| Oct 1, 2025 | Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyArguably the most important medical innovation of the 20th century is under attack, in part because it’s been so effective. We live in an era when diseases such as polio are incredibly rare — because of childhood vaccines. Now, thanks to the antivaxxer-in-chief at the...
| | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP Featured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyJames Jones is a 54-year-old disabled Army veteran. After four years of active duty and four in the reserves, Jones says he has a “multitude” of health care problems. “There’s PTSD, a right arm injury, my right shoulder, chronic rhinitis from toxic exposure during the...
| Sep 24, 2025 | RoundupShould you be worried about AI? If you live in the Texas Panhandle like Kendra Kay, then yes, probably! This week in OtherWords, Kay describes a planned, nuclear-powered AI data center near her home in Amarillo, Texas. Both nuclear power and AI data centers use...
| | HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyThe Supreme Court begins its new term this October. This happens every year. But this year is different. We live in a very different country than the one that existed a year ago. During Donald Trump’s second term, his administration and allies have been using the...
| | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|Food / Farming|HP FeaturedThere’s a reason people say “Don’t Mess with Texas.” Texans know you can’t take BS to the bank. So when I heard Fermi America, an energy startup run by former Texas governor Rick Perry, wants to open a nuclear-powered AI data center they call “Project Matador” down...
