State senator resigns after using racial slurs
“All of us are accountable for our actions and comments.”
We can’t fight climate change if we keep lying to ourselves
The inability to see what is in front of our eyes replicates the blindness of all past civilizations that celebrated their eternal glory at moments of precipitous decline.
With US consumers ‘getting fleeced,’ Democrats demand windfall profits tax on Big Oil
"It is common sense" to use such a tax to provide rebates to consumers, argued Rep. Ro Khanna. "You have these oil companies making record profits at a time of a national emergency."
TSA’s ‘Quiet Skies’ surveillance program receives backlash, DHS to further review program’s legality
The surveillance program has air marshals following passengers and recording their behaviors and any other observations providing minute-by-minute updates for reports, which are sent directly to TSA.
Indigenous-led organization opens new salvo in fight for climate justice
NDN Collective, inspired by the Standing Rock Sioux movement, releases a report on Dakota Access Pipeline.
A pesticide linked to brain damage in children could finally be banned
A court has ruled that the EPA must ban the controversial pesticide chlorpyrifos—or prove its safety.
GE workers demand company rehire laid-off workers to produce ventilators
“At a time when our country is depending on skilled workers to make essential products like ventilators, our members are left wondering why they are facing layoffs instead of having the opportunity to use their skills to help save lives.”
NOAA imposes restrictions on scientists, raising concerns over global forecasting
Current and former high-level scientists with the federal agency said the new rules have created unease and caused alarm with partners at European agencies.
Parkland school shooter gets life in prison without parole
Jurors in the Fort Lauderdale courtroom "found that mitigating factors, such as disorders described by witnesses as stemming from his biological mother's substance abuse during pregnancy, outweighed aggravating factors," therefore, decided against the death penalty.
Why canceling student debt is a matter of racial justice
Student debt disproportionately impacts Black and Brown Americans. It’s time to end this collective financial burden, and the president can do so with the stroke of a pen.