Trade war and immigration crackdown push US farmers to the brink
Farmers describe collapsing export markets, labor shortages, and a missing safety net as tariffs and immigration policies reshape U.S. agriculture.
‘Bottom line,’ says Bernie Sanders, deal must include Medicare expansion, lower drug prices
"Congress must finally have the courage to stand up to the greed of Big Pharma."
Fighting billionaires’ control of the media, individual news vouchers
People who really want to do something to reduce the power of billionaires should get behind it.
States are doing a terrible job enforcing laws meant to protect farmed animals
Lack of law enforcement leads to needless suffering for sentient beings.
Single-use plastic production on the rise in 2021 despite environmental impact, new report finds
"We need a fundamentally different approach, that turns the tap off on new plastic production.”
We need to know how corporate Democrats made President Trump possible
Scrutinizing them now is vital not only for clarity about the past. It also makes possible a clear focus on ways to prevent further catastrophe.
Outrage as Biden Administration recommends major Alaska oil project
"The project is “drastically out of step with the Biden administration’s goals to slash climate pollution and transition to clean energy,” but that “it’s not too late for him to step up and pull the plug on this carbon bomb."
The War on Terror is a success — for terror
It began more than two decades ago. On September 20, 2001, President George W. Bush declared a “war on terror” and told a joint...
Nationwide protests: Pro-immigrant or anti-Trump?
More than 750 cities. One message. This is what it looks like when a nation speaks with one voice.
Miami cop found not guilty for negligence after shooting unarmed man
“The difficulties posed by this case are clearly represented by the jury’s inability to come to a verdict on three of the four charged offenses.”