How GOP lawmakers are putting teen workers in harm’s way
“Why would you want to weaken the law when you can see companies already taking advantage?”
Make Republicans great again?
Nikki Haley's diet-MAGA problem.
New 1% stock buyback tax better than nothing, but won’t fix systemically-broken capitalism
Right now, inequality is as predictable as another decade of authoritarian Republican politics—banish the thought.
Capitalism’s Conclusion, Part I: What the Ohio train derailment exposed
The recent derailment of trains in East Palestine isn’t just a once-in-a-generation environmental disaster, it's what will continue to happen when profit is put above public health.
Map shows chemical-related incidents happen every two days in US
In the wake of the train derailment in Ohio, a new analysis shows chemical accidents are more common in the United States...
Why Biden snubbed China’s Ukraine peace plan
President Biden and his coterie of neo-conservatives have no interest in peace if it means the U.S. concedes hegemonic power to a multi-polar world unbothered from the all-mighty dollar.
Pharma ‘myth’ debunked as study shows US public poured $32 billion into mRNA vaccines
"Without public investment, there would be no mRNA vaccines."
Fossil fuel companies donated $700 million to US universities over a decade, possibly influencing...
The authors of the study say funding of this kind can influence research programs and policies toward climate resolutions preferred by the industry.
Why news of population decline and economic slowdown isn’t necessarily a bad thing
The Wall Street Journal called China’s slowdown “disappointing.” But for the environment, it is welcome news.
Gov. DeSantis: You’re a history grad. Tell me when systemic racism ended.
Today’s champions of white victim hood claim that the teaching of ethnic history and ongoing/systemic racism stokes guilt feelings among white students and anger between students of different racial groups.