Yearly Archives: 2021
The real problem with Bill Gates and neoliberal optimism
The progressive left needs to confront the fact that plutocratic philanthropists like Gates care much more about preserving the systems that continue to multiply their wealth.
Ban of three bee-killing neonicotinoid pesticides holds up in EU court
“The Court of Justice has reaffirmed that protecting nature and people’s health takes precedence over the narrow economic interests of powerful multinationals..."
‘America the beautiful’: Biden administration aims to protect 30% of US lands and waters...
“This is a critical opportunity for Americans to come together to build a new, more inclusive model of conservation to save nature, and ultimately ourselves,” said one advocate.
“Nothing to lose”: Colombians protest “fascist mafia regime” amid deadly police & military crackdown
“The country has been a place of repression.”
The man for the moment who must do more
Biden deserves praise for going big and bold on the economy. Let’s push him to go bigger and bolder.
New government report highlights federal failures to oversee offshore drilling
More proposed rules to fix a broken regulatory system are a distraction from the real issue of the government failing to hold the oil industry accountable.
Police academies dedicate 3.21% of training hours to ethics and other public service topics...
Police officers, like their counterparts in other government agencies, are public servants.
What iS the IRS doing?
I have never seen such screwing up by the IRS. What is going on?
The Clean Transit for America Plan unveiled to Senate
“Too many buses spew dirty diesel. That hurts the workers, that hurts the commuters, that hurts everyone.”
2 Denver police officers suspended for use of force during George Floyd protests
“Once I dispersed the fogger, the female immediately put her window up and put her head down to read her phone. I realized that I made a mistake and walked away from the female and her car.”