Planets & Transits
New Moon in Leo August 12, 2026
The New Moon arrives in Leo August 12 at 8:36 PM UTC, and with it comes a singular...
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- Written by: AJ Earley
I was beyond frustrated. I felt extremely hopeless. I believed that I had zero options, despite the fact that I could no longer remain in the same physical or mental state. My bills had piled up so much I was about to get evicted. I had to do something. I got into my uninsured car and drove myself back to the E.R.
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- Written by: David Korten, YES! Magazine
This is the real-world economy for a living Earth that we must learn to structure and manage to provide a safe space for humanity.
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- Written by: Andrea Germanos, Common Dreams
'Declines in absolute mobility have been a systematic, widespread phenomenon throughout the United States since 1940,' the authors of the new study write.
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- Written by: Andrea Germanos, Common Dreams
Ruling against 'zero-rating' prevents 'Big Telecom from exploiting data caps to pick and choose winners and losers online'
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- Written by: Andy Henion, Michigan State University
Teachers don’t just leave their jobs because of low pay and retirement, new research shows. Their perceptions of a broken education system also contribute.
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- Written by: Deirdre Fulton, Common Dreams
'We have got to end the international disgrace of being the only major country on earth not to guarantee healthcare to all people as a right not a privilege.'
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- Written by: Bernard Weisberger, BillMoyers.com
In these pestilent, perilous times, when the very idea of distinction between truth and falsehood is under siege, it’s more critical than ever to keep a sharp lookout for destructive false analogies.
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- Written by: Arun Gupta, YES! Magazine
All along the Pacific Coast, environmentalists are gearing up for an epic fight.
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- Written by: Jean-Noel Barrot, MIT Sloan School of Management
Operating a small business, the backbone of the U.S. economy, has always been tough. But small businesses have also been disproportionately hurt
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- Written by: Paul Buchheit, Common Dreams
The American tax system, in which those with the least pay the most.
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- Written by: Sarah van Gelder, YES! Magazine
Although many people in these struggling regions voted for the new president, his cynical answers will not bring them prosperity. But I saw what could.
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- Written by: James Ward, University of South Australia; et al.
Our economy and society ultimately depend on natural resources: land, water, material (such as metals) and energy.
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- Written by: Stanford University
Proponents of “school choice” say that voucher programs—which allow parents to use state education funds to enroll their children in private schools
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- Written by: Gerry Everding, Washington University in St. Louis
As House Republicans labor to define a new plan to replace the Affordable Care Act, often called “Obamacare,” public support for the 2010 legislation is at an all-time high, according to a national survey taken in January.
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- Written by: Isaiah J. Poole, OurFuture.org
President Trump on Tuesday night made what he told a meeting of governors on Monday would be “a big statement” on infrastructure spending.
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- Written by: Chuck Collins, YES! Magazine
The wealthy will not be able to build a wall high enough or a silo deep enough. The only solution is to bring your wealth home and invest in community resilience to ensure the survival of all.
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- Written by: Kevin Shih, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Immigrants have long been a scapegoat when economies are sputtering, jobs are being lost or security is a concern.
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- Written by: Deirdre Fulton, Common Dreams
Plans put forth by House Speaker Paul Ryan and HHS Secretary Tom Price are 'unlikely' to fulfill President Donald Trump's campaign promises—'but single payer could'
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- Written by: Sheena Rice, University of Missouri
In 2014, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), a federal program to address food insecurity in the United States, provided $70 billion in nutrition support to 46.5 million families and children living in 22.7 million American households.
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- Written by: Jill Rosen, Johns Hopkins University
A survey of about 1,500 extremely disadvantaged families in Boston, Chicago, and San Antonio shows teenagers go without food twice as often as their younger brothers and sisters.
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- Written by: Bert Gambini, University at Buffalo
Older Americans with less money and education are much more like to suffer from chronic pain than wealthier adults with more education.
