Tuesday, December 16, 2025

Tag: North America/United States of America

Feeling defeated by the Supreme Court’s EPA ruling? There’s still a...

America’s highest court has limited the EPA’s authority to regulate power plant emissions.

Can community schools rescue a ‘troubled’ district?

A contentious contract negotiation between teachers and a district in the Washington D.C. suburbs could foretell whether a transformative strategy for school improvement can dislodge entrenched leadership practices.

How union workers lead the fight for safer workplaces

“Everyone wins when we’re safer.”

How the American Legislative Exchange Council turns disinformation into law

State lawmakers introduced nearly 2,900 bills based on ALEC templates from 2010 through 2018. More than 600 of them became law.

Colombia, once a pro-U.S. conservative bastion, turns left

Voters in Colombia have picked a powerful new duo, Gustavo Petro as president and Francia Márquez as vice president, to take the nation in a new direction, tackling economic and environmental injustice.

How greedy corporations fuel inflation

“Companies make any kind of excuse to raise prices on everything."

Ugly side of Trump’s 2020 lies and bullying come before committee 

Trump-directed mobs threaten officials who wouldn’t cheat for him.

What pundit Ezra Klein doesn’t get about parenting in a looming...

It’s a matter of math: Bigger families mean more carbon emissions.

How corporate food monopolies caused the baby formula scandal 

The fact that a handful of companies produce the majority of our food means that small disruptions will have big impacts. This time the impacts are borne by American babies.

As coup evidence mounts, progressives eye Georgia to jail Trump, not...

The January 6 committee, Justice Department, and activists are diverging.

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Trump has created speech and thought crimes with NSPM-7 and Pam Bondi is ready...

How NSPM-7 and a DOJ directive lay the groundwork for criminalizing dissent and protected speech

Netanyahu ties Bondi Beach Hanukkah massacre to Australia’s recognition of Palestinian statehood

As Australia mourned a deadly antisemitic attack that killed 16 people, critics accused the Israeli prime minister of exploiting tragedy to attack Palestinian self-determination.

The Trump corollary

U.S. Imperialism in Latin America from the Monroe Doctrine to Madur

EPA proposes to double amount of formaldehyde considered safe to inhale under Trump administration

Is this change part of a broader reassessment of how the agency evaluates cancer risks from chemicals?

Report: Proposed EPA cuts further imperil environmental protections in cash-strapped states

As Trump pushes to slash the EPA’s budget to its lowest level in four decades, 15 years of state-level cuts have already hollowed out environmental enforcement across the country.