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Dave Thomas fills his vehicle with fuel at a service station in Chicago

Iran War Exposes the Energy Dominance Lie

Jonathan Thompson / High Country News Mar 26, 2026 True energy independence comes from weaning ourselves from fossil fuels. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

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Accountability and Jail, Not Hope and Change

Conor Lynch / Truthdig Mar 26, 2026 Almost 20 years after Obama gave high-level criminality a pass, Democrats must be ready to put powerful people behind bars. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Opinion

Pod Couldn’t Save America

Luke Savage / Truthdig Mar 25, 2026 "Resistance" culture — centered around Robert Mueller’s Russia probe — was a disaster for progressives and the Democratic party. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Environment

Trump’s Bizarre $1 Billion Payoff to Halt Offshore Wind

Jake Bittle, Rebecca Egan McCarthy / Grist Mar 25, 2026 The government is paying TotalEnergies to halt a wind farm it isn’t building, in exchange for fossil fuel investments it’s already making. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

A man walks past posters of Renee Nicole Good and Alex Pretti

Courts & Law

Minnesota Sues Trump Administration Over Access to Evidence in ICE Shootings

Max Nesterak / Minnesota Reformer Mar 25, 2026 Though prosecuting federal agents isn’t easy, they are not immune from charges for serious misconduct. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Actor Chuck Norris appears with Republican presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee on Jan. 20, 2008, in Navasota, Texas

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RIP Chuck Norris, Humorless Karate Conservative

Adam Bulger / Truthdig Mar 23, 2026 The action star became the face of the early meme-o-sphere, but his reactionary politics were always the real joke. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Media

Pete Hegseth’s ‘Pillow Guy’ Press Corps

Pete Tucker / FAIR Mar 23, 2026 Terrified of journalists, the secretary of defense has reshaped the Pentagon into a giant snowflake. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Venezuela Wilyer Abreu reacts after hitting a home run during the fifth inning in the championship game of the World Baseball Classic against the United States

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The Empire Strikes Out

Jeb Lund / Truthdig Mar 20, 2026 Baseball in a time of war. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Education

When We Fight for Public Schools, We Fight for Democracy

Kumar Rao / Waging Nonviolence Mar 20, 2026 A “non-permission slip” is the first step in a new nationwide campaign training thousands of local organizers to defend public education. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Global Voices

Can the United Nations Survive Without the US?

Alice Kohli / Truthdig Mar 20, 2026 Beset by one of its worst budget and political crises since its founding in 1945, the U.N. is struggling to uphold its core mission of safeguarding global peace and human rights. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Environment

Big Oil Has Moved on From ‘Greenwashing.’ Here’s the New Playbook.

Kate Yoder / Grist Mar 18, 2026 Over a few years, oil giants went from trumpeting climate pledges to saying fossil fuels are here to stay. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks to the media at Downing Street, in London

Europe

Pretending Corbyn Never Won

Luke Savage / Truthdig Mar 18, 2026 On left-liberal coalitions, the Labour Party, and a load-bearing myth of centrist politics. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )