Bernie calls McConnell “afraid” for refusing to take up $15 minimum wage in Senate
"A $15 minimum wage would raise wages for 39 million people and lift millions of Americans out of poverty. Why is McConnell afraid to let us vote on it?”
Trickle down, wealth tax, and war
The central advantage to a wealth tax is that it spreads the power to spend wealth throughout the society and thereby can better the society if done in an appropriate way.
EPA will not ban chlorpyrifos
President Trump’s EPA responded yesterday to a petition from public health and environmental groups who had pushed for a ban on the...
“We are what America looks like”: The trials of ‘the Squad’
“Our squad is big. Our squad includes any person committed to building a more equitable and just world and that is the...
Epa data: Under Trump, a sharp increase in unhealthy air in big cities
The number of unhealthy air days in nearly three dozen cities soared in the first two years of the Trump administration, according...
Planet of the surreal
As I turn 75, there’s no simpler way to put it than this: I’m an old man on a new planet --...
U.S. judge slashed Bayer/Monsanto damages owed from $75 million to $25.27 million
Bayer had purchased Monsanto back in 2016 and the product Roundup weedkiller has been linked to causing cancer.
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How corporate welfare hurts you
You often hear Trump and Republicans in Congress railing against so-called “welfare programs” – by which they mean programs that provide health...
‘Astonishing’ Texas legal Win tops decades of clean-water heroism
Precedents Set: Big $$ Penalty Fueled by Key Citizen Evidence
Sometimes, unstoppable anti-pollution champions must get their feet...
Here’s Elizabeth Warren’s plan to close the wage gap for women of color
"It’s time to build an America that recognizes the role that women of color play in their families and in the economy."