Tuesday, July 15, 2025

America wasn’t a ‘gun-loving country’ until a $13.5 billion industry made it so

Historian Pamela Haag’s The Gunning of America refocuses the gun debate on the moguls who made America into the land of guns – and mass shootings.

Coca-Cola produced more than 110 billion plastic bottles last year

Coca-Cola has increased their use of single-use plastic bottles over the last decade.

Before the NFL took a knee: 4 lesser-known moments of resistance in sports history

This isn’t the first time the world of professional sports has entered the fight for civil rights and racial justice.

‘Civil society is pretty much gone’ in Puerto Rico as White House scrambles to...

"We have to think of this as societal collapse: no power, no water, no food, no nothing."

Three insidious ways ‘overtaxed’ corporations are cheating America

The tax money withheld by the big corporations is desperately needed to restore living-wage opportunities to millions of workers.
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Six reasons why American corporations shouldn’t get a tax cut

A corporate tax cut is the wrong solution to the wrong problem.

Las Vegas shooting leaves at least 58 dead, over 500 injured

The shooter is believed to be a local individual that acted alone.

Testing the limits of self-determination in Catalonia

“Stop this escalation of radicalism and disobedience once and for all.”

In photos: Water protectors return to Standing Rock – this time for closure

The camps are gone now, but the awakening to protect the water, land, and tribal sovereignty continues.

‘What a rigged economy looks like’: Top 10% now own 77% of American wealth

As Trump and the GOP push massive tax cuts for the rich, new data shows that the wealthy are doing better than ever.