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...
Vowing to “do whatever it takes to defeat the political allies of the fossil fuel industry, no matter which side of...
Congressional Democrats on Thursday introduced the bicameral Big Oil Windfall Profits Tax to target price gouging by profit-gorging fossil fuel companies...
Capitalism and democracy are compatible only if democracy is in the driver’s seat. That’s why I took some comfort just...
Ed Barnette long ago realized that affordable child care and paid sick leave, among other resources, would be essential to...
When Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia and his allies defend his opposition to parts of President Joe Biden’s economic...
From solar power that cuts NYC energy bills and powers streetlights in Detroit to affordable high-speed internet throughout the United...
15 billion of federal money from the Infrastructure bill will go to funding a project that would replace all old...
The United States was founded on the idea of freedom by right, not freedom by bloodline. But that has not...
The largest coal miners union in the United States is pushing back against Sen. Joe Manchin’s (D-W.Va.) adamant opposition toward...
Sen. Bernie Sanders on Friday addressed a Michigan rally of striking Kellogg’s union workers and their supporters, calling on all...
With Democrats’ Build Back Better package hanging in the balance, Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont on Thursday called out fellow...
Senator Elizabeth Warren responds to Elon Musk calling her ‘Senator Karen’ on Twitter in response to her call for him...
Amazon was accused Saturday of putting corporate profits above worker safety following the tornado-caused partial collapse of a St. Louis-area...
More than half of workers in the global oil and gas sector say they are interested in pursuing employment in...
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has just ruled that a historic union vote held earlier this year among Amazon...
A group of wealthy investors and business leaders who support progressive taxation launched a campaign Tuesday aimed at pushing Sen....
Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus Pramila Jayapal celebrated Monday’s announcement from the U.S. Labor Department that all federal contract...
The ongoing ravages of Covid-19 last year, and related solar power price inflation, failed to dent the photovoltaic industry’s ability...
Intense debate over the Build Back Better (BBB) legislation has triggered stern lectures by fiscal conservatives about government spending. The...
Democrats are seeking to make roads and bridges a major campaign issue ahead of the 2022 midterm elections, highlighting local...
There’s a good chance you have never heard of InfluenceMap. I hadn’t either until today, when I read about it...
In March 2020, as the first wave of coronavirus infections all but shut down the U.S. economy, Congress responded with...
For months, Bernie Sanders has been making a case for the multitrillion-dollar reform bill he’s spearheaded in the Senate. Now,...
Joe Manchin is perseverating about spending $3.5 trillion over 10 years for Joe Biden’s Build Back Better plan. “We can’t...
The $3.5 trillion dollar Build Back Better Act of 2021, in its current form, faces opposition in Congress not only...
Sen. Joe Manchin, one of a handful of Democratic lawmakers threatening to tank President Joe Biden’s legislative agenda, has received...
It is no coincidence that Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona is often mentioned in the same sentence as Sen. Joe...
As the bombshell Pandora Papers continue to expose dubious details about how the world’s superrich hide their fortunes and avoid...
Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin’s proposal to lop $2 trillion off his own party’s social spending and climate agenda would support...
The New Jersey-based pharmaceutical giant Merck is facing accusations of price gouging after it charged the U.S. over $700 per...
Right now, as I’ve highlighted briefly before, there’s a hot negotiation underway between almost every other Democrat in the House...
Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont and progressive healthcare campaigners from across the U.S. rallied at the headquarters of Big Pharma’s...
Corporations threatened by the prospect of paying a slightly higher tax rate and exercising a little less power over working people...
In our minds, we envision an oil well faithfully pumping oil for decades after it is drilled. In reality, the...
Sen. Bernie Sanders said Monday that a new congressional watchdog report showing the Pentagon failing in efforts to combat department-wide...
Despite the Covid-19 pandemic and ensuing spike in unemployment, poverty in the U.S. declined by roughly 2.6% from 2019 to...
The U.S. is the only liberal-democratic country in the world with a political system set up for two mainstream parties,...
A Treasury Department report released Wednesday estimates that the richest 1% of Americans are responsible for more than $160 billion...
Right now, Democrats are working to pass a $3.5 trillion package that will provide long overdue help for working Americans....
Dana Bash proved surprisingly effective in making West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin sweat this morning, when throwing charges of being...
On August 30, 2021, President Joe Biden committed the federal government to help Louisiana and Mississippi recover from Hurricane Ida’s...
While the United States’ west coast was battling wildfires on September 1, the Northeastern Corridor suffered tornadoes, torrential rainfall and...
Today a federal judge is expected to certify Purdue Pharmaceutical’s bankruptcy plan – a $4.5 billion settlement between the company...
In a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Majority Leader Steny Hoyer this week, 54 members of Congress called for...
The collective wealth of the top billionaires in the U.S. has increased by nearly two-thirds during the pandemic, not only...
A new analysis released Tuesday by the Economic Policy Institute finds that CEO pay in the United States rose by...