The End of Manchin’s Pipeline Deal Is a Grassroots Victory
Democratic Senator Joe Manchin resigned Tuesday from his energy permitting proposal. It would have expedited the federal review of all energy projects, including the controversial Mountain Valley Pipeline. After being pressured by a number of climate justice activists and Appalachian organizations, Manchin asked Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer not to remove the permitting reforms in […]
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IMF urges government to rethink fiscal policy
The International Monetary Fund has taken aim last week at Kwasi Kwarteng’s mini budget, which has in turn led to a sharp decline in sterling’s value. Commenting on last week’s mini budget, an IMF spokesman said, “Given elevated inflation pressures in many countries, including the UK, we do not recommend large and un-targeted fiscal packages […]
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Jared Kushner’s Firm to Pay $3.25M for Deceiving, Cheating Tenants in Baltimore
A property management company partly owned by Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner has agreed to pay a $3.25 million fine to the state of Maryland and to reimburse potentially tens of thousands of tenants in Baltimore. After the Kushner-owned business was sued by Maryland ProPublica published a 2017 investigation that exposed how the company hounded […]
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William Rivers Pitt Dared to Hope for Our Future. Let’s Do Right by His Memory.
It is impossible to complete the impossible task of memorializing William Rivers Pitt, Truthout’s illustrious and brilliant lead columnist whose work I edited for 15 years, I’m suppressing the urge to grab my phone and call Will. “I don’t know how to begin your eulogy,” I would say. “Easy!” he’d reply. “Lead with a trusty […]
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McConnell Gushes Over Sinema as She Seeks to Hand GOP Even More Filibuster Power
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., heaped praise on Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., Monday after she resisted her party’s calls to reform the filibuster and helped Republicans block much of President Joe Biden’s first-term agenda. The Republican leader appeared alongside Sinema at the McConnell Center at the University of Louisville, touting the Democrat as “extraordinarily […]
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Contract With America: The Sequel
House Republican leaders have announced a plan they are calling a “Commitment to America” in time for the November election and presumably the presidential contest two years from now. In unveiling the plan, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., has the party’s priorities right. The question is how the Republican Party will survive the usual […]
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Rupa Huq loses the Labour whip after calling the chancellor ‘superficially black’
The Labour MP for Ealing Central and Acton, Dr Rupa Huq has this afternoon been suspended from the parliamentary labour party after she was recorded calling the new Chancellor of the Exchequer, Kwarsi Kwarteng, ‘superficially black’. Amongst other comments Dr Huq is reported to have told delegates about the Chancellor, that ‘if you hear him […]
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Starmer pledges publicly owned green British energy firm
Keir Starmer, a Liverpool Labour Conference participant, has revealed plans to create a publicly owned renewable energy company. He called it ‘Great British Energy’, and plans for it to be modelled on France’s EDF and other firms owned by foreign states that operate in the UK. Starmer was given a standing ovation for his response […]
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Big Business Lobby Backs Manchin Effort to Salvage Fossil Fuel Permitting Deal
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the world’s largest corporate lobbying organization, endorsed federal permitting reforms on Monday as Sen. Joe Manchin made his last-ditch push to salvage a proposed overhaul that has drawn fierce opposition from grassroots climate groups, frontline communities, and Democratic lawmakers. Ahead of an expected procedural vote on Tuesday, the Chamber’s Executive […]
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Big Business Lobby Backs Manchin Effort to Salvage Fossil Fuel Permitting Deal
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the world’s largest corporate lobbying organization, endorsed federal permitting reforms on Monday as Sen. Joe Manchin made his last-ditch push to salvage a proposed overhaul that has drawn fierce opposition from grassroots climate groups, frontline communities, and Democratic lawmakers. Ahead of an expected procedural vote on Tuesday, the Chamber’s Executive […]
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