Curbing corporate control: new bill seeks to restrict hedge funds in housing market
Addressing the deepening housing crisis in America.
A tax credit was meant to help marginalized workers get permanent jobs. Instead it’s...
The government gives hundreds of millions of dollars in Work Opportunity Tax Credits to temp agencies, even if the jobs they offer don’t lead to permanent employment.
On July fourth, a message for patriots
On this holiday, and every day, that flag and the promise it symbolizes are not Trump’s supporters to abuse, but belong to a nation that will uphold and someday vindicate them.
Julian Assange secures release after plea deal with US government
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange agrees to a plea deal, leading to his release from Belmarsh Prison and highlighting the ongoing debates about press freedom and whistleblower prosecution.
‘The world is watching’: Amnesty report details human rights violations by US police during...
"Similar to the arrest of journalists—at the end of day, we need people who can tell this story, collect this information, or the government can do whatever it wants."
Canadian police arrest Indigenous opponents of gas pipeline and 2 journalists covering it
With British Columbia still reeling from historic floods, the RCMP rushed to break up an Indigenous blockade standing in the way of construction of a gas pipeline. Journalism organizations denounced the detainment of two reporters.
Of budgets and beatitudes: The Pope meets the Donald
“A person who thinks only about building walls, wherever they may be, and not building bridges, is not Christian.”
Pharmaceutical hulk Johnson & Johnson keeps up lobbying efforts as lawsuits pile on
Amid an onslaught of lawsuits, Johnson & Johnson has kept pace with its historically hefty lobbying efforts as it wrestles to maintain influence in the halls of Congress.
We applaud the silence breakers
“I believe you. What you have to say is important. We’ll find justice.”
Labor Day 2017: Working families move closer to paid parental leave
For the nation’s poor working parents, the absence of paid leave is only the visible top of an iceberg of workplace challenges.