Sanders blasts Senate’s ‘strange priorities’ as it advances corporate welfare
Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont blasted the warped priorities of the U.S. Senate on Wednesday as the Democratic-controlled chamber moved to...
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How the oil and gas industry is trying to hold US public schools hostage
The oil and gas industry wants to play a word-and-picture association game with you. Think of four images: a brightly...
Solar power for free? This nonprofit offers installation, panels, and maintenance at no cost
For most homeowners in the U.S., it will take roughly eight years to break even on a solar power investment....
Democrats Demand Funds for Underfunded Labor Board
As labor uprisings heat up and spread across the country, a group of House Democrats is calling for an increase...
Revealed: top US corporations raising prices on Americans even as profits surge
As inflation shot to a new peak in March, cost increases exacted a deep toll on the economy, eating into...
Big Oil — PBS Frontline Series On An Industry That Lies To Get What It Wants
A new PBS Frontline 3-part series delves into exactly how Big Oil — led by ExxonMobil — has used its money and...
Robert Reich: Elon Musk wants to own Twitter to protect his ‘freedom’, not everyone else’s
Elon Musk has now put together a $46.5bn financing package to buy Twitter – two thirds of it from his...
Apple Store Workers in Atlanta File for Union Election
Workers at an Apple store in Atlanta filed for a union election with the National Labor Relations Board on Wednesday,...
Billionaire Peltz draws GOP megadonors to $5,000-a-plate fundraiser for “Democrat” Sen. Joe Manchin
Wall Street veteran Nelson Peltz hosted a $5,000-a-plate fundraiser for Sen. Joe Manchin at the billionaire’s sprawling Florida estate last...
Ultra-Rich To America: Happy Tax Weekend, Suckers!
Nikki Spretnak loved being an IRS agent. Being able to examine the books of different businesses gave her an intimate...
Despite Big Oil Roadblocks, Poll Shows Majority in US Support Climate Action
A survey published Monday shows that most adults in the U.S. support six proposals to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions that lead...
In Jab at Manchin, Sanders Demands ‘Strategic Pause’ in Corporate Welfare
Repurposing a phrase right-wing Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin recently used to obstruct social spending and climate legislation, Sen. Bernie Sanders...
Big Oil Execs to Face Charges of Price-Gouging at House Hearing
Top executives from some of the largest and most profitable oil and gas companies are expected to face tough questions...
Biden Administration Proposes Obamacare Tweak That Could Help 1.2 Million
The Biden administration is proposing a major policy change that it believes will help 200,000 uninsured Americans get comprehensive health plans while making coverage...
It’s Time for Charles Koch to Testify About His Climate Change Disinformation Campaign
The US House Oversight and Reform Committee kicked off its investigation of the fossil fuel industry’s decades-long climate change disinformation...
Joe Manchin Coal Conflict Of Interest Is Dangerous For The Planet
He has been a one-person barrier against climate action, serving as a US Democrat while manipulating climate legislation alongside most...
‘David Beats Goliath’: Workers in New York Vote to Form Amazon’s First-Ever Union in US
Amazon warehouse workers in Staten Island, New York won their election Friday to form the retail giant’s first-ever union in the...
Airport Workers Protest Across US Demanding ‘Living Wage’ and Right to Union
Contracted airport workers—including baggage handlers, cabin cleaners, security officers, and wheelchair agents—in more than 20 U.S. cities staged coordinated demonstrations Wednesday...
Katie Porter Takes Her Whiteboard To House Medicare For All Hearing
Progressive U.S. lawmakers, public health advocates, and universal healthcare campaigners testified Tuesday at the first congressional hearing on Medicare for All legislation...
Biden’s 2023 Budget Includes a 20 Percent Billionaire Minimum Income Tax
On Monday, the White House unveiled President Joe Biden’s 2023 budget proposal, which includes a minimum tax on the nation’s...
How Joe Manchin got rich using his ‘political influence’ to benefit the coal industry: report
Donald Trump drew a great deal of criticism from environmentalists and Democrats when he displayed his “Trump digs coal” signs...
Fonda Launches Climate PAC to Break Big Oil’s ‘Stranglehold’ on US Politicians
Vowing to “do whatever it takes to defeat the political allies of the fossil fuel industry, no matter which side of...
