Yearly Archives: 2021
Forget the badgering of hack politicians. Consumer boycotts & eco-smart investing deliver more clout.
Imagine the convergence when boycotts and selective stock investments boost targeted street actions
10 world-changing protests you should know about
People are taking to the streets to resist repression, from the U.S. to Japan.
So it goes
When it comes to war, Americans remain willfully and incorrigibly ignorant. We have paid dearly for that ignorance and will likely pay even more in the years ahead.
After GOP blockade of For the People Act, progressives mobilize ‘Deadline for Democracy’
"It's all hands on deck for this Deadline for Democracy."
‘No reconciliation bill, no deal’: Sanders says progressive package must come with bipartisan plan
"No reconciliation bill, no deal. We need transformative change NOW."
WWF says Mediterranean heating 20% faster than world’s oceans
Residents could face losing fishing livelihoods and Mediterranean culture like cuisine if biodiversity is not restored and deadly industrial impacts reduced.
Poor People’s Campaign marches on Washington to ‘blunt the political effects of wealth inequality’
West Virginia and Kentucky activists vow to continue pressing Manchin and McConnell on democracy and economic reforms.
Why so much wealth at the top threatens the US economy
Until the structural imbalance is remedied, the American economy will remain perilously fragile.
‘Massive’ methane leaks found coming from oil and gas sites in Europe
It is at these sites—storage tanks, pipelines, liquefied natural gas import terminals—where methane is leaking in large volumes.
Wall Street’s $3 billion political investment is a bargain
The For the People Act would loosen the financial industry’s grip over our political system.