Saturday, July 18, 2026

Tag: Gilded Age

How ‘tariff man’ is bringing back the Gilded Age

America’s cycles of capitalist excess and social reform.

Musk, Trump, and the second Gilded Age

Will their audacity and excesses usher in a second progressive era?

Credit-card wars

It’s time for Americans worried about living in a country whose inequality gap could soon surpass that of the Gilded Age to begin paying real attention to our “credit-card wars.”

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Forget the DC swamp—here’s a gripping documentary about the most courageous, legendary clean water...

We’re talking seriously impactful breakthroughs, per this Inside Climate News report, as Diane and local citizen scientists now oversee a $50 (FIFTY!) million settlement—the largest clean water EPA penalty ever.

Israel and the United States are merging their military. Here’s why.

"From aid to partnership," the U.S. and Israel are set to become even more united in genocide.

Baby we can bomb Iran

A re-cast version of Springsteen’s “Born to Run.”

Colombia adopts nationwide framework to fight illegal deforestation through cattle traceability

The new law will trace cattle from ranch to supermarket in an effort for government agencies and companies to monitor deforestation databases that will cross-reference land tenure and cattle ownership.

Moderate Democrats: Splitting the party in two

This is the most important midterm election in American history. If the Democratic Party leadership splits the party and the Republicans win, Democrats will go the way of the Whig and the Tory.