| Jul 22, 2026 | RoundupThis week in OtherWords, in the wake of wildfire smoke blanketing much of the country and heatwaves striking much of the world, Basav Sen shares the outrage of countless Americans who are fed up with the fossil fuel companies that saw these disasters coming for...
| | Economy / Business|HP SubfeaturedMillions of working people keep their hard-earned money in low-cost index funds to secure a dignified retirement and meet other financial goals. But the infrastructure that has historically given index fund investors a sense of security is eroding. Index providers,...
| | HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyIt’s summer in Washington, D.C., but members of the Senate aren’t focused on beaches, hikes, and picnics. Instead, they’re focused on President Trump’s nomination of Todd Blanche to run the Justice Department as attorney general. It’s a fight worth paying attention...
| | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyThe 2026 heatwave is a global phenomenon, inflicting extreme temperatures on billions of people from the United States to Europe and South Asia. Extreme heat is deadly. In Europe, an estimated 10,000 people have died from heat this summer, and the official count of a...
| Jul 15, 2026 | RoundupSomething very unusual happened this week: A massive new Pentagon spending bill failed to pass the Senate. We’ll see what ultimately happens, but it’s a sign of how rapidly both the size of the Pentagon budget (now over $1 trillion) and the U.S. military...
