Louis Brandeis: The Empiricist

Posted in Law and Justice Louis Brandeis believed that facts could change lives and break excessive power where it accumulated.  by David Dayen July 30, 2026 (Prospect.org) This article appears in the August 2026 issue of The American Prospect magazine. If you’d like to receive our next issue in your mailbox, please subscribe here. “Iam no theorist,” Louis Brandeis… Continue reading →

Ida Tarbell: The Journalist Who Took Down Rockefeller

Posted in Money, Politics, and Power Not even Teddy Roosevelt could break up his corrupt oil monopoly—until a daughter of the Pennsylvania oil fields came along.  by Whitney Curry Wimbish July 31, 2026 (Prospect.org) This article appears in the August 2026 issue of The American Prospect magazine. If you’d like to receive our next issue in your mailbox,… Continue reading →

Armed guards descend on USPS as Trump’s war on mail-in voting ratchets up

Armed guards descend on USPS as Trump’s war on mail-in voting ratchets up

on Jul 31, 2026 02:35 amAlexandria Jacobson,  Investigative Reporter  –  Raw StoryStephan: Like all fascists the lower Trump’s approval the greater his manipulation of the electoral system. I think Trump knows that if Democrats take the majority in both houses he will immediately be impeached as will J.D. Vance. Less probable,… Continue reading →

Connie Chan and Scott Wiener to meet at congressional debate presented by S.F. Chronicle and KQED

Connie Chan and Scott Wiener to meet at congressional debate presented by S.F. Chronicle and KQED

Supervisor Chan and state Sen. Wiener will deliver their visions for the future as they vie for the seat being vacated by Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi By Sarah Feldberg, Staff Writer July 29, 2026 Gift Article (SFChronicle.com) The San Francisco Chronicle and KQED will co-host a congressional debate on Oct. 1…. Continue reading →

Immigrants Urged to Avoid Air Travel Amid Rise In ICE Arrests at Bay Area Airports

Immigrants Urged to Avoid Air Travel Amid Rise In ICE Arrests at Bay Area Airports

30 July 2026/SF News/Leanne Maxwell At least a dozen immigrants have been detained by federal agents at Bay Area airports over the past month — many over expired visas rather than active removal orders, leading advocates to suspect ICE is accessing flight information. The recent surge in ICE arrests has… Continue reading →