EPA to weaken rules to control toxic coal ash in water
Environmental activists plan to challenge these rollbacks in court. Let’s hope they succeed.
Coalition implores Biden: Reject ‘inhumane’ program cuts amid fiscal negotiations
An unyielding stance against austerity measures as government shutdown approaches.
Bernie Sander rallies in Chicago – the same city that inspired his political activism
“If we stand together believing in justice and human dignity, if we believe in love and compassion, the truth is there is nothing we cannot accomplish. Let us go forward together.”
A day without a woman: The women’s global strike and the growing movement against...
The women of the world and their male allies are judging Trump not on his words but on his deeds.
The State of the Plutocracy: The Kabuki President on Money in Politics
Though Obama campaigned against the way Washington does business, his most historic advances have been for the militarized plutocracy that he campaigned against.
Corrupt Congressman Resigns Amid Scandals
Will the Justice Department file charges against Rep. Aaron Schock of Illinois? The representative resigned from Congress this week to avoid an investigation into allegations of corruption.
The scary truth is many senate Dems share the same corporate agenda as Amy...
She’s exactly the kind of judge corporate donors support.
The corporations undermining democracy: Big Tech, Big Oil, and private equity firms exploit global...
The report draws attention to how these corporations finance far-right political movements, violate labor laws, exacerbate the climate crisis, and influence media and technology to control narratives.
Two bills introduced to save the monarch butterfly
“These bills will provide a lifeline for monarch butterflies whose populations have declined dramatically due to pesticide use, climate change, and habitat loss.”
The useful idiocy of Donald Trump
The inability of the political establishment and the press to moderate or reform Trump’s egregious behavior is rooted in their loss of credibility.