Dakota Access Pipeline builder ignored Obama admin request to halt construction
“This debacle also shows the need to make the Army Corps of Engineers’ permitting process much more transparent, with a full environmental review and thorough, participatory tribal consultation.”
Secret Service Director “Forgot” His Agents Were Illegally Investigating Congressman
Secret Service Director Joseph Clancy told investigators he was, in fact, aware his agents had got ahold of confidential information in regards to the Chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. So he was aware of this information days before it was released to the public.
Business leaders welcome July 1 minimum wage hikes
Advocacy groups like Business for a Fair Minimum Wage highlighted that a higher wage floor creates a level playing field, reduces costly employee turnover, and increases consumer spending power.
Packing the Supreme Court
Mitch McConnell’s long-term strategy of packing the Court in order to entrench the Republican Party is becoming an obscene reality.
The Painful Facts, State-by-State: How We’re Victimized by Corporate State Tax Avoidance
Corporate data from numerous sources recently revealed state-by-state corporate tax avoidance. As a result, greed and corruption is hurting education and infrastructure across America.
The UN proved its usefulness in crafting Ukraine grain deal
The United Nations helps design a deal to ship foodstuffs blocked in Ukraine ports.
Trump’s EPA deepens environmental rollback with delays, deregulation, and industry favoritism
From coal ash delays to dicamba reapproval, Trump’s EPA faces backlash for gutting public health safeguards and empowering polluters.
Turning space into a war zone: Space Force Missile Defense review
“It is not enough to merely have an American presence in space, we must have American dominance in space.”
Tax-dodging billionaire dynasties could cost US $8.4 trillion
Over the next few decades, the richest American families could avoid paying about $8.4 trillion in taxes, or more than four times...
The real border surge
As big as the record 2023 border budget may be, in 2024 it’s likely to go “even further” into the stratosphere.







