‘Enough is enough’: Thousands go on strike to support McDonald’s workers fighting for $15...
"We shouldn’t be begging for scraps when we have a corporation that makes $6 billion a year and we ain’t even making $15.”
The dairy industry is determined to pour itself down our throats
This article was produced by Earth | Food | Life, a project of theIndependent Media Institute.
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Supreme Court faces critical decision on homelessness: The battle over public sleeping laws in...
As the Supreme Court scrutinizes the criminalization of homelessness, liberal justices challenge the constitutionality of punishing the essential human act of sleeping, highlighting the plight of affected families and children.
Over 450 climate scientists say advertising industry must end ‘complicity’ in climate crisis
The scientists say that they are “consistently faced with a major and needless challenge” of having to correct false information and rebut the fossil fuel industry’s efforts to downplay the severity of climate change.
China invests $100B in water clean-up projects
For the people's sake, let’s hope China is able to meet their 2017 goals, and perhaps inspire other countries to follow suit.
The Media: Not so much fake news as shallow, less than objective journalism
It might be said that the media is not well-rounded for it often beats the same subject almost to death.
‘Largest IT outage in history’ causes global chaos: Flights grounded, hospitals and banks disrupted
As the global community grapples with the aftermath of what is being termed the largest IT outage in history, the focus remains on restoring normalcy and addressing the vulnerabilities exposed by this incident.
Bill McKibben Arrested + 56 Others in Ongoing Campaign Against Proposed Gas Storage at...
The total number of arrests in the 17-month-old civil disobedience campaign has now surpassed 500.
Oil giant consultant resigns, citing operations beyond ‘limits of our planetary systems’
"I can no longer work for a company that ignores all the alarms and dismisses the risks of climate change and ecological collapse."
Warren’s ‘transformational’ education plan takes aim at charter schools and vouchers, vowing to make...
"It's a plan focused on supporting students from birth to college and career, and on supporting teachers throughout their careers."