Wednesday, February 11, 2026

Tag: athletes

Sports can distract us (but not enough)

It’s now all Trumpiana all the time.

Another season of despair

Or a pigskin blue wave?

Rio Olympics Opening Ceremony Reminds World That Climate Change is Very...

The Opening Ceremony at the Rio 2016 Olympics Games centered on climate change and its effects.

College Bowl Games Become Corporate Money Games

College football bowl games are just another piece of our culture that's been purchased for the enrichment of corporate interests. Where did team spirit go?

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Senate GOP blocks effort to overturn $10.3 billion corporate tax break tied to IRS...

Resolution targeting Trump administration guidance on corporate minimum tax fails 51-47 as advocates warn of expanded loopholes.

The fight to keep ICE from reopening a notorious prison

Survivors of abuse at a shuttered federal prison known as “the rape club” are teaming up with local activists to keep ICE out of Northern California.

The bottomless, MAGA Trump indecency swamp

But what reforms come without great pains?/The status quo sneers at balls and chains.

Thousands protest Olympics’ social and environmental harms as ICE presence sparks unrest in Milan

Demonstrators denounce public spending, ecological damage, police repression, Israel’s participation, and the deployment of US immigration agents during the Milano-Cortina Winter Games.

FAA shuts down El Paso airspace for 10 days, cites national defense without explanation

Federal officials provide no clear justification for unprecedented airspace closure affecting nearly 700,000 residents in major border city.