Why Student Loans are Creating a Permanent U.S. Underclass
With private lenders out of the business, government is now in charge of issuing newer debt – but rather than alleviating the problem faced by young Americans, some programs on offer seem as predatory as what came before them.
Canada halts arms exports to Israel, Parliament cites child safety in Gaza
The motion was driven by the New Democratic Party (NDP) with a 204 to 117 majority vote.
DNC’s climate council urges party to go beyond Biden plan, calling for fracking ban...
“The climate emergency is here. Democrats need to take the lead on confronting it.”
The richest 10% are starting to feel the pinch, but will that change how...
High earners need to come around to the idea that they would benefit from progressive taxes and other policies to create an economy that works for everyone.
Is the energy transition taking off—or hitting a wall?
With the Inflation Reduction Act, the federal government is illogically encouraging the increasing use of fossil fuels—in order to reduce our reliance on fossil fuels.
Monsanto’s Evil Twin: Disturbing Facts About the Fertilizer Industry
The currently catastrophic, but largely unrecognized, greenhouse gas damage from chemical farms and industrial food production and distribution must be reversed.
It’s Time to Free Students from Debt
"Democracy has to be born anew every generation, and education is its midwife." It's time we free students from debt and create a new debt-free democracy.
Senate vote on Sanders resolutions marks historic shift in US support for Israel’s war...
Though blocked, Bernie Sanders’s efforts to halt weapons transfers to Israel gained unprecedented Democratic support amid Gaza’s worsening famine and civilian death toll.
Zero-Waste Markets Hit the U.S.
Several entrepreneurs are dabbling in ways to clean plastics out of the oceans. Introducing zero-waste markets.
Biggest polluters linked to worsening wildfires in Western US and Canada
Emissions from these top fossil fuel producers and cement manufacturers could also be linked to about 50% of increasing drought and high fire-risk conditions in the same area since 1901.