Sunday, February 15, 2026

Why we should change how we talk about nonhuman animals

We wouldn’t say “it” or “that” when referring to humans, so why would we for other sentient individuals?

Corporate seditionists are no better than the seditionists who attacked the Capitol

The tsunami of money now flowing from corporations into the swamp of American politics is larger than ever.

Zuckerberg’s Get-Away Car

The Facebook founder's “philanthropy” lets him stash his billions without paying taxes.

Donald Trump Has Some Explaining to Do

Are we going to find deep ties to Russia in those long-awaited tax returns?

North Dakota vs. Amy Goodman: Journalism Is Not a Crime

We will fight this charge. Freedom of the press is essential to the functioning of a democratic society. North Dakota, muzzle the dogs, not the press.

Defining the indefinable Trump void—pumping out sleazy, hot air gibberish to sabotage competent, moral...

Behold the brutal inhumanity of the Trump tornado that “zeroes in on how feeble, confused and impotent his relentlessness can make” vulnerable marks feel.

The earthquake environmental justice aren’t talking about 

In Syria, what happened on Dec. 15 wasn’t an earthquake—it was a massive airstrike that Israel carried out in Syria.

Trump’s man with a plan … to suppress the vote nationwide

If Kris Kobach and his Republican allies get their hands on the data and succeed in suppressing the vote, then Trump may well be on his way to a landslide victory in 2020.

Perfect storms? From Katrina to Maria, some would profit from catastrophe

“I hate to tell you Puerto Rico, but you’ve thrown our budget a little out of whack.” –Donald Trump in Puerto Rico, Tuesday, Oct. 3rd

9 conservative myths about corporations

Capitalism and corporations are only as good as we design the system to be.