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California leaders yet to reach deal to keep billionaire tax off the ballot. Time is running out
TribCast: What a new secretary of state could mean for Texas elections
Ken Paxton and James Talarico are neck and neck in U.S. Senate race, new poll finds
Two women are at the center of New York’s next big political test
Trump's Sabotage?
The Secret Origins of 'Conspiracy Theory'
Today in Supreme Court History: June 23, 1987
Texas’ big health priorities — dementia research, food labeling and ivermectin — have hit roadblocks
Texas Democrats look to rally behind their ticket, draw national attention at state convention
Outrage rescued an important ocean research program. Crucial ones remain at risk.
Judge blocks Biden-era immigration rule hours after Texas AG and Stephen Miller’s group sued DOJ
Court filings: Unsafe homes and a child death still dog Texas’ foster care system amid improvement
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Family seeks alternate ways to honor Black veteran killed by KKK mob after county rejects road renaming
ICE Says 51 People Died in Custody Under Trump. Experts Say That’s an Undercount.
UN Commission Finds 30 Percent of Those Killed in Gaza Genocide Were Children
SCOTUS Blocks Rastafarian Man From Suing Prison Guards Who Shaved His Dreadlocks
Trump Threatens ABC News Over Coverage of Costly Reflecting Pool Project
Union Activists Are Building Solidarity With Delaney Hall Hunger Strikers
Former CoreCivic CEO Damon Hininger Eyes US Senate Seat in Tennessee
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Reason Magazine16d
Trump Blames Reflecting Pool Disaster on 'Vandals'
On this segment of Free Media, Senior Editor Robby Soave and Daily Caller Editor in Chief Amber Duke talk about everything that has gone wrong at the Reflecting Pool ahead of America's 250th celebrati
The Center Square16d
Court unanimously rules against homeowners seeking fair market value after tax sale
(The Center Square) – In a 9-0 decision Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled a Michigan family was not entitled to compensation based on the fair market value of a home sold in a tax foreclosure, say
NPR16d
In symbolic vote, Congress directs Trump to remove forces from Iran war
The measure to remove U.S. armed forces from hostilities with Iran does not require the president's signature, nor does it carry the force of law. But it reflects bipartisan frustration with the war.
The Center Square16d
State lawmakers called 'sellouts' as residents seek data center moratorium
(The Center Square) - A large throng of residents from across the state who are fed up with the data center frenzy filled the Capitol Rotunda on Tuesday with cheers and speeches of support for a propo
The Real News Network16d
‘Beyond the Wire’: A grassroots perspective on Baltimore
A new, thought-provoking documentary hits theaters this summer. Beyond the Wire, by filmmaker and researcher Dr. S. Rasheem, offers a powerful counternarrative to the popular crime series The Wire. In
The Real News Network16d
This Republican’s evasiveness about ICE funding reveals something sinister—a deep MAGA desire to punish us all
Republicans are quietly constructing a punishment regime to prepare for post-democratic governance. They just don’t want you to know about it yet.
Truthout17d
An Abelardo de la Espriella Presidency Threatens Colombia’s Climate Policies
Right-wing businessman Abelardo de la Espriella holds a razor-thin lead in Colombia’s preliminary presidential vote count, positioning the Donald Trump ally to clear the way for expanded fossil fuel e
The Real News Network17d
Black cops, Latino ICE agents, and the ‘overseer class’
We sit down with Dr. Steven Thrasher to talk about his new book, The Overseer Class; how our police state today evolved from yesterday’s slave plantations; and why Dr. Thrasher has been blacklisted fr
ProPublica16d
Jury Finds Home Financing Scheme That Targeted Muslims in Minnesota Violated State Law
A Minnesota home seller and financier has been found liable for violating state laws in a scheme that targeted East African Muslims with deceptive real estate deals marketed as “sharia compliant.”
Reason Magazine16d
Clarence Thomas Explains Why the Commerce Clause Cannot Justify Federal Bans on Gun Possession
Last week in United States v. Hemani, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the government may not strip people of their Second Amendment rights or prosecute them for illegal gun possession simply
Reason Magazine16d
ABC Asks Viewers To Defend the Network Against the FCC
In recent months, Brendan Carr, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), has taken aim at broadcast TV networks that are critical of President Donald Trump.
Reason Magazine17d
Supreme Court Limits the Ability To Sue Prison Guards for Religious Liberty Violations
Another day, another unfortunate decision by the U.S. Supreme Court that shields rights-violating government agents from facing accountability.
