EU approves law to ban greenwashing on product labels
“This law cuts through the smoke of misleading green marketing, putting a leash on shady claims and boosting the credibility of sustainability labels.”
Mueller must act quickly to prevent the establishment of an authoritarian government in America
The Mueller Investigation: Timing is everything; we may have arrived at a pivotal time in U.S. history.
Sanders warns Congress is working ‘behind closed doors’ on $50 billion in corporate welfare
"If you can believe it," said the Vermont senator, "this legislation may also provide a $10 billion bailout to Jeff Bezos, the second-wealthiest person in America."
The Trust Destroyers
The cumulative damage of today’s ethos of doing whatever it takes to win, even at the cost of undermining the integrity of our system, is incalculable.
Deputy Charged with Manslaughter for Gunning Down Unarmed Man
A reserve sheriff’s deputy in Oklahoma was charged with second-degree manslaughter after a video captured him shooting an unarmed man on the ground. The deputy claimed he thought he was holding his Taser when he actually killed the suspect with his gun.
India may ban petcoke, one of dirtiest fossil fuels exported by Koch brothers
“NCR air pollution is at public health emergency levels and requires drastic action.”
Senate confirms more members of Trump’s ‘legion of doom’
Sanders: “The nomination of Mr. Tillerson is one of the worst choices President Trump has made for his cabinet (and he’s made a lot of bad choices).”
2020 Vision: Four Steps to Get There
The progressive vision for 2020 is focused on the needs of average working people, on the strength of society rather than on winner-take-all individualism, on the cooperative efforts of underpaid people who have been forced out of the middle class.
How the rich get richer: Evade taxation, grease trillion-dollar tax breaks, jack interest rates,...
In class and status-conscious, materialistic America (was it ever otherwise?), scoring net worth is easier than figuring out messy election results.
An infected president, a disease of the heart, an imperiled republic
It’s a supreme irony that President Trump has chosen to call Covid-19 “the China virus”.