Saturday, May 18, 2024

Sanders wants big oil CEOs to testify at Senate climate hearing

“These companies are producing a significant percentage of the carbon that we use, which is destroying our planet, and we want to know what they are doing to transform their companies away from fossil fuel.”

Young Indigenous organizers are taking the fight against oil pipelines to Biden

With the Line 3 and Dakota Access pipelines threatening Indigenous land, youth from the Standing Rock and Cheyenne River Sioux tribes ran 2,000 miles to deliver a powerful message to the new administration.

Pandemic recovery will take more than soaring growth – to fuel a more equitable...

Countries seeking to explicitly counteract the negative effects of the pandemic need a good compass to guide their recovery plan. And that won’t be GDP.

International law uncanceled

The Biden administration lifted sanctions against the International Criminal Court. It's not enough.

The appointment department

The government could establish a publicly used appointment system, available to all on the internet.
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How corporations crush the working class

The resulting power imbalance has spawned near-record inequalities of income and wealth, corruption of democracy by big money, and the abandonment of the working class.

Biden promised to end standardized testing in schools—it was never going to be easy

In education policymaking in Washington, D.C., the “bean counters” are still in charge.

Manchin under fire for threatening to block infrastructure bill over corporate tax hike

“I think we need a grassroots movement that makes it clear to Joe Manchin... that the progressive agenda is what the American people want,” said Sen. Bernie Sanders.

The far right in uniform

How extreme is the U.S. military?

Why Kingian democratic socialism is the best path forward for the progressive left

On the anniversary of his assassination, Martin Luther King’s full radical vision is still the best guide for how to lead America to the promised land.