Keeping workers poor is bad for business
At America's biggest low-wage employers, chief executives now pocket 670 times more than their workers.
How Joe Biden can help workers without Congress
Taken together, these three executive orders will improve the lives of millions of Americans.
Canada steps up surveillance of Indigenous peoples to push fossil fuel pipelines forward
An international human rights body condemned Canada’s treatment of Indigenous communities opposing two major oil and gas pipelines.
‘We did it!’ Workers in Maryland vote to form first US Apple store union
"This victory shows the growing demand for unions at Apple stores and different industries across our nation," said the head of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers.
If poverty is a moral issue, then the U.S. is bankrupt
The Poor People’s Campaign, ahead of its June 18 gathering, is calling out the false pro-corporate rhetoric on poverty, wages, and inflation.
How to reduce school shootings
A combination of policy changes and increased safety measures could help reduce the risk of school shootings, says psychology professor Paul Boxer.
Vladimir Putin: Global gunman
Why are we concerned about humiliating mass murderers?
‘Species extinction is a choice’: Groups urge strong global pact to save life on...
"Please make 2022 the year in which the world chooses to stop extinction and commits the resources to do so," says a letter ahead of an international summit next week. "Life on Earth depends on it."
America’s biggest public pension fund is slow-walking corporate climate action, report charges
CalPERS says it needs to hold onto billions in fossil fuel shares in order to push polluters in the right direction – but a new report details a pattern of voting against climate proposals.
EPA revises health advisory for PFAS pollution in US water systems
The new health advisory finds no safe level for "forever chemicals" in United States water systems.