Democrats Introduce Windfall Tax on Big Oil
Congressional Democrats on Thursday introduced the bicameral Big Oil Windfall Profits Tax to target price gouging by profit-gorging fossil fuel companies...
Corporate sedition is more damaging to America than the Capitol attack
Capitalism and democracy are compatible only if democracy is in the driver’s seat. That’s why I took some comfort just...
How Joe Manchin betrayed America’s working families
Ed Barnette long ago realized that affordable child care and paid sick leave, among other resources, would be essential to...
Coal miners union urges Joe Manchin to support the protections BBB offers them
When Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia and his allies defend his opposition to parts of President Joe Biden’s economic...
Grassroots energy projects are taking back power from utility companies
From solar power that cuts NYC energy bills and powers streetlights in Detroit to affordable high-speed internet throughout the United...
Thanks to the Infrastructure bill, the US will be replacing all lead water pipes
15 billion of federal money from the Infrastructure bill will go to funding a project that would replace all old...
A new report reveals a century-old American aristocracy
The United States was founded on the idea of freedom by right, not freedom by bloodline. But that has not...
Country’s largest coal miners union urges Manchin to support Biden’s Build Back Better agenda
The largest coal miners union in the United States is pushing back against Sen. Joe Manchin’s (D-W.Va.) adamant opposition toward...
‘Give Workers a Fair Shake,’ Sanders Implores CEOs in Speech to Kellogg’s Strikers
Sen. Bernie Sanders on Friday addressed a Michigan rally of striking Kellogg’s union workers and their supporters, calling on all...
‘Acting Like Republicans’: Sanders Rips Manchin and Sinema for Betraying US Families
With Democrats’ Build Back Better package hanging in the balance, Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont on Thursday called out fellow...
Elizabeth Warren To Elon Musk: The World’s Richest Freeloader Evidently Has Very Thin Skin
Senator Elizabeth Warren responds to Elon Musk calling her ‘Senator Karen’ on Twitter in response to her call for him...
‘Profits Above Workers’: Amazon Pounded Over Tornado Deaths At Warehouse
Amazon was accused Saturday of putting corporate profits above worker safety following the tornado-caused partial collapse of a St. Louis-area...
Majority of World’s Oil and Gas Workers Want to Seek Employment in Renewable Energy Industry
More than half of workers in the global oil and gas sector say they are interested in pursuing employment in...
Why Amazon is terrified of its U.S. workers unionizing
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has just ruled that a historic union vote held earlier this year among Amazon...
Sinema targeted over ‘morally unforgivable’ tax loophole for the rich
A group of wealthy investors and business leaders who support progressive taxation launched a campaign Tuesday aimed at pushing Sen....
President Biden Raises Minimum Wage for All Federal Contract Workers to $15
Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus Pramila Jayapal celebrated Monday’s announcement from the U.S. Labor Department that all federal contract...
Solar job numbers keep rising
The ongoing ravages of Covid-19 last year, and related solar power price inflation, failed to dent the photovoltaic industry’s ability...
How the media covers up for the Pentagon’s highway robbery
Intense debate over the Build Back Better (BBB) legislation has triggered stern lectures by fiscal conservatives about government spending. The...
Democrats To Make GOP Opposition To Infrastructure Bill Key Campaign Issue
Democrats are seeking to make roads and bridges a major campaign issue ahead of the 2022 midterm elections, highlighting local...
Exxon, Chevron, & Toyota Are The Largest Anti-Climate Lobbyists
There’s a good chance you have never heard of InfluenceMap. I hadn’t either until today, when I read about it...
These billionaires received taxpayer-funded stimulus checks during the pandemic
In March 2020, as the first wave of coronavirus infections all but shut down the U.S. economy, Congress responded with...
Bernie Sanders Is Showing the Democrats How to Take on Joe Manchin
For months, Bernie Sanders has been making a case for the multitrillion-dollar reform bill he’s spearheaded in the Senate. Now,...
Oil, Coal, & Gas Got $5.9 Trillion In Subsidies In 2020
Joe Manchin is perseverating about spending $3.5 trillion over 10 years for Joe Biden’s Build Back Better plan. “We can’t...
Voters really like Biden’s Build Back Better Act — and are happy to tax the rich for it
The $3.5 trillion dollar Build Back Better Act of 2021, in its current form, faces opposition in Congress not only...
