Jeff Bezos’s very own editorial page

Meyerson on TAP (Prospect.org) The Washington Post’s new editorialists have turned the page over to screeds defending not just laissez-faire capitalism but Bezos himself.Shortly after he installed some longtime Rupert Murdoch polemicists to the top posts at The Washington Post, Jeff Bezos—the paper’s sole owner—also announced that the paper’s editorial pages… Continue reading

SFUSD teachers vote 99.34% to authorize strike

One more vote, and SFUSD teachers can initiate walkout by Junyao Yang December 3, 2025 (MissionLocal.org) San Francisco public school teachers today voted 99.34 percent to authorize a strike, following nearly nine months of fruitless contract negotiations.  Today’s five-hour session at Balboa High School in the Excelsior is the first of… Continue reading

November Chris Kindness Award: Berkeley activist tackles houselessness by hand

When an atmospheric river threatened the Berkeley unhoused community  with heavy rainfall last November, local activist Stefan Kaiter-Snyder got to work.  In just a few days, Kaiter-Snyder parked a “warming hut” on the corner of Eighth and Harrison, which Kaiter-Snyder stocked with piping hot coffee, snacks, a space heater and clean… Continue reading

‘This Is Disgusting’: Trump Pardons Henry Cuellar After Bribery, Money Laundering Charges

Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) questions Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem during a hearing in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill on May 6, 2025 in Washington, DC.  (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) “Henry Cuellar, the last anti-choice Democrat in the House, sold out his own community for bribes… Continue reading

Congressmen Unveil Bipartisan War Powers Resolution to Block Trump War on Venezuela

US Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.) speaks during a House Rules Committee hearing on September 16, 2025 in Washington, DC.  (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) “No conflict for oil, no armed intervention, no war with Venezuela!” said Rep. Jim McGovern. Jessica Corbett Dec 03, 2025 (CommonDreams.org) As President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary… Continue reading

Hegseth ‘Responsible’ for ‘Murder’: Family Files Formal Complaint Over Killing of Colombian Fisherman

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth attends a cabinet meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington, DC on December 2, 2025.  (Photo by Carolyn Van Houten/The Washington Post via Getty Images) According to the official filing, Trump’s Defense Secretary “has admitted that he gave such orders despite the… Continue reading