by Isaac Cubillos | Mar 1, 2026 | Energy
Oil Jumps 13% After Iran Strikes — Here Comes the Pain at the Pump Well, that didn’t take long. Brent crude just leapt as much as 13% to $82 a barrel after Iran’s latest round of strikes rattled nerves in the Persian Gulf. Tankers are hesitating. Insurance rates are...
by Isaac Cubillos | Feb 28, 2026 | Energy
The United States and Israel struck Iran.Iran struck back. Within hours, oil tankers in the Persian Gulf did what oil tankers rarely do: they stopped. Some slowed to a crawl. Others ducked into nearby ports. Nobody wants to be the floating headline that explodes on...
by Isaac Cubillos | Feb 25, 2026 | Brown Eyes, Clear Truth
The U.S. Supreme Court refused this week to rescue The GEO Group from a lawsuit accusing the corporation of exploiting immigrant detainees for labor inside a Colorado detention facility. The decision was unanimous. And while procedural, it carries weight. For more...
by Isaac Cubillos | Feb 24, 2026 | Journal
I spent this past week cleaning a sailboat. Not one that will ever touch water, but one that carries itself like it could. Four feet long. Five feet tall. A tall mast reaching toward the ceiling. White paneled sails. Long overhangs. A hull that looks fast even sitting...
by Isaac Cubillos | Feb 17, 2026 | Brown Eyes, Clear Truth
I have a photograph from April 1973. Boulder, Colorado. The Crusade for Justice. In the frame stand Rodolfo Gonzales — Corky — founder of the Crusade. Beside him, Angela Davis, scholar and radical voice of a generation. And on the far right, a young Jesse Jackson....
