More than $100 billion has flowed from consumers and businesses around the world to fossil fuel companies during the first month of the US-Israeli war on Iran, according to new analysis highlighting the economic consequences of energy price spikes tied to the conflict.
President Donald Trump wants his “SAVE America Act” (officially the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act) to become law so badly that he is demanding Senate Republicans eliminate the filibuster in order to pass it. Enough Republicans are resisting that the issue has become a drawn-out battle within the GOP, grinding work in Congress to a halt and garnering much media attention.
The bill, which passed the House in early February:
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) holds a “Tax the Rich” rally at Lehman College to press New York Gov. Kathy Hochul to raise taxes on millionaires in New York City on March 29, 2026.
House Budget Committee Chair Jodey Arrington (R-Texas) talks with reporters outside the US Capitol on March 19, 2026.
An explosion over a sports hall in Lamerd, Iran, reportedly carried out with a US missile previously not used in combat, is seen on February 28, 2026.
Rendering: Courtesy of Purdue University
The ascendance of Christian nationalism inside of the second Trump administration has meant a lot of work for Americans United for Separation of Church and State (AU). The 70-year-old organization has rarely been so challenged on both the legal and policy fronts. The AU is currently involved in lawsuits and political organizing on issues including abortion, LGBTQ rights, the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms, and more.
Israelis, Palestinians, and others demonstrate in Beit Jala village in the occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem on December 19, 2025, against a bill proposing the death penalty for Palestinians who kill Israelis.
Rural Michigan residents rally against the $7 billion Stargate data center on December 1, 2025 in Saline, Michigan.
A line of semi trucks waits to pick up cargo at the Port of Long Beach, April 10, 2025 | Corine Solberg/Sipa USA via AP Images
Like working on a farm, driving a truck is far from the most rewarding occupation, which is why both industries are chronically understaffed and need immigrants to fill their ranks.
Dear Senator Todd Young,
Yesterday morning, standing in the Oval Office, Donald Trump declared that the war with Iran — a war he started without a declaration of Congress, apparently at the urging of MBS and his son-in-law who takes $25 million a year from Saudi Arabia — is “won,” and then added that “the only one that likes to keep it going is the fake news.”
The US government’s decades-long economic blockade against Cuba is in many ways not a complicated issue. The policy of restricting trade with the country’s Communist government was put into full force under the Kennedy administration, with the explicit goal of causing enough economic hardship, hunger and desperation to spur regime change.
A man wearing the logo of the Hezbollah-linked Islamic Health Organisation stands in the remains of a health centre in Bourj Qalaway, following an Israeli attack. Photo by Sally Hayden/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images.
BEIRUT, LEBANON—In early October 2025, Lebanese paramedic Haj Qassem Sultan stood outside Marjayoun Government Hospital in southern Lebanon and addressed Lebanese TV.
This time, the danger isn’t financial engineering. It’s that our financial system has attached itself to the vulnerabilities of our physical world — power grids, water, land, supply chains — and created hazards that markets have no framework to analyze. Our models for detecting risk look at prices, volatility and correlations. They have no instruments for reading a grid failure, a drought or a severed supply chain. By the time warning signs show up in market data, the damage will already have been done.
As the Iran war entered its third week, six people were wounded and several buildings were damaged after Iran fired two cluster missiles at central Israel on Sunday afternoon, with emergency services reporting impact sites in multiple cities. Of those wounded, one is in moderate condition and the other five suffered light injuries.
There are several clear winners from Trump’s attack on Iran:
Pedro Sanchez in May 2025. Photo by Carlos Lujan/Europa Press via Getty Images
Israel and America's war on Iran, barely a fortnight old, is already unfolding as an environmental outrage.
Welcome to Solidarity Saturday, your weekly highlight reel and your shortcut to staying plugged in.
First things first: no matter what you hear from anyone, don't buy Starbucks, delete the app, and don't cave to the Spring menu. Tell everyone you know. Baristas are demanding fair pay, hours, staffing, and protections and Starbucks could make it happen for less than one day's sales. Keep pushing! See the full breakdown here. And take a scroll for good news and receipts.
Over the last few years, China has transitioned the world’s largest automobile market from gas-powered cars to electric vehicles faster than any other major global economy. China sold more electric vehicles in 2025 than the rest of the world combined.
Half of the new cars sold in China are electric vehicles or hybrids that run on both electricity and gas. Around one-third of all new heavy-duty trucks are purely electric, according to the latest available data from the China Passenger Car Association.
