How a rural Colorado county became an epicenter of Trump’s big lie
First an election official erred. Then Trump’s IT squad arrived. Then the false claims, conspiracies, stolen data and denials ensued.
Patagonia founder places company’s shares in a trust; future profits to combat climate change
“Earth is now our only shareholder.”
As falls Russia, so falls the world
Can the heroine of this story, true internationalism, survive the onslaught of lawless maniacs bent on reviving a world of unaccountable sovereigns and promoting a war of all against all?
How vote count mistakes by two rural counties fed Trump’s big lie
County officials didn’t properly set up and use their election computers, helping to launch a looming disinformation juggernaut.
Hogwash! That the US goes full banana republic by prosecuting endless Trump crime sprees
Any failure to indict the spate of Trump criminality signals the beginning of the end of America.
‘No regard for the law’: Starbucks to deny union workers new paid leave benefits
"Their goal is to retaliate against and punish union stores," said Starbucks Workers United.
Exxon could have helped stop climate change 30 years ago, ‘proprietary’ docs show
Instead the company’s Canadian arm developed a communications plan to make climate solutions like carbon taxes look economically reckless.
Making sense of reactionary victim culture
Along with their portrayal of themselves as the real victims of made up or almost entirely online concepts like ‘cancel culture’, many on the right from politicians to pundits also excel at projection.
Violence against Indigenous women grows in Vancouver amid ‘apathy and injustice’
Indigenous women and girls in Canada continue to face disproportionate levels of violence and insecurity rooted in colonialism.
Fast transition to renewable energy could save $12 trillion by 2050
“The world is facing a simultaneous inflation crisis, national security crisis, and climate crisis, all caused by our dependence on high cost, insecure, polluting, fossil fuels with volatile prices.”