Tag: government shutdown
Bernie Sanders: As world faces climate crisis, 95% of EPA workers...
"So here you have a major crisis for the United States and for the world, and at the same time you have nobody, or almost nobody, working here at the EPA."
Volunteers protect our national parks during shutdown
Many national parks are open but since staff are furloughed amid the longest shutdown in U.S. history, services such as maintenance, visitor services, and law enforcement are not being performed, or are severely limited.
As gov’t shutdown drags on, IRS continues to aid the rich...
As 800,000 federal workers remain furloughed or working without pay in the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, we look at how the Trump administration has restarted a division of the Internal Revenue Service to help corporate lenders.
The shutdown causes some parents to pay twice for child care
Federal employees have child care fees to add to long lists of expenses for households that live paycheck to paycheck.
National parks overflow with trash, human waste as gov’t shutdown approaches...
Park experts are now warning that the damage may take years to undo.
Trump’s delusion about the wall that never was
Let’s be clear on one thing: There is no Wall. There never has been a serious plan to build a Wall. And there never will be a Wall.
Five things the shutdown shows us about 2019
This Trump-created crisis and the standoff that ensued give us an early indication of how little the Democratic Party as a whole has changed.
With 800,000 Public Employees Facing Pay Freeze and shutdown, Pence and...
"This administration's corruption and hypocrisy are remarkable."
Federal employees’ union sues Trump administration as 420,000 work without pay...
The American Federation of Government Employees, or AFGE, says it’s illegal for federal workers to be forced to work without pay.
5 iconic national parks face ‘nightmare scenario’ following gov’t shutdown
"We're afraid that we're going to start seeing significant damage to the natural resources in parks and potentially to historic and other cultural artifacts. We're concerned there'll be impacts to visitors' safety. It's really a nightmare scenario."
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Instacart algorithms drive secret grocery price hikes
New report finds algorithm driven tests can charge shoppers up to 23 percent more for the same cart.
Hegseth’s alleged war crime is the exact illegal order the 6 Democrats warned us...
Have Trump and Hegseth endorsed the commission of war crimes?
Indigenous and environmental defenders risk their lives as the last line protecting the planet
Indigenous leaders, farmers, and environmental activists worldwide face harassment, violence, and legal threats while defending land, water, and ecosystems, highlighting the urgent need for stronger protections and international accountability.
The ‘perfect’ Equal Opportunity Oppressor – Don the Con pulls off the impossible: ‘grievances...
Right or left, east or west, small-town/rural or city dwellers, blue collar or middle-class, who knows anyone (but the affluent) not paying through the teeth for the insufferable Trump Clown Show?
Trump boat bombings draw murder accusations from Amnesty and lawmakers
A widening human rights crisis emerges as new disclosures reveal orders to kill shipwrecked survivors.