US military building new base near Gaza border to support post-war plan
The bulldozers are moving dirt. The tenders are issued for mobile structures and a control tower. The Pentagon is building a large military base on the Gaza border, and nobody in Washington can say, with any certainty, what it…
Earth’s thermometer shatters records as scientists warn of accelerating death march
The planet is running a fever that will not break. An international team of researchers published data Thursday showing that human activities pushed global warming to 1.37 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial…
‘America First’ promise collides with waiver allowing foreign ships to haul U.S. cargo
The Trump administration claimed that it puts American workers first, but for 150 days and counting, a sweeping waiver of the 1920 Jones Act has allowed foreign-flagged vessels, including those with ties to…
Lisa McCormick congratulates Texas Republicans responsible for a deadly shooting
A gunman opened fire Friday morning in southeast Midland, killing at least one person and wounding 11 others before barricading himself inside a building on West Wall Street. Police later confirmed the suspect dead.…
The pool of modern art lies still: David Hockney dead at 88
The bright blue water is empty now. David Hockney, who painted that water better than any man alive or dead, died Thursday at his home in London. He was 88. His publicist said nothing more. No cause. Just the fact. The man who turned…
Spineless Senate Democrats are questioning Graham Platner
By Lisa McCormick Let us speak plainly about what is happening in the United States Senate, where a bipartisan group of lawmakers embraced an accused war criminal—and in the state of Maine, where more than 200,000 voters cast ballots in the…
The oligarchy vs the oyster farmer: Maine’s Graham Platner takes on Susan Collins
Graham Platner runs a small business. He grows oysters in the cold, clean waters of Blue Hill Bay. He served in the military. He married a teacher. He is not rich. He is also the Democratic nominee for the United…
New Jersey Supreme Court closes a gaping loophole in the state’s open records law
Public officials cannot hide discussions of public business in private email accounts, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled unanimously Thursday. The decision closes a major loophole in the state’s open records law. It…
America’s economy has been breaking the people it is supposed to serve
From the 2008 financial collapse that wiped out trillions in household wealth to the mountain of student debt that crushes young borrowers before they can buy a home, the pattern is unmistakable. Public roads crumble. Hospitals…
Jersey City yanks $265 million from bank that finances private prison companies
Jersey City is pulling $265 million in public funds from Citizens Bank because the bank finances the nation’s two largest private prison companies. City officials announced the divestment on Thursday. They said $150…
Jersey City is pulling $265 million in public funds from Citizens Bank because the bank finances the nation’s two largest private prison companies. City officials announced the divestment on Thursday. They said $150 million has already been withdrawn. The rest is coming out in days. “We are not waiting around,” said Councilmember Jake Ephros. Councilmember Jake Ephros The target is Citizens’ role in funding GEO Group and CoreCivic.
The bulldozers are moving dirt. The tenders are issued for mobile structures and a control tower. The Pentagon is building a large military base on the Gaza border, and nobody in Washington can say, with any certainty, what it is for. The facility is going up near the Israeli community of Re'im, just outside the Gaza Strip. The Americans are coordinating every shovel of earth with Israel's Defense Ministry.
By Lisa McCormick Let us speak plainly about what is happening in the United States Senate, where a bipartisan group of lawmakers embraced an accused war criminal—and in the state of Maine, where more than 200,000 voters cast ballots in the Democratic Senate primary, up from 162,000 in the party’s 2020 primary. Progressive populist Graham Platner has won the Democratic nomination for the United States Senate.
A gunman opened fire Friday morning in southeast Midland, killing at least one person and wounding 11 others before barricading himself inside a building on West Wall Street. Police later confirmed the suspect dead. Nine victims went to Midland Memorial Hospital. Four were in surgery. Five were stable. Another victim was airlifted elsewhere. The chaos began around 8:20 a.m. Officers heard gunfire from inside the building.
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The Trump administration claimed that it puts American workers first, but for 150 days and counting, a sweeping waiver of the 1920 Jones Act has allowed foreign-flagged vessels, including those with ties to Chinese state-owned entities, to haul fuel and fertilizer between U.S. ports. The administration extended the waiver through mid-August, and the data is now public. Forty-five voyages. Thirty-five foreign vessels.
The planet is running a fever that will not break. An international team of researchers published data Thursday showing that human activities pushed global warming to 1.37 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels in 2025. The Earth’s energy imbalance, the measure of heat accumulating in the climate system, has more than doubled since the period from 1976 to 1995. The report, the fourth annual update from the Indicators of Global Climate Change project, paints a picture of a world already committed to temperatures its inhabitants have never experienced.
The bright blue water is empty now. David Hockney, who painted that water better than any man alive or dead, died Thursday at his home in London. He was 88. His publicist said nothing more. No cause. Just the fact. The man who turned swimming pools into poetry could not swim himself. That irony would have pleased him. He liked contradictions.
Graham Platner runs a small business. He grows oysters in the cold, clean waters of Blue Hill Bay. He served in the military. He married a teacher. He is not rich. He is also the Democratic nominee for the United States Senate in Maine, and he is running a campaign built on a single, dangerous premise: that the American political system is not broken but captured, and that capturing it back requires someone who has never been captured himself.
Public officials cannot hide discussions of public business in private email accounts, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled unanimously Thursday. The decision closes a major loophole in the state’s open records law. It means the secret back-channel conversations conducted on personal phones and private servers are no longer beyond the reach of the public. The case began simply enough. A resident named Alex Rosetti asked the Ramapo-Indian Hills Regional High School Board of Education for records.
From the 2008 financial collapse that wiped out trillions in household wealth to the mountain of student debt that crushes young borrowers before they can buy a home, the pattern is unmistakable. Public roads crumble. Hospitals close in rural counties. And the richest nation on Earth still cannot guarantee a doctor’s visit for every citizen. This is not a run of bad luck.
