Oil industry launches lobbying blitz as Congress targets fossil fuel subsidies
A lobbying group representing large fracking companies is pressing Democrats to keep in place billions of dollars of subsidies that drillers receive.
Green New Deal “climate kids” should hijack the impeachment conversation
"If Democrats are unwilling to do the right thing and assist at that suicide, today’s real grownups—you climate kids—must embarrass them into doing so."
How union workers safeguard American democracy
There’s no denying that this advocacy protects Americans’ freedoms.
Old hack Donald lost the farm – but needs a firmer boot
After all, there's no fool’s paradise,/ Unless enough fools gulp bad advice.
Progressive coalition stages worldwide Black Friday protests to ‘make Amazon pay’
Ahead of Friday's global day of action against the e-commerce giant, the campaign issued a list of common demands, all of which seek to "Make Amazon Pay."
A double-transplant cancer survivor takes on Trump over Obamacare
“My message to young activists is: Continue to advocate. Draw inspiration from what you see. Don't change the channel.”
Omar leads bill to cancel rent and mortgage payments during pandemic
"To avoid an even larger crisis, we must cancel rent and mortgage payments during this pandemic."
Air pollution can cross the placenta, reach the fetus, in human pregnancies
"This is the most vulnerable period of life. All the organ systems are in development. For the protection of future generations, we have to reduce exposure."
Trump’s emoluments mess
Clearly, Trump continues to violate the Constitution’s emoluments clauses. We can hold him accountable in three ways.
Is Pelosi preparing to drop a bombshell on the Senate impeachment trial?
We have no way of knowing what Pelosi will do, we can only speculate and hope that she does something that will prove to the American people that he is guilty as charged.