Free press advocates project messages opposing the Paramount-Warner Bros. merger on Jazz at Lincoln Center during the News and Documentary Emmy Awards on May 27, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Eugene Gologursky/Getty Images for Emmys Rapid Response Project) California’s attorney general called the development “great news for audiences,… Continue reading
Delhi police officers beat Cockroach Janta Party protesters during a July 20, 2026 protest in New Delhi demanding the resignation of India’s education minister. (Photo by Arun Sankar/AFP via Getty Images) “It’s just shocking to see that the people we elected have turned a blind eye to youth dying,” said… Continue reading
By G. Allen Johnson, Staff Writer July 24, 2026 Gift Article (SFChronicle.com) Former “60 Minutes” correspondent Cecilia Vega, a Bay Area native, is opening up about her final months at CBS News.ABC News Two months after she was fired from “60 Minutes,” Cecilia Vega is sharing details about the troubling editorial pressures she said… Continue reading
Status Coup News Streamed live 18 hours ago Status Coup reporter JT Cestkowski is covering the continued police protest Live in Wisconsin following the police shooting of Corey Ruiz. We’ve been here daily now since it happened talking to residents, friends and family of Corey as the community’s anger continues… Continue reading
Environment David Shiffman 07/23/26 (whowhatwhy.org) Global problems are rarely solved by one person or invention — no matter how much they go viral. The Ocean Cleanup didn’t work, for the reasons experts said it wouldn’t. What can we learn from this? In 2019 a nonprofit called The Ocean Cleanup conducted a… Continue reading
Posted in Politics and Movements: US “The majority of Democrats out there are so far away from the party elders who hold all the power. And I think we have an opportunity as a party to molt: out with the old, in with what the people underneath the party really… Continue reading
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Mayor Zohran Mamdani raise their hands during a Get Out the Vote (GOTV) rally at Kings Theater on June 18, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images) “The American people are disgusted with an economic system in which one guy on… Continue reading
US Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) speaks at the Mayo Civic Center in Rochester, Minnesota on May 30, 2026. (Photo by Alex Kormann/The Minnesota Star Tribune via Getty Images) “We stand firmly against this report and other efforts by the Trump administration to weaponize the federal government against dissent, which is… Continue reading
24 July 2026/SF Politics/Leanne Maxwell (SFist.com) More than a third of the 148,000 rejected mail-in ballots from California’s June primary were discarded because they were postmarked late, which experts largely attribute to a recent change in the US Postal Service’s postmarking policy. As the Associated Press reports, nearly 150,000 California… Continue reading
(progressives.house.gov) The Progressive Promise At the Progressive Caucus, we believe that government must be the great equalizer of opportunity for everyone. We are committed to passing legislation that advances justice, dignity, and peace for all people. Embedded in our nation’s history is a painful legacy of oppression, racism, and genocide…. Continue reading