The Conversation17d
Why thousands of federal lawyers leaving government service matters for everyone in the justice system
More than 10,000 lawyers, many of them from the U.S. Department of Justice, have left the federal government during the second Trump administration. “Their departures show how rapidly the president ha
Truthout17d
The Fight Against AI Data Centers Is the Newest Frontier of Global Class Warfare
The relentless drive by Big Tech corporations to expand data center construction to every continent has sparked a growing movement of mass resistance. From the United States to Ireland, from Chile to
The Conversation17d
From Hormuz to the cockpit: How warfare and criminal activity undermine GPS and the race to safeguard navigation
Few people want to get lost when traveling. But if there are places where being lost feels especially unsettling, they tend to be the sea, desert and sky. These environments share a defining feature:
The Conversation17d
Medication abortion: Decisions from federal courts, the FDA or Trump’s Department of Justice could try to end access via telehealth
Roughly two-thirds of Americans end their pregnancies by taking two abortion medications – misoprostol and mifepristone. Because these safe, effective medications can be prescribed via telehealth, wit
Mongabay16d
Global pressure on ayahuasca threatens Amazonian plants and knowledge systems
“One of the world’s largest pharmacies is being destroyed,” says Benki Piyãko, a leader of the Ashaninka Indigenous people in the Brazilian state of Acre. The warning points to multiple threats advanc
Truthout16d
Beloved Lebanese Sea Turtle Conservationist Killed in Israeli Airstrike
Acclaimed conservationist Mona Khalil was killed by an Israeli strike on her beachside home in the village of al-Mansouri in southern Lebanon. The 76-year-old spent more than 25 years working to prote
Mongabay17d
As Canada eyes Arctic road expansion, Indigenous guardians race to understand caribou
For years, Wayne Mercredi spent hours driving the Tibbitt to Contwoyto winter road. Leaving early in the morning to take advantage of limited daylight, he’d travel the road’s 400-kilometer length (250
Mississippi Today17d
City Council says no Jackson data centers until regulations are in place
At a Monday hearing on data centers, Jackson City Council members made it clear from the start that they were not passing any data center ordinances that night, but regulations are coming. A proposed
The Real News Network16d
Alan Greenspan, longtime Fed chair and Ayn Rand disciple, meets ultimate ‘invisible hand’
This story originally appeared in Common Dreams on June 22, 2026. It is shared here under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0) license.
Texas Tribune17d
Data centers not welcome: New poll shows most Texans oppose them in their communities
Construction continues on the Meta Platforms data center complex on a 1,000-acre site in far Northeast El Paso, near the Texas-New Mexico state line, as seen March 12, 2026.
Outlier Media17d
Michigan set an affordability goal for utility bills. For some Detroiters, help can’t come soon enough
Regulators are rethinking what energy assistance should look like. Meanwhile, residents are struggling with high bills and shut-offs.
Outlier Media17d
Meet Angela Martinez, Outlier Media’s new TXT OUTLIER intern
“I want to see somebody like myself who looks like me on the news as well,” she said.
Chalkbeat16d
Only 8% of Philly voters say public education is headed in the right direction
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Reason Magazine17d
Metal Band GWAR Says Secret Service Contacted It Over Mock Onstage Execution of Trump
A member of the metal band GWAR says the band was contacted by the Secret Service after it performed a mock execution of President Donald Trump onstage.
Chalkbeat17d
How should Michigan’s next governor improve education? We want to hear from you.
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Chalkbeat17d
New Jersey invests record money in preschool, but serving multilingual learners is another story
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Reason Magazine16d
Fair Market Value Compensation for Takings is Often too Little, not too Much
In my last post, I outlined some of the many reasons why today's Supreme Court decision in Pung v. Isabella County, allowing below-market value compensation for tax foreclosure takings is wrong. The T
Reason Magazine16d
The Government Seized Their $195,000 Home Over a $2,242 Debt. What Does the Supreme Court Say They're Owed?
Few things have been subject to as much syrupy sentimentality as the home. Those walls often hold more than any other structure: loved ones, growing pains, milestones, memories of the living and the d
Reason Magazine17d
Cisco Slams The Door on ATS, and Perhaps All Other, Implied Causes of Action
According to reports, Kannon Shanmugam dropped out of arguing T.M. v. University of Maryland Medical System Corporation to focus on arguing Cisco Systems v. Doe. As things turned out, Elizabeth Prelog
Global Voices17d
Digital surveillance is breaking activist mental health
Living under constant surveillance is to exist in a permanent state of hypervigilance.