$1 an hour to fight largest fire in CA history: Are prison firefighting programs...
According to some estimates, California avoids spending about $80-$100 million a year by using prison labor to fight its biggest environmental problem.
300,000 petition signatures delivered to Senate for the protection of abortion rights under federal...
“Over the past several weeks, right-wing extremists have inched us closer and closer toward a society without the precedent of Roe v. Wade.”
Spending unlimited
Isn’t it time to end the national-security version of spending unlimited in Washington?
Of course, Medicare For All would increase federal spending…
But it would lower the total cost of health care.
Accumulation of microplastics in human brain tissue rising rapidly: Study
The research team discovered that plastic concentrations appeared higher in the brain than in the kidney or liver, and higher than earlier reports for testes and placentas.
Protests intensify in Minneapolis after second ICE shooting as outrage spreads
A second federal agent shooting in one week has fueled mass protests, impeachment calls, and mounting alarm over the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement in Minnesota.
Biden administration extends student loan moratorium until May
“We know that millions of student loan borrowers are still coping with the impacts of the pandemic and need some more time before resuming payments.”
Climate change: The catastrophic impact on developing countries
There is an alternative way to ‘reduce vulnerability’ for the poorest people in the world, and that is by the rich nations sharing what they have, and what the Earth provides more equitably amongst everyone.
In an unequal America, empathy, not just housing, has become too pricey
Empathy for the plight of the homeless, meanwhile, is withering away, particularly among society’s most fortunate, as the social distance between that top and the rest of society widens.
Wall Street bonuses decline but still dwarf worker pay increases since 2008 crash
Since 2008, growth in the average Wall Street bonus has far outstripped wage growth for ordinary U.S. workers.