Inequality out of control: The average 1% household made over $2.5 million in the...
With inequality ripping us apart, and with few of our national leaders willing or able to confront the problem, we may never again be an equitable and functional society.
Public health crisis looms as California identifies 600 communities at risk of water-system failures
A new report puts into focus for the first time the scope of the state’s drinking-water problems and what it will take to fix them.
US oil-linked pressure group attacks EU green policies, breaks lobbying rules
It appears that Consumer Choice Center’s activity puts it in breach of EU transparency rules, which require lobbyists to declare their activities on the EU Transparency Register.
How U.S. policy failures have helped Hamas
To begin with, Washington has failed to be an honest broker in the peace process.
‘Our movement didn’t just win. We earned mandate for change,’ says Ilhan Omar after...
“In Minnesota, we know that organized people will always beat organized money. Despite outside efforts to defeat us, we once again broke turnout records. Despite the attacks, our support has only grown.”
4 reasons why Trump’s plan to strip the IRS is incredibly dumb
Donald Trump hates the IRS and has spent years battling it.
“We will be invisible no more”: Seattle leads the way in seeking justice for...
“This is just the beginning and our very first step in making sure that when we lose our women and children, somebody will be there to go look for them.”
National emergency? Here are the real emergencies an outraged nation tells President Trump
"Gun violence. Climate change. The fact that 40% of Americans don’t have $400 in savings. These are national emergencies. Do you know what's not? Trump’s manufactured border crisis."
Bank of America commits to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050
“Investors applaud Bank of America’s commitment to transition to a more sustainable business model and reduce the growing climate impacts of its financing activities."
How Tennessee’s justice system allows dangerous people to keep guns — with deadly outcomes
Michaela Carter was one of at least 75 people killed in domestic violence shootings in Nashville since 2007. Nearly 40% were shot by people who were legally barred from having a gun.