Yearly Archives: 2021
Forests are crucial to combating climate change—will Biden rise to the challenge?
Unsustainable logging by the forest products industry is driving massive carbon emissions.
Supreme Court weighs voting rights in a pivotal Arizona case
The case considers two Arizona laws that place limits on how and when Arizonans can vote.
Hundreds arrested at Line 3 ‘treaty people gathering.’ Water protectors vow to continue until...
Even after the mass arrests on Monday, the Anishinaabe and their allies camped out at the site and plan to continue their direct action.
The ‘big con’ revealed: Report details fossil fuel industry’s deceptive ‘net zero’ strategy
"Big polluters and rich governments should not only reduce emissions to Real Zero, they must pay reparations for the huge climate debt owed to the Global South."
Water protectors join together in march to halt Line 3 pipeline
“Find your bravery, find your community, find your truth. Stand with us and Stop Line 3.”
The secret IRS files: Trove of never-before-seen records reveal how the wealthiest avoid income...
ProPublica has obtained a vast cache of IRS information showing how billionaires like Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Warren Buffett pay little in income tax compared to their massive wealth — sometimes, even nothing.
The time to secure voting rights is now or never
Unless the Democrats can rally to push through legislation that protects the right to vote now and into the future, elections may cease to matter entirely.
A plan to end poverty in the United States
A new congressional resolution asserts it’s not only possible to end poverty, but morally necessary.
‘Manchin must wake up’ or face up: Progressives demand floor debate on pro-democracy bill
“79% of West Virginia voters support the For the People Act,” said Common Cause. “Why doesn’t Sen. Joe Manchin?”
Inequalities are shaping how we’re fighting the pandemic — and how we’ll remember it
Covid-19 infections in most countries have been hugely underestimated — not least because rich countries bought almost all the tests.