Joe Biden’s relapse into hallucinations about GOP leaders
In his recurrent search for cooperation, Biden seems eager for his Republican foes to like him. It’s a ridiculous and dangerous quest.
Readers didn’t give up on local news. Corporations did.
It’s not that people have given up on local news, but that corporate-owned papers did.
On Medicare’s 56th birthday, activists deliver 125,000+ petitions urging Congress to expand the program
"We need Medicare for All. In fact, we needed Medicare for All yesterday."
Here’s how the climate crisis is impacting the water cycle
The current extreme fluctuation in precipitation across the globe is due in large part to climate change.
Bayer to pull glyphosate products, including Roundup, from US home and garden market
Bayer's decision comes in response to the many lawsuits related to glyphosate that it inherited when it acquired Monsanto in 2018.
What the Pegasus Project has revealed about the rise of for profit surveillance
For journalists and activists what we’ve learned about Pegasus has created new doubts about security.
Bayer announces plan to end glyphosate-based herbicide sales to US consumers by 2023
The company will replace glyphosate in the consumer lawn and garden segment with other "known and well-established active ingredients."
Eliminating emissions by 2050 could save 74 million lives
“One key takeaway is that there are a significant number of lives that can be saved by reducing emissions.”
Why America needs union workers to drive the success of a national infrastructure program
Only America’s union workers have the skills and passion necessary to deliver historic, top-quality returns on the nation’s infrastructure investments.
Labor rights advocates’ Fight for $15 has helped millions of workers
“The success of the movement for higher wages... only reaffirms how far out of step lawmakers in Congress are from their constituents, as they continue to refuse to raise the federal minimum wage.”