Business After Trump reversed Obama's restrictions on private federal prisons, states started banning them instead Cory Doctorow
devastation Los Angeles fire rips through every acre of the Pacific Palisades — and then some Carla Sinclair
elections Side-by-side clips of Biden and Trump speeches show we have only 1 choice in November (video) Carla Sinclair
Mercy Buckets Socialists score shock win in French elections, with far right in third behind Macron's centrists Rob Beschizza
china New Microsoft report says China campaign accused U.S. of using a military-grade "weather weapon" to deliberately start the Maui wildfires Mark Frauenfelder
politics Media Matters publishes useful guide to Project 2025, the extreme right-wing agenda that "represents a threat to democracy, civil rights, the climate, and more" Jennifer Sandlin