Wednesday, January 14, 2026

Tag: Cory Booker

GOP plans to sidestep Senate rules to force $4.6 trillion tax...

Republicans aim to make Trump’s 2017 tax cuts permanent by bypassing the Senate parliamentarian—an approach Democrats refused to take to raise the minimum wage.

Cory Booker proposes to shut down new factory farms

"Farmers and ranchers need a marketplace that compensates them fairly and Senator Booker's Farm System Reform Act is a big step in the right direction.”

2020 Democratic presidential candidates want to break up big agriculture monopolies

The trend of consolidation in agribusiness is wiping out small farmers and influencing the food choices made to consumers.

Sen. Cory Booker just introduced a bill that could legalize marijuana...

Booker will face stiff opposition in Congress, where most members remain publicly opposed to legalization.

Check out which Senators have the best environmental records

The list is made up entirely of Democrats and no Republicans. Are you surprised?

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Noem revives ICE secrecy playbook after Renee Good killing, blocking congressional oversight

A new DHS order demands seven days’ notice for detention site visits, defying a recent court ruling as Minnesota Democrats are turned away from a Minneapolis facility.

EPA moves to value human lives at zero in air pollution rules while prioritizing...

Internal documents show the Trump administration’s EPA is abandoning decades of public health accounting in favor of business compliance costs.

Could Trump’s diversion of Venezuelan oil to US save the Iranian regime?

This substantial gain for the Islamic Republic, however, will only help it weather the current political crisis if it manages to survive until April or May.

We found more than 40 cases of immigration agents using banned chokeholds and other...

DHS policy bars using chokeholds and carotid restraints just because someone is resisting arrest. Agents are doing it anyway.

The next frontier of climate accountability: Making Big Food pay its ecological bill

The “polluter pays” principle transformed the energy industry half a century ago. Now, as industrial agriculture drives climate breakdown, deforestation, and water scarcity, experts say it’s time to apply the same rule to our food systems—and make corporations, not consumers, bear the cost of the damage.