As New York takes Exxon to court, Big Oil’s strategy against climate lawsuits is...
“Through the 2000s and 2010s, ExxonMobil used proxies, employed other indirect means, and itself continued to make statements that cast doubt on the role of fossil fuels in causing climate change.”
Hijacking the impeachment debate—for climate’s sake
Donald Trump has done many wrong things, both illegal and legal but grievously harmful, that could have been used long ago to impeach him—and by far the most dangerous of these is his aggressive worsening of the climate emergency.
The crass warfare of billionaires against Sanders and Warren
The fight happening now for the Democratic presidential nomination largely amounts to class warfare.
‘Huge win for democracy’: Nationwide celebrations as NYC residents approve ranked-choice voting ballot measure
With the new system, said one supporter, “candidates will have to knock on the door of not just a certain plurality, but on the diverse doors of NYC's mosaic majority.”
Power and lies
We now have a president who lies through his teeth and two giant uncritical conveyors of those lies.
Inequality is higher in some states like New York and Louisiana because of corporate...
Incentives serve to redistribute funds to the wealthy and reduce resources for broadly redistributive policies over the long run.
Neoliberalism’s children rise up to demand justice in Chile and the world
If the million Chileans in the street have breached the tipping point for successful non-violent popular democracy, Chile may be leading the way to a global political and economic revolution.
‘US can lead the world in finding the global cure for AIDS:’ Sanders announces...
"What we need is a grassroots political movement that will stand up to the greed of the pharmaceutical industry and take the steps necessary to ensure we end the AIDS epidemic by 2025..."
Time to ‘break Facebook up,’ Sanders says after leaked docs show social media giant...
“As I have been saying the privacy frame is bullshit,” said another critic. “Facebook is all about criminal behavior to monopolize ad money.”
Warren and Sanders: Medicare for All: Without a public option, it’s dead in the...
In this country, we have private insurance, Medicare, Medicaid, Obamacare, and the VA (veterans) system. How in the world did that ever happen?