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.”
‘Not in 2030 or 2050…now!’: Climate strikers worldwide demand urgent action
"We strike because climate justice isn't a myth, but a reality we intend to build."
Taking on a billionaire landlord in the Twin Cities
Private equity firms snatched up rental properties, then neglected them. So Minneapolis activists organized the tenants to fight for their rights.
CitiGroup pledges to end coal power financing in updated environmental policy
The announcement came just a month after CitiGroup pledged that its financing reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
Hypocrisy and projection: the right’s cynical ‘culture wars’
If they can find the will, the American progressive left can fight these culture war arguments with one of their own: it isn’t the cancellation of those they have political disagreements with that they are asking for but rather a culture of consequences.









