Data centers are receiving billions in state tax exemptions. These centers, many owned by Big Tech giants, are driving up electric bills and sucking up huge amounts of water. AI is boosting the stock portfolios of the richest Americans while everyone else pays the price.

'Washington Post' editorials fail to disclose Bezos interests www.npr.org/2025/10/28/n...

Amazon lays off thousands of corporate workers as it spends on AI www.npr.org/2025/10/28/n...

A Confederate general statue toppled in 2020 has been reinstalled www.npr.org/2025/10/27/n...

"When the wealth of the nation will be in the hands of a few, then we must rely upon the wisdom of the best elements in the country to readjust the laws of the nation to the changed conditions." -U.S. founding father James Madison

Why not just cut to the chase and pull the plug on the networks entirely and send the reporters to go spit-polish boots at the white house

Cameron Crowe celebrates 'The Uncool' in a new memoir www.npr.org/2025/10/27/n...

As NPR takes CPB to court, public media infighting spills into view www.npr.org/2025/10/27/n...

42 million people risk losing food aid as shutdown drags on www.npr.org/2025/10/24/n...

NEA Jazz Master and legendary drummer Jack DeJohnette dies at 83 | WBGO Jazz share.google/XnwpY00CMwDA...

Jack DeJohnette, versatile jazz drummer known for Miles Davis fusion recordings, dies aged 83 | Jazz | The Guardian share.google/MXvmWbloh50L...

Why ticket prices are getting so expensive www.npr.org/2025/10/23/n...

Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.

A new book diagnoses a sickness affecting some of America's biggest companies.

Retired intelligence analysts confirm what the political scientists are telling us — and what the world outside is telling us — the goal of these people is the end of law, the end of democracy, and the end of a recognizable republic. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

With millions at risk of losing SNAP in the coming days, a reminder: hunger doesn't happen in isolation. When food assistance disappears, families use rent money to eat. Then come evictions and homelessness. Housing, food, healthcare—it's all connected. Cut one thread and the whole thing unravels.

Remember when people complained that paying people enough to afford basic necessities would cause runaway inflation? Then Trump added tariffs and companies just price gouged us on basic necessities anyway? Corporations and billionaires are still profiting from our exploitation.

Federal workers miss first full paycheck since shutdown began www.npr.org/2025/10/24/n...

This pachycephalosaur fossil emerges like a perfectly polished jewel www.npr.org/2025/10/23/n...

Breaking News: The University of Virginia struck an agreement with the White House to remove the threat of a federal investigation, part of a Trump pressure campaign. It's the first public university to do so. nyti.ms/3Wgo2JR

Exclusive: Leaked documents detail Trump's plans to open East and West coasts to offshore oil drilling. www.yahoo.com/news/article...

North Carolina Republicans push a new gerrymandered congressional map www.npr.org/2025/10/21/n...

Japan's parliament elects Sanae Takaichi nation's first female prime minister www.npr.org/2025/10/21/n...

Kenny Loggins wants 'Danger Zone' removed from Trump AI video www.npr.org/2025/10/20/n...