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CORPORATE POWER

Grotesque Billionaire Bonanza: 41 Energy Tycoons’ Fortunes Grow by $23.5 Billion Since Trump Launched Iran War

While energy industry billionaires in G7 countries collectively increased their wealth by $23.5 billion since Trump lanunched the Iran war; families skip meals and govt's slashs life-saving aid.

Why I Won’t Be Watching UFC Freedom 250

"My problem isn't with the fighters. It isn't even with the UFC itself. The issue is that government should not be serving as a marketing department for a private corporation. The White House belongs to the American people," says author.

DATA CENTERS

Data Centers Consume Land for Farms and Housing

When land, water, fuel and electricity become scarcer or more expensive, those costs move through the food supply chain and eventually appear on our grocery bills.

When People Organize to Stop Data Centers They Can Be Successful!

People around the country are outraged and organizing, often with success, to what AI data centers do to their communities. 

DEMOCRACY

NY Mayor Mamdani Gives Stirring Address Marking America’s 250 Years

"The work of fulfilling the values first enshrined in the Declaration of Independence, that work endures and it belongs to us all," said New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani in a stunning address to New Yorkers on the 250 years since the Declaration was signed.

When Your Car Isn’t the Only Thing Being Tracked

A new generation of surveillance technology promises to do far more than read a license plate. II can detect and correlate the electronic signals constantly emitted by devices traveling with your vehicle.

EDUCATION

Cuba’s Education in Crisis: Closures at the University of Havana

Young Cubans could lose the promise of a free, universal education, and consequences of the Cuban blockade stretch to communities around the world that have long depended on Cuban-trained doctors and teachers.

Chicago Teachers Union Says: Trump, Stay Out of Our City

Chicago Teachers Union rejects any unlawful federal occupation of their city, while welcoming federal leadership that fully funds public education, restores SNAP, and expands Medicaid to healthcare for all.

ENVIRONMENT, CLIMATE, WATER

Anti-Migrant Buoys in Rio Grande Break Loose in Floods, Endangering People, Wildlife

Hundreds of buoys broke loose, closing international bridges and endangering people and wildlife, confirming warnings that "Operation River Wall" could not withstand a major flood.

When People Organize to Stop Data Centers They Can Be Successful!

People around the country are outraged and organizing, often with success, to what AI data centers do to their communities. 

GUN VIOLENCE

After Georgia Shooting, Students Walk Out Demanding ‘Future Free of Gun Violence’

Thousands of Georgia students walkout "to demand a future free from gun violence" following mass shooting at Apalachee High School in Winde.

‘I Am Outraged, and You Should Be Too!’

The writer is outraged at four more persons killed in a school shooting. She also explains her outrage that the 14 year old child who killed four people and wounded others will be treated as an adult in the criminal justice system.

HEALTHCARE

Every World Cup Semifinalist Has Guaranteed Health Care

Every country that made it to the semifinals has guaranteed health care, while the U.S. does not. Join the Nurses Campaign for Medicare for All July 31.

Free Our People! Disability Justice

"Nearly 50 advocates and activists showed up at the Chicago Dirksen Courthouse to let the court know Illinois has failed to meet the requirements...

HOMELESSNESS & HOUSING

Use Your Empathy to Fight Sweeps

'I came out of it homelessness understanding something that a lot of people in power desperately do not want the public to recognize: There is absolutely a war on the poor in this City.' - Apple Cronk

The Main Cause of Homelessness is the High Cost of Housing!

Avoid false narratives. The MAJORITY of unhoused people need—and can function fine — if they had an affordable place to live. The main cause of homelessness, cost of housing, is a fixable issue.

HUMAN RIGHTS

Mamdani Calls on Feds To Arrest Netanyahu

NYC Mayor Mamdani says the City is unable to issue the ICC warrant for the arrest of Benjamin Netanyahu, but that the federal government does and he calls on it to do so.

Free Our People! Disability Justice

"Nearly 50 advocates and activists showed up at the Chicago Dirksen Courthouse to let the court know Illinois has failed to meet the requirements...

IMMIGRANTS, MIGRANTS & REFUGEES

A Somali Perspective on Life in Minnesota

The words “Nobody wants you here,” may have been directed at one Somali family, but they do not define Minnesota’s Somali community. By listening to the voices of Somalis themselves, a different story emerges, one of belonging, resilience, and a community.

ICE Killings Are Increasing, But So is the Resistance

If we allow ICE, as a servant of the powerful, to kill or deport our working class sisters and brothers then we are not only immoral, we’re setting ourselves up to be next in line for the detention centers.

LABOR

A New Generation Faces a Tougher Job Market

While hiring has slowed for a variety of economic reasons, the hiring process and the job market itself is also changing through increased automation and artificial intelligence.

