(The Center Square) – Judicial accountability, in the form of public reprimand, censure, suspension or the removal of trial judges from office for misconduct, are in a proposal awaiting the North Caro

(The Center Square) – One dozen new additions by national Democrats to their “districts in play” targets includes the 9th Congressional District of North Carolina.

(The Center Square) – Amid clashes on college campuses over contentious issues and declining student support for free speech among students in recent years, a growing number of university leaders acro

(The Center Square) – Wisconsin is in need of statewide legislation that ensures large-scale AI data centers in the state all have to follow the same rules and pay for their energy infrastructure, acc

This story originally appeared in Professor Richard Wolff’s Substack on July 21, 2026. It is shared here with permission.

In Pakistan-administered Kashmir, a coalition of local politicians, activists and small-business leaders called the Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC) has been leading mass protests over the soaring

Is AI superintelligence inevitable? AI safety researcher David Krueger says it doesn’t have to be. Krueger, an assistant professor at the University of Montreal and founder of the nonprofit Evit

The Pacific Northwest is facing its worst fire season in more than 30 years. Scientists say drought, extreme heat and climate change are making wildfire seasons longer, more frequent and more destruct

Suncor Energy (USA), Inc. v. County Commissioners of Boulder County, the dispute over whether federal law preempts claims against fossil fuel companies for alleged harms from climate changes exacerbat

“It comes down to the stealing of everything that is and the taking of everything that is,” says Joseph White Eyes. In this episode of “Movement Memos,” host Kelly Hayes talks with Native organizers J

“Crimes against humanity.”

I’ve taught “The Odyssey” to college students for over a decade, including in a course on witches in Western culture. I suspect my students would immediately notice that the Circe in Christopher Nolan

After Luigi Mangione was arrested in December 2024 in connection with the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, the internet did what it often does: It turned something serious into a joke.

KATHMANDU — In the village of Pithauli, on the edge of Nepal’s Chitwan National Park, a safe feeding site for critically endangered vultures has long been hailed as a success story by conservationists

Recent years have seen a boom in books on climate change. This collection spans from techno-optimism to philosophical pessimism.

Austin, Texas, is helping low-income residents make energy efficiency upgrades, maintaining cooling centers, and urging people to check on neighbors.

Gear up for the school year with these free backpack giveaways across Detroit, plus haircuts, books, bike giveaways and more.

Jessica Skalka, 37, rounded the corner of a homemade bar in her dad’s garage, passing a framed collage of cutout newspaper clips marking the end of the 99-day strike at British Petroleum’s Whiting, In

Parents whose children have reached adulthood are outsourcing coercion to private institutions

Oak Cliff neighborhood apartments in Dallas on July 11, 2024. (Photo by Azul Sordo / The Texas Tribune)

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New York Assemblywoman Nikki Lucas (D–Brooklyn) has proposed a bill that would require supermarkets and other retailers to give customers who use self-checkout a 10-percent discount. Lucas argues that