Scott Peterson
Scott Peterson is executive director of Checks and Balances Project, a national watchdog blog that seeks to hold government officials, lobbyists and corporate management accountable to the public. Funding for C&BP comes from sustainable economy philanthropies and donors.
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‘What the hell is wrong with them’: GOP senators kill $35 cap on insulin
'Republicans told millions of Americans who use insulin to go to hell.'
As the war in Ukraine devastates the nation’s ecosystems, the world reaches record-high military...
Just one bomb releases a slew of toxic heavy metals into Ukraine’s soil and groundwater. Now multiply this by thousands.
Turning people into corporations?!
The market is not the go-to solution to the major problems of our age.
Hundreds of California farmworkers begin 335-mile march for voting rights
In California, hundreds of farmworkers are marching for 24 days to demand better protections against voter suppression in union elections.
Nancy Pelosi Could Get Us All Killed
“A single spark could ignite this combustible situation into a crisis that escalates to military conflict. Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan could provide it.”