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Crashing the Economy To Destroy the Planet
2+ hour, 11+ min ago (398+ words) But it is not always the case that a cleaner environment cost money. Natural gas is a much cleaner energy source by almost every measure than coal and it is also cheaper. When we switch to natural gas, we are…...
Import the War, Export the Border
2+ hour, 20+ min ago (117+ words) Whatever the'Pax Americana'was, it's coming to an end. Eyeing a presidential run, AOC is clearly haunted by these failures. Eyeing a presidential run, AOC is clearly haunted by these failures. At Munich, she grounded her foreign policy vision in support…...
Can Anti-Billionaire Populism Deliver a 'Blue Wave' for Democrats?
2+ hour, 48+ min ago (149+ words) Despite the growing opposition to GOP policies over the last year, the Democratic brand remains toxic. More than a year later, rising living costs are now Trump and the Republican Party's headache, giving Democrats an opening to make their own…...
AOC’s First Encounter With the Gaffe Industrial Complex
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (1292+ words) Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez isn't a presidential candidate (yet), but the mainstream media is sabotaging her like one. The post AOC's First Encounter With the Gaffe Industrial Complex appeared first on Truthdig. Last Friday, Rep. [Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez]Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez addressed the Munich…...
The Nation’s Largest Public Utility Is Going Back to Coal
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (549+ words) What the video hinted at, the board made official. Its seven members unanimously dropped renewable energy as a priority, ended diversity programs, and granted two of the agency's'four remaining coal plants'a reprieve. The decision followed the seating of four members…...
They’re Organizing to Stop the Next Assault on Immigrant Families
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (869+ words) Community organizers in Los Angeles'are rallying in opposition to a Trump administration rule that they say will displace and fracture immigrant families, increase homelessness and potentially throttle rent collections to the point that local housing authorities might be forced to…...
"No Good Men" Review: The Politics of Love in Kabul
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (1122+ words) Shahrbanoo Sadat's Afghan rom-com "No Good Men" balances fiction and reality with incredible deftness. The post The Politics of Love in Kabul appeared first on Truthdig. This year's Berlin Film Festival opener "No Good Men" is, according to writer-director-actress Shahrbanoo…...
El rostro humano del cerco: la vida cotidiana bajo la escalada de sanciones a Cuba
4+ day, 1+ hour ago (1696+ words) Ahora todo se ha complicado m's con las "ltimas sanciones de Trump, afirma Curbelo. Se refiere a la orden ejecutiva firmada por Donald Trump el 29 de enero de 2026, donde declara una "emergencia nacional" respecto a Cuba y establece un sistema…...
Cubans Struggle Under a Tightening US Noose
4+ day, 1+ hour ago (1667+ words) On Jan. 29, U.S. president Donald Trump signed an executive order declaring a "national emergency" regarding Cuba,and establishing a system of tariffs on products from countries that supply, directly or indirectly, oil to the Caribbean nation. Since then, everything has become…...
New US Cluster Bombs Pose ‘Severe, Foreseeable Dangers’
4+ day, 2+ hour ago (604+ words) A coalition of human rights organizations, anti-war groups, and Christian churches are urging the U.S. to cancel its $210 million purchase of next-generation cluster'munitions'from an Israeli state-owned company, citing the "severe, foreseeable dangers" these weapons pose to civilians. In an open letter…...