Wednesday, July 16, 2025

How union workers are fighting for a life outside of the mill

A bill would limit mandatory overtime to no more than two hours per day and require employers to provide a week’s notice before mandating extra hours or changing a worker’s schedule.

Too Big to Fail, Too Dangerous to Ignore

There’s only one way to protect the global economy from the dangers of too-big-to-fail banks: Break them up.

Officer Found Not Guilty in Freddie Gray Case

Still no justice for Freddie Gray: Officer Edward Nero was acquitted of all charges.

Harvey Weinstein charged with rape

At least 71 men have fallen from power after similar accusations of sexual misconduct emerged during the #MeToo movement.

Climate Change and the 1,000-Year Flood in Baton Rouge: When Will We Learn?

There is growing grass-roots activism directly confronting the extraction and transport of fossil fuels in addition to raising awareness of climate change.

What Obama’s Climate Legacy Tells Us About Executive Power

Incremental progress beats no progress. But the climate needs all hands, and all branches of government, on deck.

Trump Economic Adviser “Pushing” for Climate Denier and Fossil Fuel Apologist to Head EPA

If Trump wins in November, will his climate and energy team wipe out any U.S. progress on the ever-worsening global climate crisis?

Trump, Clinton, Obama and the TPP

The strong American popular opposition to the TPP, the Brexit vote and other recent developments in the West suggest growing rejection of the myth that national public and corporate elite interests are identical.

Wasted funds, destroyed property: How sheriffs undermined their successors after losing re-election

Alabama sheriffs who lost reelection in 2018 personally pocketed funds and deleted public records, an investigation by AL.com and ProPublica found. It’s a longstanding tradition that sheriffs aren’t typically held accountable for.

Former state senator pleads guilty to bribery and tax fraud charges

Former Arkansas State Senator Jeremy Hutchinson pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court to accepting multiple bribes and falsifying his tax returns in order to conceal his crimes. The former state senator is also expected to plead guilty of accepting bribes in a separate...