New data shows median household income rose 2.6% in 2025, income at the top rose 1.7%, while earnings at the bottom stayed flat.

YouTube video by Democracy Now!

The toll is both human and economic, and it's a shame we let it get this far.

Texas has no statewide heat safety standard for workers, even as OSHA data and researchers suggest workplace heat illnesses are sharply undercounted.

Independent investigators appointed by the UN’s Human Rights Council found “reasonable grounds” to believe that the United States committed war crimes during “indiscriminate attacks” against an Irania...

The report, which has traditionally been released every other year on or near Sept. 1 will now not be released until Dec. 1.

New ad spends have gone up targeting Talarico, Peltola, El-Sayed, Turek, and Brown, among other Democrats.

This past August, Pennsylvania announced two measles-associated deaths in unvaccinated residents, marking the first measles deaths in the state in thirty-five years. This week, hosts Chris Dall and Dr...

YouTube video by Give Them An Argument w/Ben Burgis

A landmark work of environmental writing that powerfully argues that our estrangement from the land through industrial farming is a cultural and spiritual crisis—now presented in a beautiful …

Quinn Slobodian explains how a new generation of corporate founders has overthrown shareholder democracy in the United States.

Recent immigration policies of the Trump administration affect American citizens sponsoring family members and employers seeking workers as the economy has slowed down.

Smoke from recent wildfires rolls over a Spanish highway. Bad Takes is a column of opinion and analysis. Good thing climate change is a hoax or we'd be in

Citizens have been training their cameras on ICE agents making arrests. Now the agency is apparently trying to turn the tables on observers with a digital surveillance operation. A number of individua...

With a flurry of election victories, nonstop media attention, and a shift in public opinion, the fortunes of the American left are finally starting to turn.

When we look back on this era, what will we see as our moral obligation?

YouTube video by Planet: Critical

YouTube video by Hasan Minhaj

YouTube video by Michael Mezzatesta

YouTube video by Novara Media

Harkening back to colonial massacres, Trump abandons the premise of proportionality for butchery in Iran and beyond.

Philip Bump argues that political allies, investors and public cynicism allow wealthy and influential Americans to operate without accountability.

Increasing pandemic frequency and increasing economic inequality are creating a self-reinforcing cycle. What’s needed is therefore a new, inequality-informed approach to pandemic preparedness.

Reading by Tim Foley:

The AI boom was planned by capital. When it collapses, capital must be made to pay.

Drop Site Daily: July 17, 2026

Reflections on a warming planet

From the biggest cities to smaller towns, local officials wrote serious climate plans. One law at a time, state policy has narrowed the tools to carry them out.

The GOP's war on weed, brought to you by the alcohol lobby.

Residents cite water use and a closed-door data center deal in a recall push against the McGregor mayor.

Data centers, Big Ag, and the New World screwworm take center stage for rural voters

Fast testing, aggressive remediation, and transparent communication are keeping a potentially larger outbreak under control—and offering a model for public health done right.

AUSTIN, Texas (RNS) — A terrorist designation in Texas is fraying trust inside Muslim communities as mosque and nonprofit leaders decide whether standing by CAIR is worth the risk. 

In the wake of the right-wing activist’s assassination, the state education agency investigated 350 complaints against educators. Most have been dismissed, but some teachers have struggled to move on.

The proposal cuts federal requirements for public input in minor pollution permits like concrete batch plants and AI data centers, passing authority to the TCEQ

Austin's Library Commission pushes for new protections amid Texas book bans and as lawmakers tighten school library rules.

The Democratic Socialists of America, a left-wing political group, is now playing an influential role in the U.S. Democratic Party.

YouTube video by LastWeekTonight

This report quantifies the health impacts of road transport pollution under five scenarios — from current policies to a full global transition to zero-emission vehicles by 2045 — and finds that ambiti...

The basic training facility for the Air Force in San Antonio, Texas, is experiencing a flu outbreak with at least 159 cases, two sources told ABC News.