Wednesday, July 8, 2026

How bioenergy causes air pollution: The dark side of renewable energy

On the ground, burning biomass contributes to many air pollution impacts.

The 2024 election could be Big Pharma’s reckoning

It’s clear at this point that the 2024 election could very well hinge on which party can capture the populist mantle on Big Pharma.

Are Sanders and Warren throwing a lifeline to the military-industrial complex?

Without a genuine commitment to peace and disarmament, the next president will find him- or herself caught in the same bind as Obama and Trump.

How conservatives have laid waste to America for 50 years

Conservatism has made 'social' a dirty word. Here are some of the details of fifty years of damage inflicted on America

We Must Understand Corporate Power to Fight It

All predatory systems of power seek to mask their ultimate aims. As they become more repressive, they become more deceptive. They silence dissidents and bombard the airwaves with lies. Those who effectively resist have to peel back the layers of deceit to understand the intentions of the elites.

Inequality gone viral: The obscene numbers

Something has to be done to heal the rupture in the sickened body of our nation.

Biden and cluster munitions: ‘In a dark time, the eye begins to see’

President Biden’s decision to provide cluster munitions to Ukraine is shocking to many Americans because it has undermined illusions with no more actual solidity than sand castles before the tide of truth comes in.

Exit polls vs machine counts or, how you might rig a primary

These kinds of large disparities between the exit polls and the machine counts might be dismissed as an anomaly but so many cases in so many states should probably have raised alarm bells.

How to get teenagers to read important books? Ban them.

There’s no better way to get a teenager to read a book than to ban it.

Socialism, Capitalism, Or …?

Can we create socialism within capitalism, or capitalism within socialism?