Yearly Archives: 2021
East Coast flooding is a reminder that sea level is rising as the climate...
Here’s a quick explanation of two main ways climate change is affecting oceans levels and their threat to the world’s coasts.
Progressives to Biden: If you want to be popular, take on corporate greed
"Actual politics requires taking action against actual villains to solve problems, not... shrugging and cowering."
Wages up as Americans are encouraged back to work and into the office—3 takeaways...
There is no doubt that the October jobs report was encouraging.
Why do Supreme Court justices keep saying they’re not hacks?
If you don’t want to be considered political hacks, stop being political hacks.
The United States of tax havens
The United States, where countless corrupt billionaires and dictators have stashed their loot, is not a single tax haven, but many separate tax havens.
Greenpeace activists who blocked Houston Ship Channel in 2019 sign agreement to be cleared...
The Pretrial Intervention Agreement was part of a "negotiation to expedite the dismissal of charges in lieu of a trial."
Can we automate inequality out of automation?
What explains the sinking incomes of so many American workers today: automation.
Kick fossil fuel interests out of climate policy process, campaigners urge
A broad coalition of 138 green groups submitted an open letter calling for decision-makers to address the “elephant in the room holding back global climate ambition: the fossil fuel industry and its lobbying.”
Rightwing mythmaking and the January 6th capitol siege
The idea that conservatives and Republicans are being widely and unfairly targeted by federal law enforcement is yet another example of an emerging right wing tactic of projection.
US-EU steel agreement to be first climate-friendly trade deal if passed
"The Sierra Club commends the Biden administration for pursuing a new, climate-focused agreement with the EU on steel and aluminum trade, which could become the nation’s first climate-friendly trade agreement."