Saturday, November 14, 2026

Is Joe Biden ready for the urgency of the climate crisis?

Candidate Joe Biden proposed the most ambitious climate policy of any presidential candidate in history. Can President Biden deliver?

Ensuring the minimum wage keeps up with economic growth would be the best way...

While its chances in the Senate appear slim, the proposal has brought national attention to the minimum wage, which has been stuck at $7.25 since 2009.

The “center-left” had its chance; it’s time for something new

Is the left’s populism answering the unmet needs of people in Western Europe and the United States?

New bill aims to restore ‘common-sense’ plastic water bottle ban in national parks

The bill would allow National Park Service regional directors the discretion to implement the policy and encourages them to develop a visitor education strategy to explain the rationale for the program.
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The GOP’s attack on LGBTQ Americans, revealed

The tragic truth is that Don’t Say Gay Laws and health care bans will cause more young lives to be needlessly lost.

What a waste!

It can’t be emphasized enough just how many taxpayer dollars are now being showered on the Pentagon.

People’s Summit drives new wave of progressive candidates

“This is not going to work, even if I win, based on one person winning one race. It’s going to work by building a movement that is everywhere.”

Who’s the real outlaw at sea? Trump’s tanker grab vs. the Houthis’ anti-genocide blockade

U.S. murder and violence against other people and countries does not become lawful simply because officials in the White House wish that it was.

Trump purge of National Science Board sparks warnings of political takeover of US science

The firing of every member of the National Science Board, alongside sweeping proposed cuts to federal research agencies, is raising alarms that the administration is dismantling independent scientific governance while jeopardizing America’s research leadership.

Oil execs brag about having ‘direct access’ to Trump’s pick for Interior Secretary

This culture of access has had real environmental consequences.