Thursday, December 25, 2025

How celebrities are reconnecting with their hometowns to boost progressive local candidates

Since its founding in 2017, the Hometown Project has helped more than 125 down-ballot candidates stand out.

“Miracle of American Oil”: Continental Resources Courted Corporate Media to Sell Oil Exports

Lifting the oil exports ban is something Oil Change International called tantamount to cooking the climate, an analysis also shared by the Center for Biological Diversity and others.

Trumping It Up at Mar-a-Lago

“This is the man who wants to be America’s next president. I shudder at the thought.”

Biden withdraws from 2024 race, endorses Kamala Harris for historic nomination

In a historic move, President Joe Biden announces his withdrawal from the 2024 presidential race, endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris and reshaping the Democratic primary landscape.

Democrats push Biden to halt marijuana prosecutions as federal reform stalls

Democrats urge Biden to prioritize marijuana reform by halting prosecutions and expanding clemency before leaving office.

The World Bank’s deregulation guide goes down in flames—18 years too late

A pay for play data manipulation scandal spelled the end of the ideologically driven 'Doing Business' report.

Must larceny always overpower honesty?

In deeply unequal societies, the thieving always thrive.

Spain not satisfied with CIA answers on embassy attack

Burglars sought files of Kim Jong-un adviser.
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The Mueller report: Glenn Greenwald vs. David Cay Johnston on Trump-Russia ties, obstruction &...

The Justice Department has released a redacted version of special counsel Robert Mueller’s 448-page report detailing Russian meddling in the 2016 election,...

The Costs of War, the Price of Peace

A new report, "Body Count", asserts that up to 1.3 million people have been killed in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan in the first 10 years of the so-called war on terror. When will the cost of war be too much even for the people making money off of it?