I Wish I’d Been Wrong … But Here We Are

The America we remember isn't waiting on the other side of the next election. The path is forward; we don't get to go back. We can only decide what comes next.

LGBTQ+ RIGHTS

The Confusing World of Sexuality and Gender

A discussion of gender and sexuality and the writer’s personal journey exploring what descriptions they want to identify with.

War on Trans People and Its Meaning In the Age of Trump

This year, Pride Month arrives at an especially dire moment for the LGBTQ+ community. Under the second Trump administration, homophobic vitriol and violence are on the rise.

POLICE & PRISONS

Care Not Cops

An international convening on healing justice and community-based alternatives for real public safety in Sacramento, CA June 26,27,28.

Detention Centers: Letters from Inside Delaney Hall

Letters from prisoners inside the Delaney detention center document the inhumane conditions detainees are subject too. Letters are written in Spanish with English translation.

POLITICS & ELECTIONS

Message to Congressional Black Caucus On Endorsement of AIPAC Funded Candidate

The Black vote is key to winning Democratic Party elections. Today, in MI and nationwide, African Americans are expressing abandonment by a Party that funds candidates who do not represent their interests, as seen in Michigan’s Senate race.

In a Battle Over Voting Rights, a Housing Bill is Left Unsigned

President Trump’s decision to protest progressive housing reform in order to uplift restrictive voting policy forces a new question upon us: Whose votes are really protected under the SAVE America Act?

RACIAL JUSTICE

A Somali Perspective on Life in Minnesota

The words “Nobody wants you here,” may have been directed at one Somali family, but they do not define Minnesota’s Somali community. By listening to the voices of Somalis themselves, a different story emerges, one of belonging, resilience, and a community.

Voting Rights Movement Rises; Join August March on Washington

With the gutting of the Voting Rights Act, everyone's right to vote is under attack. The movement to defend the vote is gathering steam. A march on Washington to defend the vote is planned for Aug. 28, 2026.

REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS

Woman Miscarries, Ends up in Jail For 5 Months

A Texas woman who had a miscarriage in a restaurant bathroom was jailed for five months. Her story was falsely presented to the public as an act by an uncaring woman who ‘flushed her baby down the toilet.’ The truth is a far different story.

Medicaid Cuts Could Devastate Access to Reproductive Care and Contraception

Medicaid cuts would disproportionately affect women of reproductive age, threatening access to birth control, maternity care, and other health services.

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Corporate control of energy is killing us

  One of Trump’s first acts as president was to green-light the Dakota Access Pipeline, threatening the drinking water of millions of people. For months,...

Why I am joining the March for Science

I have been a working research scientist for almost 50 years. I will join the March for Science in opposition to the current threat to science and ...

WEALTH & POVERTY

Grotesque Billionaire Bonanza: 41 Energy Tycoons’ Fortunes Grow by $23.5 Billion Since Trump Launched Iran War

While energy industry billionaires in G7 countries collectively increased their wealth by $23.5 billion since Trump lanunched the Iran war; families skip meals and govt's slashs life-saving aid.

I Wish I’d Been Wrong … But Here We Are

The America we remember isn't waiting on the other side of the next election. The path is forward; we don't get to go back. We can only decide what comes next.

WOMEN

Americans Overwhelmingly Oppose Data Centers. Women Most of All

Women are disproportionately impacted by environmental degradation and at higher risk of poverty, food insecurity and gender-based violence when displaced by climate change. And, they are overwhelmingly opposed to data centers.

The Women Leading the Farmworker Movement Won’t Let it be Defined by Cesar Chavez

This article, originally from writers at The 19th, explores the views of several women who are organizers in the farmworker rights movement in the wake of the recent revelations about Cesar Chavez.

YOUTH

Our Kids and Our Democracy Are In Our Hands

Recent federal action has imperiled food access for over 700,000 kids. Parents unable to provide for their hungry children feel powerless. Deprivation of adequate nutrition can be devastating for families.

Student Walk Out for Palestine at Wayne State University

"The kids are gonna save us all. They have so much heart and they gave me so much hope," says Detroit-based photojournalist Valerie Jean at Wayne State University's 2nd Annual Student Walkout for Palestine.

WAR & PEACE

Grotesque Billionaire Bonanza: 41 Energy Tycoons’ Fortunes Grow by $23.5 Billion Since Trump Launched Iran War

While energy industry billionaires in G7 countries collectively increased their wealth by $23.5 billion since Trump lanunched the Iran war; families skip meals and govt's slashs life-saving aid.

Cuba’s Education in Crisis: Closures at the University of Havana

Young Cubans could lose the promise of a free, universal education, and consequences of the Cuban blockade stretch to communities around the world that have long depended on Cuban-trained doctors and teachers.