing cancer.  Northern...

Pakistan’s Parliament First in the World to Go 100% Solar

“Pakistan’s solar insolation is one of the highest in the world, and foreign investors are taking note.”

CNN and Fox News use the same climate change denier to talk science

It seems to be a media rule: If you’re “not a scientist,” pick the wrong one you like as your go-to authority.

Don’t let our ‘hair-trigger president’ start a nuclear war

The U.S. nuclear system was already dangerous, irresponsible, insane. It can only get worse with Trump holding his finger on the trigger.

Meet the top EPA environmental justice official who quit to protest Pruitt & Trump

Mustafa Ali helped launch the EPA’s Office of Environmental Justice in 1992.

Is America great enough to learn great lessons from great Trump debacles?

Either we learn from failures (threats, disruptions, chaos, illegality) or we invite being buried by them.

Trump-era “domestic gag rule” reversed thanks to Biden administration

“The end of the Title X gag rule is a major victory for patients, access to sexual and reproductive healthcare, and health equity.”