Raising the minimum wage is a health issue, too
Study after study has linked higher income to better health.
New report: World’s 60 largest banks have poured $3.8 trillion into fossil fuels since...
Even amidst the global economic downturn, fossil fuel financing numbers were higher in 2020 than 2016.
The boundless advantages of the welfare state — for the rich
Patenting the sun. Some of today's super-rich would love to add that subsidy to their welfare state.
The urgent need for a Biden-Putin summit
If the leaders of the two countries with more than 90 percent of the world’s nuclear warheads can’t have a summit meeting and talk with each other, we’re in trouble. Real trouble.
Tax evasion and the 1%
“The richest 1% of U.S. households don’t report 21% of their income.”
America the usual
The longer we have to wait, the actual threats to national security can and will destroy this country.
Former correctional officer pleads guilty to drug smuggling
Kenneth Farr received several payments from inmates and their associates in cash or via a mobile application for smuggling contraband into the prison on at least six separate occasions.
How employers punish workers for forming unions
The Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act would better protect workers from illegal bullying and retaliation during the organizing process.
The emerging culture of compassion
"Take your brothers need as the measure for your actions."
In a historic victory over the fashion industry, garment workers have won billions in...
“If a brand is refusing to pay up, it’s likely they’re paying slave wages in the first place, not caring about the climate and burning billions of dollars of excess clothing every year.”