Wednesday, October 21, 2026

Tag: Carter and Olivia Ries

Plastic pollution is a problem – these kids are working for...

We have five questions for teenagers Carter and Olivia Ries, founders of One More Generation and the One Less Straw campaign.

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Orange County asks state labor board to step in as Teamsters strike disrupts landfills

The county says about 465 striking workers obstructed three landfills, while the union says its picketing is lawful and no citations were issued
The US Capitol at night. Photo: Diliff, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Will America reactivate its decency gene, closing the spigot of scorched-earth MAGA schemes?

Only a midterm rout turns back the suicidal, corruption-laden Trump bulldozer, ploughing ahead (crypto, emoluments, inflation, blackmail, AI) to enrich the rich by impoverishing the poor

Federal court strikes down ICE’s courthouse arrest policy nationwide

The ACLU says the New York ruling restores limits on civil immigration arrests at or near immigration courts, effective immediately

Texas report projects data center growth would push air pollution back toward 2000s levels

The governor's September permit freeze runs until the state grid operator finishes an audit, as groups sue over generators at two San Antonio sites
The U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington. Photo: Kjetil Ree / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Mahmoud Khalil asks Supreme Court to decide whether federal courts can review his detention

Justice Alito twice extended the filing deadline, and the full Third Circuit declined to rehear the case by a single vote.