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ELMORE, Ala.—Tiffany Montellano can’t sleep.  Instead, she lies awake, worried about her husband Andrew, 31, who is incarcerated at Elmore Correctional Facility just north of Montgomery, Alabama’s state capital.  She worries because a few days ago, she received a call during her lunch break from Andrew, who had missed their usual call the night before.  […]

One of the world’s most-used shortcuts is at risk as a severe drought plagues Central America.  Starting in early September, the Panama Canal will reduce the number of ships allowed to pass through each day due to low water levels in the artificial lakes that feed the lock system. Experts say the reason for the […]

It’s been five years since Berliners voted by referendum to expropriate the big corporate landlords. The ruling parties blocked the move, but next month’s state elections could produce a left-wing government that can finally honor the vote.

Some of the largest fossil fuel companies on Earth are disproportionately responsible for the water crisis in the American West, according to a first-of-its-kind study published Tuesday. From 2014 to 2024, climate change sapped over a third of the region’s typical annual snowpack and decreased streamflows by about 13 percent, the authors found in the […]

The 12 largest gas power projects planned in Texas are all specifically intended to run data centers, according to data released Tuesday by Global Energy Monitor, a global nonprofit that maps and tracks energy infrastructure.  The volume of gas power generation planned in Texas has continued to surge, growing by 50 percent in the last […]

Pennsylvania was a pioneer on renewable energy before the fracking boom upended that trajectory, and environmental advocates think it’s past time for state leaders to once again prioritize clean forms of power. The nonprofit PennFuture outlined ways for Pennsylvania to do so in a new report, accusing the state’s legislature of “policy inertia” for failing […]

Three days was all it took for the Trump administration’s Colorado River plan to see a legal challenge from, somewhat ironically, Nevada.  Of the seven states that rely on the river, Nevada gets the smallest amount by law. Nevada water managers said the long-term impacts from the proposed cuts could be devastating—with Las Vegas bearing […]

The first group of large data centers in line to get connected to Texas’ grid won’t move forward until mid-December, grid officials say.  Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) staff needs to vet the first 300 projects, 90 percent of which are data centers, in “Batch Zero,” and put together a community impact review as […]

Karl Marx’s anti-utopian line is often used to avoid discussion about what socialism would be like. But engaging in the nuts and bolts of how a postcapitalist economy might work is also necessary, to make it more than a distant dream.

New York media has had a field day digging into the backgrounds of socialist leaders like NYC-DSA Cochair Gustavo Gordillo. But what exactly is the “gotcha” — that some people who lead comfortable, secure lives want security and comfort for everyone?

Socialists are on a roll in elections across the US, often winning without the support of organized labor. It’s high time for unions to get on board with socialist candidates, to make the most of having ambitious pro-worker politicians in their corner.

The new crop of pro-worker legislators who have recently been elected at the state and local levels can pass laws that can rebuild the labor movement, even with Donald Trump as president. Here are six ways they can do it.

America is suffering from a complete breakdown in social life and shared conception of the common good. Some prominent liberals want to keep it that way.

Silicon Valley is increasingly embracing the narrative that the US is in an existential battle for technological dominance with China. The story is a convenient shield against efforts to rein in the tech industry’s power.

A monumental figure in Pennsylvania’s environmental movement passed away last week. Former state legislator Franklin Kury, who was 89, led Pennsylvania to become one of the first governments in the world to adopt a constitutional amendment guaranteeing a healthy environment as a basic right. “He is a true icon, and a historic leader,” said Delaware […]

Silicon Valley has built platforms that colonize our attention, prey on children’s vulnerabilities, and damage mental health. Lawsuits that could cost Meta as much as $1.4 trillion are showing that society can use state power to fight back.

For companies looking to export natural gas, the last few years have brought both feast and famine. The growth has been so fast that some efforts have struggled to secure financial backing. There are simply more proposed projects than there is demand to buy their gas. The Trump administration has been working to tilt the […]

Why a conflict in Hormuz drives prices up everywhere

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Introducing Leonora Lloyd and Laurie White, ‘Revolutionary Organisation and Women’s Liberation’, Socialist Woman, July–August 1973

by José Seoane

The export-oriented extractivist model imposed on Our America since the 1990s poses a major threat to populations, ecosystems, and water resources. In response, communities and peoples have been proclaiming that water is worth more than gold, copper, lithium, uranium, and rare earths.