With Alabama ruling, SCOTUS delivers ‘another major blow’ to Voting Rights Act
"We must end the filibuster so the Senate can pass voting rights protections," declares the Congressional Progressive Caucus.
U.S. consumers exposed to BPA at levels 5,000x above EU recommendations
U.S. consumers are exposed to more than 5,000 times more bisphenol-A (BPA) than the EU considers safe, and that has prompted environmental...
Total’s East African crude oil pipeline ‘struggling’ to find financiers, say campaigners
Total’s “incredibly risky” crude oil pipeline may still lack the financial backing it requires, campaigners have claimed, as the controversial project moved...
Western lies and false narratives about Ethiopia
Ethiopia and the appalling coverage by corporate media.
Former prison lieutenant sentenced to prison for failing to stop assault against inmate
“We condemn in the strongest possible terms Burks’ behavior and blatant violation of his sworn oath to serve.”
Spotify’s business model is screwing over musicians and ruining music
The recent spat between Neil Young and Spotify reminds us that the world’s largest streaming company only cares about profits—which is what independent musicians have been complaining about for years.
Personal interview: Michael T. Klare What are the Prospects for Peace?
Michael T. Klare is a Five Colleges professor of Peace and World Security Studies at Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts; defense correspondent of The Nation magazine; and author.
Department of the Interior announces funding for states to clean up orphaned oil and...
“The Department is taking a thoughtful and methodical approach to implementing the orphaned oil and gas well program that aims to get money to states as quickly as possible while being responsible stewards of taxpayer dollars."
Why young workers are driving a wave of unionization
Increasing numbers of millennials and zoomers in the public sector, tech field, gig economy, nonprofit community, education and other sectors also view collective action as the path to a brighter future.
In a single year, $1.78 trillion was stolen from the working class
And much of the money workers should be getting is instead being pumped up to the top 0.3% of income earners.