Keystone Pipeline Dumps 14,000 Barrels Of Crude Oil Into Kansas Stream
Approximately 14,000 barrels of crude oil escaped from the Keystone pipeline in northeast Kansas not far from the Nebraska border...
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Advocacy groups, lawmakers call out Big Oils’ clean energy lies
The House Committee on Oversight and Reform released findings from an investigation into Big Oil companies showing that giants like...
Senator Raphael Warnock’s re-election is a victory for Social Security
Social Security was on the ballot in Georgia’s December 6 run-off election. Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock’s re-election is a win...
How Much Is Too Much To Pay A Pastor?
Franklin Graham’s annual compenstion of $880,000, revealed in a Charlotte Observer story, has some worrying that too many top Christian...
Over 100 Starbucks Stores Go on Strike to Protest Company Union Busting
Workers for more than 100 Starbucks locations nationwide are staging a strike on the company’s “Red Cup Day” on Thursday...
Former Twitter VP urges companies pull advertising from platform — citing Elon Musk’s ‘toxic takeover’
Twitter’s former Vice President of Global Media Katie Jacobs Stanton is urging advertisers to pull their money from the microblogging...
Watch Katie Porter Explain What’s Really Driving Inflation
During a House hearing this week, Katie Porter interviewed Mike Konczal, a director at the Roosevelt Institute, the progressive economic...
Exxon Swims in Unprecedented Windfall Profits While Americans Suffer at the Pump
Yesterday it was Shell making news for huge profits, today it’s Exxon – but Exxon pulled far ahead of Shell...
Republicans want working-class voters — without actually supporting workers
After years of struggle, America’s labor unions enjoy greater public approval than at any time in more than 50 years....
Harvesting Solar Energy Is a Big Win for Farmers
America’s solar industry has boomed in recent years, and is slated for a big boost from the Democrats’ recently passed climate bill....
Eric Trump’s Huge Lie About What Trump Org Charged Secret Service
This story would be breaking news if one of the Trumps told the truth for a change. No, this is...
Why is trickle-down economics still with us?
Within weeks of taking office, Britain’s new prime minister, Liz Truss, and her chancellor of the exchequer, Kwasi Kwarteng, proposed...
California’s newest law is historic progress for fast food workers
On Labor Day morning, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 257, regulating fast food workers’ rights. The bill, otherwise known...
The US ultra-rich justify their low tax rates with three myths: Robert Reich
On Tuesday, the Congressional Budget Office released a study of trends in the distribution of family wealth between 1989 and...
Analysis explains how Trump manages to pay fewer taxes than Americans with a household income of $20K
Former President Donald Trump manages to pay a substantially low amount in taxes each year despite his ultra-wealthy status. Now,...
UN Chief Blasts PR Industry for Spearheading Big Oil’s Propaganda Machine
During his wide-ranging plea for fundamental change delivered Tuesday at the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly, U.N....
Democrats Target Big Oil for Stifling Free Speech to Block Climate Action
Civil libertarians applauded Wednesday as a U.S. congressional committee held a hearing to “examine how the fossil fuel industry is...
‘New form of capitalism’: Why Patagonia’s billionaire founder donated his company to fight climate change
The 83-year-old founder of the outdoor-themed clothing brand Patagonia and his family have given away ownership of the three-billion-dollar conglomerate so that...
Many politicians are happy to dole out subsidies for the rich and corporations while resisting pay increases for educators
As students return to the classroom, school districts across the country are facing a historic number of teacher vacancies – an estimated 300,000,...
Low-Wage Employers Spent Billions Inflating CEO Pay Through Stock Buybacks
tight labor market created a rare moment of leverage for low-wage workers last year. But Corporate America took no great...
Behind Starbucks union-busting stands CEO who got $940,000,000 richer during pandemic
An analysis released Wednesday shows that the multi-billionaire chief executive spearheading Starbucks’ aggressive and unlawful union-busting campaign has gotten $940...
Starbucks creating ‘culture of fear’ as it fires dozens involved in union efforts
More than 85 workers at Starbucks who were heavily involved in union organizing efforts at giant coffee chain have been fired over...
