Biden to cancel $39 billion in student loans post SCOTUS decision
More than 800,000 borrowers with debts outstanding for more than 20 years could have their student loans discharged.
As skies turn orange, media still hesitate to mention what’s changing climate
FAIR found 115 news segments that mentioned the forest fires and their effect on air quality—of those 115 segments, only 44 mentioned climate change’s role.
‘Our democracy demands it’: Rights groups cheer as Dems revive Freedom to Vote Act
"It's past time for Congress to act and protect Americans' freedom to vote."
The hype of a nuclear ‘renaissance
The nuclear industry is banking on a revival.
Smoke from Canada’s wildfires prompts US air quality alerts for 70 million people in...
Cities affected included New York, Cleveland and Chicago.
Hollywood executives bring industry to halt rather than pay workers a fair price
Refusing to negotiate better compensation and fair working conditions for actors and writers, major film and television studios are to blame for the work stoppages afflicting their industry.
The terrorism of politicized religious zealots – where the ‘sacred’ end justifies ‘absolutist’ means
When absolutes wither, so would the politicized weaponization of “faith alone” that rejects compromise or demonizes dissenters as sinful.
‘Five-alarm fire’: GOP adds over 200 poison pills to House spending bills
"We cannot allow policy that harms regular people, threatens our rights, hurts the environment, and does any number of other terrible things to ride along with the appropriations package," said Public Citizen's Lisa Gilbert.
Michigan Amazon workers stage largest delivery station strike yet
Across all industries, while worker productivity surged 62 percent from 1979 to 2020, average hourly pay crawled up just 17 percent when adjusted for inflation.
How federal law can protect all workers on sweltering summer days
“How in the world can you deny your workers an opportunity to get a drink of water?”