Spirited Sundays: What Does It Mean to Protect a River as a Citizen?

What if the next generation of infrastructure didn't simply consume water, but helped restore it? Imagine AI data centers designed with closed-loop cooling, water recycling, watershed restoration, renewable energy, and partnerships with local communities and Tribal nations. Imagine technology that returns cleaner water to the environment, strengthens habitats, and contributes to the resilience of the places it calls home. This vision does not suggest that every data center already operates this way. Rather, it challenges us to ask a different question: Can innovation become a force for regeneration instead of depletion?

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The National Moratorium for Data Centers and Real Solutions

Every citizen seems to care about what’s being built in their backyard. Meanwhile, the small handful of companies racing to build the biggest AI data centers on earth seem to care about one thing: winning. But winning what, exactly — and at whose expense? That question is no longer rhetorical. In late March 2026, Senator Bernie Sanders and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez introduced the Artificial Intelligence Data Center Moratorium Act, a bill that would freeze construction of large AI data centers — those drawing more than 20 megawatts of power on liquid-cooled racks — until Congress passes federal safeguards covering worker protections, consumer costs, and environmental harm.1 The freeze wouldn’t lift until lawmakers require pre-release review of AI products, proof that data centers won’t drive up local utility bills, and mandatory public reporting from the Department of Energy on the financial, environmental, and operational footprint of these facilities.2…

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Who to Vote for in This Primary: Following the Votes That Matter to You

Concern Across the United States, many voters are rethinking how they want their tax dollars spent. For some, the top issue is ending U.S. military support for Israel during the war in Gaza. Human rights organizations, the United Nations, and many legal scholars have accused the Israeli government of committing serious violations of international law, while Israel rejects allegations that it is committing genocide and says its military operations are directed at Hamas following the October 7, 2023 attacks.

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The Tragic Killing of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo: The Pattern Recognition We Needed

Was his death justified? Here's what's documented, what's disputed, and where the evidence actually stands. On the morning of July 7, 2026, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo left his Houston home around 5:50 a.m., the way he had most mornings for years. He grabbed his lunch, his coffee, and drove his white work van to pick up his construction crew. Less than an hour later, he was dead — shot in the abdomen by an ICE agent during what the Department of Homeland Security first described as a targeted enforcement operation against him personally.

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Wild Horses and the Original American Dream

When most people hear the phrase the American Dream, they think of a home, a career, financial independence, or upward mobility. Those aspirations are meaningful, but they are relatively modern. The original American dream existed long before mortgages, stock markets, and suburban neighborhoods. It was the dream of open horizons. It was the belief that there should always be a place where the land remained free, where nature still belonged to itself, and where future generations could witness untamed beauty without needing to recreate it in museums.

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Four Years Without Roe v. Wade: The Women Who Paid With Their Lives and the System That Let Them Down

June 24, 2026 marks four years since the Supreme Court eliminated the constitutional right to abortion. This is not a political argument. It is a documented record of what happened next. The Blueprint: How Mississippi Lit the Fuse It began in a state with the highest poverty rate in the nation, the worst infant mortality rate, and the only abortion clinic left standing.

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AI, Water, Nuclear Energy and the Future We Actually Need

When leaders like Jeff Bezos discuss the future of artificial intelligence, one concern often surfaces: resource consumption. As AI systems become more powerful, conversations increasingly focus on the water, electricity, and physical infrastructure required to support them. Some industry leaders have suggested society may need to rethink how resources are allocated in order to support the rapid expansion of AI.

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A Tale of Two Armies: The United States and Israel

There is a temptation in every war to flatten people into symbols. An Israeli soldier becomes "the IDF." An American soldier becomes "the U.S. military." A Palestinian becomes "Hamas." An Iranian civilian becomes "collateral damage." Once we do this, conscience disappears. Nuance disappears. Humanity disappears. I have seen people say, "All of the IDF is evil." I understand the anger that gives rise to that statement.

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