Burning All Fossil Fuel Reserves Would Spew 3.5 Trillion Tons of Greenhouse Gas
A first-of-its-kind public database launched Monday estimates that burning all of the world’s known fossil fuel reserves would spew 3.5 trillion tons of greenhouse gas into the atmosphere — more than all of the emissions released since the Industrial Revolution. The new database is known as the Global Registry of Fossil Fuels, also warns that […]
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Ocasio-Cortez Calls Out Cruz for Lying About Martha’s Vineyard Stunt
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York) called Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) an embarrassment on Saturday after the senator spread disinformation about the way asylum seekers who were sent to Martha’s Vineyard in a cruel GOP stunt were treated by the residents of the island. After Republican Governors Ron DeSantis & Greg Abbott sent dozens of mostly […]
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More US Employers Are Trapping Workers in a New Form of Indentured Servitude
Bosses in logistics, retail, and health care are using an old tactic to keep people stuck in miserable jobs and threaten to impose debt on them if they quit. Workers across the United States in fields ranging from nursing to trucking have been discouraged from leaving jobs they hate or can’t afford to keep because […]
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Colorado Gov. Polis Raised Special-Interest Tax Benefits, Breaking Pledge
A new report by the Independence Institute claims that Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (Democrat) expanded special interest tax benefits during his first term. This was in violation of promises he made while campaigning. The report asserts that despite promising to cut tax loopholes, Polis instead signed bills increasing them by nearly $640 million. “To win votes in 2018, […]
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Starbucks Reportedly Plans to Deny Union Workers New Paid Leave Benefits
Starbucks management is reportedly planning to deny new paid leave benefits to unionized workers, another wrinkle in the company’s aggressive and unlawful campaign to stamp out organizing momentum nationwide. According to an internal memo Obtained by More Perfect UnionStarbucks is going to announce Monday that Covid-19 will be over. sick pay benefits If employees were […]
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Public Opinion Is Shifting in Favor of Abortion Rights. Will It Affect Policy?
Original publication by The 19th. Roe v. Wade’s overturn may have meaningfully shifted public opinion on abortion for the first time in years, a change that could affect what kinds of bans or restrictions abortion rights opponents can safely consider. While it is difficult to poll on abortion, the results have been relatively stable for […]
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Virginia’s Governor Mansion Tour No Longer Includes Mention of Enslaved People
Virginia Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin and state first lady Suzanne Youngkin reopened public tours of the governor’s mansion earlier this month, but omitted a key part of the program that had previously been included — the acknowledgment that enslaved people had worked and lived on the grounds for five decades prior to the Civil War. […]
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Abortion Bans Could Jeopardize Cancer Treatment for Pregnant Patients
As abortion bans go into effect across a contiguous swath of the SouthOn the other hand, doctors of cancer are still trying to understand how new laws in their states will impact their discussions with pregnant women about the treatment options they offer. Cancer is a common problem in approximately 1 in 1000 pregnancies. It […]
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Google and Amazon Workers Demand End to Contract That Fuels Israeli Apartheid
Protests were held by hundreds of workers and community members in four cities. Project NimbusOn Thursday, Google, Amazon, the Israeli government, and military signed the $1.2 Billion contract known as. “There can be no tech for war. No tech for apartheid,” Alex Hanna, director of research at the Distributed AI Research Institute, expressed to a […]
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Meet the Congress Members Trading Defense Stocks While Shaping Military Policy
The New York Times reported this week that 97 members of Congress “bought or sold stocks, bonds, or other financial assets that intersected with their congressional work or reported similar transactions by their spouse or a dependent child” between 2019 and 2021. The investigation revealed potential conflicts of interest in almost every area of policymaking, […]
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