As Jeff Bezos earns $191K per minute, why are NY & VA giving Amazon...
Many local politicians have openly criticized authorities in New York and Virginia for backing the deals, which will create a total of 50,000 jobs.
Biden admin pauses permits for new fossil fuel projects
Environmental groups praised the Biden administration for halting new leases and permits while the court battle plays out, but expressed concern about how it would ultimately resolve.
Bannon & Trump deserve each other — divisive, grandstanding demagogues at each other’s throat
However very similar yet very different, two warring demagogues threaten law, order, civility, trust and the good will still clinging to the American experiment.
The Trump effect, one year later: Thousands of women running for office
After Trump’s victory over Clinton, women realized how much the country needs them in politics.
Progressive Briefing for Thursday, July 26, 2018
Federal lawsuit against President Trump's business interests allowed to proceed, deadly wildfires rage around the world, Betsy Devos is hurting students again, and more.
Biden’s appeasement of hawks and neocons is crippling his diplomacy
We hope he and his advisers are not too blinded by anachronistic imperial thinking or too intimidated by the neocons to make a fresh start and engage with the world as it actually exists in 2021.
UN experts alarmed by IDF treatment of Palestinian women and girls in Gaza
The onslaught in Gaza has disproportionately affected women and children, who constitute approximately 70 percent of the over 29,000 Palestinians killed by Israeli forces.
Melting glaciers could lead to more frequent and explosive volcanic eruptions: Study
The process—already seen in Iceland—makes volcanic eruptions more frequent and powerful, according to new research conducted in the Chilean Andes.
Outrage in Massachusetts after ICE detains high school student on way to volleyball practice
Milford residents demand answers and justice after ICE agents detain 18-year-old Marcelo Gomes da Silva, sparking statewide protests and national criticism of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.
The rich are different—richer than us and far greedier
There is a class war raging, one that’s being fought by the ruling class of billionaires and millionaires against the rest of us.