Ukrainians Are Facing a Food and Medicine Supply Crisis
My daughter turned 25 just a few days back. She has the entire world at her fingertips. She has studied at a university in the Czech Republic, can speak several European languages and has volunteered with a childrens’ school in France. We have friends in Europe who would be happy to take her in. She […]
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Publicly Traded Companies in US May Soon Be Obligated to Report Their Emissions
Better information leads to better decisions — this is the idea behind a regulatory device known as “mandated disclosure.” Mandated disclosures are all around you, from calorie counts on fast food restaurant menus to conversations with doctors around informed consent. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s proposal to expand these ideas to the climate impacts […]
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Texas Organizers Win Partial Victory to Defend Public Transit From Privatization
This article was published for the first time at Labor Notes. When “microtransit,” the new rage in transit privatization, showed up in Denton, Texas, union activists decided to fight back. Microtransit is a loosely defined term that combines on-demand service with flexible scheduling and routes — imagine replacing a bus system with shared Ubers. It […]
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Kristin Chenoweth shares the beautiful way her parents revealed that she was adopted
Broadway star Kristin Chenoweth opened up about adoption, her first children’s book, and engagement in her recent appearance on TODAY. The 53-year-old Emmy and Tony award winner sat with Hoda Kotb and Jenna Bush Hager to talk about her book, “What Will I Do with My Love Today?” Chenoweth also spoke out about her beautiful […]
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Democrats Fail to Get D.C.’s Cannabis Legalization Approved by Congress
The legal sale of cannabis in the nation’s capital will continue to remain under a federal ban, due to a rider attached to the $1.5 trillion spending package that Congress passed this week. The Harris Rider is named after Rep. Andy Harris (R.Maryland). has been part of federal budgets since 2015This was the year that […]
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Our Best Weapon Against Soaring Gas Prices Is Dramatic Climate Action
One week from tomorrow, the world will pass — and likely ignore — a most curious anniversary. On that day two years ago, as the true scope of the COVID-19 pandemic was revealing itself and the infrastructure of “How Things Are” began to wobble and quake, the price of petroleum dialed down to zero. Actually, […]
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The Russian People Are Not the Russian Government, Activists Remind Us
Nearly two decades after Bush administration began a nationwide crackdown on the U.S. movement against the invasion of Iraq, antiwar activists in Russia are experiencing a wave of brutal repression as President Vladimir Putin’s regime wages an extremely deadly war on Ukraine. This is a crucial moment for the Russian antiwar movement. According to a […]
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Judge Halts Family Investigations in Texas Under Abbott’s Anti-Trans Directive
The largest nurses’ union in the U.S. joined civil rights groups late Friday in celebrating a judge’s decision to temporarily bar the state of Texas from investigating the parents of transgender children, an effort launchedLast month, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott. In her ruling, District Judge Amy Clark Meachum argued that Abbott’s directive ordering the Texas […]
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Ukraine War – UK Opinion Polls
The state of the UK’s main political parties appears ‘becalmed’ following the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24. Despite suggestions that the wall to wall news coverage of events Ukraine may impact on how the public perceive the prime minister and the government, there is no evidence as yet, that the war is having […]
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