Thursday, August 27, 2026

Kids are really worried about the climate crisis

Middle school student activists write their elected representatives to urge climate action.

The ‘Liberal’ Media Narrative on Bernie Sanders

“Please stay in the race, Bernie. You have nothing to lose — and the country has much to gain.”

Putting Their Bodies On The (Pipe)Line

From a small boat bobbing in the ocean to the growing resistance camps in North Dakota, the climate movement is on the rise.

A good idea, even if it’s from Republicans

That it’s being proposed by Republicans doesn’t make the idea any less worthy.

Knowledge is not just power but what drives unrivaled US prosperity—slashed on the MAGA...

Fantasy magic thinking is a very expensive folly when human lives are at stake.

Magical thinking on health care

Trump promised to magically repeal and replace Obamacare. Now he's learning that magicians do tricks, not magic.

Mantra for 9/11

Fourteen years later and we are still living in an improbable world. Tom Engelhardt discusses the wars, interventions, assassinations, tortures, kidnappings, the growth of the American national security state and the spread of Islamic extremism.

Genuine Corporate Posers

Many people are no longer eating at fast food restaurants, they prefer to dine at upstart, independent outfits. But most of these outlets are owned by corporate fast-food giants. So are McDonald’s, Taco Bell and Pepsi trying to dupe their customers?

US Finally Admits It Has No Idea Who It Is Assassinating by Drone (Video)

Even though President Obama gave assurance to drone strikes, the U.S. just recently admitted to not knowing who it was targeting in its recent attack that resulted in an American casualty. Does this war crime characterize the U.S. drone program?

We can’t fight climate change if we keep lying to ourselves

The inability to see what is in front of our eyes replicates the blindness of all past civilizations that celebrated their eternal glory at moments of precipitous decline.