Tuesday, March 24, 2026

Tag: Dartmouth College

MIT rejects Trump funding compact, ignites academic freedom showdown

First elite university publicly refuses White House pledge critics call “extortion,” setting up a legal, financial, and political fight over free inquiry and federal research dollars.

$28 trillion in climate damage traced to 111 top polluters, study...

New research links fossil fuel giants to trillions in heat-driven economic losses, offering fresh momentum for climate liability lawsuits worldwide.

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ICE at the gates: Rights groups warn Trump airport deployment risks civil liberties crisis

Civil liberties advocates, unions, and lawmakers raise alarm over use of immigration agents in airport security amid shutdown-driven staffing crisis.

Traders placed massive bets minutes before Trump Iran post raising insider trading concerns

Unusual oil and stock trades worth hundreds of millions of dollars occurred minutes before the president’s social media announcement about Iran peace talks, prompting calls for investigations into possible insider knowledge.

California’s herbicide spill ignites growing movement to ban paraquat nationwide

The spill, which closed a major highway and sent at least ten people to seek medical attention for respiratory symptoms, became a catalyst for a renewed political battle over the chemical's future in California.

No king but madness reigns

Today I'll survey several factors feeding this unfolding fiasco.

Why Donald Trump just can’t stop going to war

When imperial America offers help, it just might get you killed.