Democracy • Legal • Recommended
Why Elon Musk’s Third Party Won’t Get Off the Launchpad
Center for Ballot Freedom
The Ticket
“As long as we have our current system of single-winner plurality elections, third parties have no meaningful chance to do anything more than show up as occasional spoilers.”
Published On: 06/24/2025
Economy • Human Rights • Resistance
Working folks build food solutions, while Congress slashes SNAP
Gwen Frisbie-Fulton
The Gander
Instead of trying to fix this broken system, Congress is punishing the victims of its malfunctioning and is slashing SNAP to enact tax cuts for the rich.
Published On: 06/16/2025
Human Rights • Press Freedom • Violence
Press groups push DHS over potential First Amendment violations during LA protests
BrieAnna J. Frank
USA Today
Press freedom organizations warn the Department of Homeland Security that federal officers “may have violated the First Amendment rights” of journalists covering protests.
Published On: 06/11/2025
Recommended • Safety • Threat Management
Trump’s Nuclear Power Obsession
Karl Grossman and Harvey Wasserman
CounterPunch
Yet while prices and production times for renewable sources plummet, Trump and his anti-green minions have been vigorously assaulting the wind, solar and other green energy technologies.
Published On: 06/06/2025
Global • Human Rights • Journalism • Press Freedom • Violence
UN Human Rights Office condemns targeting journalists and attacks on hospitals
UN Human Rights Office
un.org
Directing attacks against protected persons such as journalists is a violation of international humanitarian law and also constitutes a war crime.
Published On: 06/06/2025
Economy • Global • Technology
Why Climate Action is Unstoppable
Al Gore
Ted Talks
In this urgent and hard-hitting talk, Nobel Laureate Al Gore thoroughly dismantles the fossil fuel industry’s narrative of "climate realism," contrasting their misleading claims with the remarkable advancements in renewable energy.
Published On: 06/04/2025