Thursday, July 2, 2026

Roseburg Shooter Mercer Killed One-Third the Annual Gun Death Toll of England and Wales

While the U.S. has the "highest gun ownership in the world and the highest murder rate in the developed world," we have yet to do anything about this ongoing problem. It's time to legislate rationally.

How the National Infrastructure Program boosts workers across the economy

The life-changing impact of the $1.2 trillion infrastructure program.

What It Means to be a Socialist

"And at this moment of crisis we need to remind ourselves what being a socialist means." Chris Hedges discusses why the building of a socialist movement is our only hope for the future.
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5 ways Trump would blow up the economy

Should we listen to the 16 Nobel economists who say Trump’s economic plans would be an inflation bomb?

Musk’s and Bezos’s great escape

It’s understandable that the super wealthy might wish to escape the gravitational pull of the rest of us. But there’s really no escape.

Khizr Khan and the wisdom of Gold Star families

"If it was up to Donald Trump, [my son] never would have been in America."

Nuke power equals Trump profits

Amidst his escalating attacks on renewable energy and atomic safety, the Trump family’s investments in nuclear fusion live under a bad cloud that threatens us all. 

Who’s drinking Neanyahu’s Amalek Kool-Aid?

Religious nationalism may be soaring in Israel, but that’s not the trend in America.

How data-driven storytelling helps good causes get funded

Nonprofits play a crucial role in holding communities together, and combining powerful stories with real data is essential to securing the support they need to continue making a difference.

Hiroshima and Nagasaki, 70 Years After the Atomic Bombs Were Dropped

While devastation and suffering came from those two awful bomb blasts in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, a nuclear abolition movement was born that still wages a peaceful campaign to eliminate these weapons.