Saturday, May 16, 2026

Tag: politics

This election wasn’t about Trump

Where progressive initiatives and candidates were on the ballot, they won.

After Trump elected, nearly 200 nations proclaim “urgent duty” to implement...

This comes just over a week after the election of Donald Trump, who has vowed to pull the United states out of the Paris Agreement and has called climate change a Chinese-created hoax.

This isn’t just a photo of Ivanka Trump. It’s a middle...

Shredding democratic traditions, one image at a time.

The Democratic party lost its soul. It’s time to win it...

The party must transform itself from a fund-raising machine into a movement.

Fighting a mid-Atlantic pipeline in the age of Trump

Presidential politics and property rights take center stage as Atlantic Coast and Mountain Valley pipeline opponents strategize post-election.

Cleaning the corporate dirt from the GOP budget

The Clean Budget Coalition is asking President Obama to heed Sen. Warren’s call, take a strong stand on such riders, and use his last days in office to oppose these right-wing corporate giveaways and underhanded attacks on workers, immigrants and women.

Sorry, I can’t give Trump a chance

Our democracy is too important to play nice with a man who campaigned on undermining it.

Trump, an irresistible force, meets the GOP, an immovable object; dark...

Americans have never before seen anything quite like this election and outcome.

Bernie Sanders calls for Trump to ax Bannon; Urges new admin...

“And I say to Mr. Trump, from the bottom of my heart, and I know I speak for millions of fellow Americans: Mr. Trump, we are not going backwards in terms of bigotry.”

America’s spiral into permanent war seems more foolish than ever

Donald Trump is inheriting the scariest tools of aggression imaginable. A new book explores their dark legacy.

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Popular sugar substitute erythritol damages blood-brain barrier, elevating stroke risk

A new study shows how erythritol, a zero-calorie sugar alternative, directly damages human cells that comprise the blood-brain barrier.

The fuel to my revolutionary optimism

As distant as it may seem, I am only two generations removed from the 1948 Catastrophe of Palestine, where over 750,000 Palestinians were displaced from their land, and thousands were massacred.

From ICE to Iran, veterans are challenging US militarism

Antiwar veterans are leveraging their unique credibility to oppose the war in Iran, stop ICE and support active duty resisters.

House progressives demand answers over alleged abuse in US-Ecuador military operation

Lawmakers are demanding the Pentagon explain the legal basis for joint US-Ecuador operations after reports alleged civilian sites were bombed and detainees were tortured.

Amazon deforestation falls to eight-year low as scientists warn gains remain fragile

Researchers credit stronger enforcement and environmental protections in Brazil while warning that fires, illegal logging, and political threats continue to endanger the rainforest.