Judge Orders Starbucks To Reinstate 7 Fired Union Supporters In Memphis
A federal judge in Tennessee has ruled that Starbucks must offer reinstatement to seven workers in Memphis who were fired...
Leaked: US power companies secretly spending millions to protect profits and fight clean energy
The CEO of the biggest power company in the US had a problem. A Democratic state senator was proposing a...
Republican senators blasted by constituents for opposing $35 insulin cap
On Sunday, August 7, the U.S. Senate passed the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, a $750 billion package addressing energy, climate...
Since 2021, Big Oil has spent over $200 million to sabotage climate action
The oil and gas industry, one of the most powerful corporate forces in American politics, has spent more than $200...
Why Trader Joe’s employees are fighting to unionize
There was a big lie that modern corporations sold to American workers in the late 20th century and into the...
‘They don’t care about us’: US Starbucks workers allege they were fired for union activity
Nine Starbucks workers at three stores in Denver, Colorado, who were fired shortly after their stores voted to unionize allege they were...
Unionized employees are leading the fight for safer workplaces
A worker at the International Paper mill in Prattville, Alabama, was performing routine maintenance on a paper-making machine in mid-June...
‘This Will Save Lives’: California Answers Insulin Crisis With Plan to Make Its Own
Healthcare advocates on Thursday cheered an announcement that California will take on Big Pharma greed and the insulin affordability crisis...
GOP Led States Attempting to Use Covid Relief Funds to Provide Tax Cuts for the Rich
Republican leaders in nearly two dozen U.S. states are attempting—potentially in violation of federal law—to use coronavirus relief funds approved...
GOP-appointed justices make combating climate crisis much harder
When the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last week, a variety of observers took note of the lengthy and methodical...
Ten Ways Billionaires Avoid Taxes On An Epic Scale
Last June, drawing on the largest trove of confidential American tax data that’s ever been obtained, ProPublica launched a series...
Senator Sanders pushes for windfall profits tax on Big Oil
Sen. Bernie Sanders on Thursday slammed oil companies for raking in huge profits on the backs of U.S. consumers and...
Apple Store Workers In Maryland Become First To Unionize
Workers at an Apple store outside Baltimore have formed the tech giant’s first retail union in the U.S., marking another...
Leaked Video: Dark Money Group Brags About Writing GOP Voter Suppression Bills
In a private meeting last month with big-money donors, the head of a top conservative group boasted that her outfit...
Progressives Rip Corporations for ‘Using Inflation as a Cover Story to Jack Up Prices’
In the wake of new federal data showing that U.S. inflation rose again in May after decelerating slightly the previous...
An Atlanta-based utility, Southern Company funded crisis denial ads
In 1980, a report circulated to a division of one of the biggest coal-burning utilities in the US warned that...
The Role Of Unions In Electrifying Everything
As a result of human economic activity, the planet confronts a climate emergency. Bold and conclusive solutions are required to...
Sanders Says Stop Busting People for Marijuana and Start ‘Prosecuting Crooks on Wall Street’
Sen. Bernie Sanders suggested Friday that instead of bringing the weight of the criminal justice system down on marijuana users,...
Progressives Slam ‘Phony’ Manchin for Pushing Lower Drug Prices After Killing BBB
Progressives within and beyond Congress took aim at Sen. Joe Manchin on Tuesday after the West Virginia Democrat infamous for...
Shell Consultant Quits, Citing “Disregard For Climate Change Risks”
Caroline Dennett has been a senior safety consultant for Shell for 11 years, but in an emotional farewell video, she...
Robert Reich: America’s billionaire class is funding anti-democratic forces
Decades ago, America’s monied interests bankrolled a Republican establishment that believed in fiscal conservatism, anti-communism and constitutional democracy. Today’s billionaire...
Republicans Vote Against Gas Price Gouging Bill
In a fairly close House vote on Thursday, a Democratic bill cracking down on price gouging by the energy industry...
US Is Number One – In Billionaires Hiding Money
A global index published Tuesday ranks the United States as the world’s leading perpetrator of financial secrecy, citing the country’s...
