No-bid contracts and taxpayer funds fuel scrutiny of Trump’s White House ballroom
A Republican push to spend $400 million in taxpayer funds on Trump’s White House ballroom is colliding with allegations of inflated no-bid contracts, donor conflicts, and questions over whether a recent security scare is being used to justify a project critics say reflects presidential self-interest over public need.
New York City files suit to hold fossil fuel companies responsible for climate change...
The announcement marks "a watershed in corporate accountability for climate change" taking the necessary steps to purge funds from the fossil fuel industry.
How Ukrainian civilians are resisting military force
https://www.yesmagazine.org/democracy/2022/03/01/ukraine-civilian-resistanceEven as Putin’s swift invasion of Ukraine has left a lot of shock, Ukrainians are showing what unarmed people can do to resist, too.
What will happen when robots take over?
The greatest danger is that we will not agree on a road to happiness but rather one that leads to division and despair.
‘Dead’ Republicans redux? Revived as blue-collar workers’ party?
If lying hypocrites want a new deal,
First they make law and order real.
Warren is correct about busting up big tech
In this new Gilded Age, we need to respond to them as forcefully as we did the first time around. Warren’s ideas are a good start.
Trump-appointed official plans to cut Social Security workforce by 50 percent, closing field offices...
Acting SSA Commissioner Leland Dudek orders mass layoffs, raising concerns of service collapse and benefit delays for millions of Americans.
A 40-year fight against cluster bombs offers lessons to stop the US-Israel weapons pipeline
The Honeywell Project in Minneapolis showed how to beat a weapons maker: obstruct operations, recruit workers as allies, build camaraderie and persist no matter what.
G20 nations invested record $1.4 trillion into fossil fuels in 2022, report says
Financial support from the G20 was in the form of money borrowed from public financial institutions, subsidies and investments made by state-owned enterprises (SOEs).
Video reveals mother of 5 starving to death in jail cell
"...since this incident, our employees have received comprehensive training in crisis intervention.”









