Thursday, July 9, 2026

Trump pressure campaign targets state election systems

The administration is threatening prosecution and federal funding cuts as it pushes states to change voting rules before the 2026 midterms.

ICE killing in Houston fuels demands for independent investigation

Family members, civil rights groups, and local leaders are demanding answers after Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was fatally shot by an ICE officer during an immigration operation in Houston.

Massachusetts healthcare workers strike against hospital giant

About 4,500 nurses and home-care clinicians walked out after contract talks with Mass General Brigham broke down over pay, staffing, insurance costs, and patient care.

Advocacy groups call Meta AI Image generation feature an invasion of privacy

Advocacy groups like Public Citizen have condemned the rollout as an egregious invasion of privacy, criticizing Meta for quietly defaulting users into the system without explicit, affirmative consent.

What I saw when I stopped pretending 

In every person, there is a soldier or warrior spirit, long waiting for a direction worth fighting for.

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What I saw when I stopped pretending 

In every person, there is a soldier or warrior spirit, long waiting for a direction worth fighting for.

My conversation with Karl Marx about Donald Trump

The dialogue between Norman Solomon and Karl Marx debated if Trump's power derived from individual action or underlying class relations.

Hormuz: China oil demand tapped out, heavy truck EVs rise

Because petroleum and fossil gas are now so unstable as energy sources, wise governments are plotting to escape their use in favor of reliable, clean, local energy sources such as solar, wind, water and battery for electricity generation and batteries for electric vehicles.

Wall Street wants to change the rules for your 401(k). It could put your...

Financial firms want a bigger piece of the $10 trillion in America’s 401(k) plans, and the Trump administration is planning a regulatory rollback to encourage less-regulated—and often riskier—investments.

America 250 flyovers: A celebration of militarization

As they try to normalize the militarization of our streets and skies here, these displays, framed as celebration and "freedom," also serve another grim reminder.

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Biden's approval plummets as key demographic support wavers: staffers voice concern over Gaza policy.
It's as if America was feeling so bad about itself that it had to replay the politics of self-mutilation, as if loaded with masochists.
Someday, Donald J. Trump will undoubtedly be remembered as the president from—yes, it’s an all too appropriate and accurate word—hell.