US Has Cut Water Supplies for 7 States During Climate-Induced Drought
The federal government’s recent announcement that it would impose significant cutbacks in water allocations to the seven states reliant on water from the drought-stricken Colorado RiverThis is the latest evidence that climate change is ravaging global water system. Arizona will lose more that 20 percent of its water allocation and Nevada, 8 percent. Northern Mexico, […]
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Alabama Hides the Horrors of Its Executions by Classifying Them as Homicides
Alabama’s death by execution is considered a homicide. Although it may seem like an honest acknowledgment of the fact that capital punishment in Alabama is state-sanctioned killing, it is most likely a maneuver to conceal the horrifying reality. When journalists request autopsy records following an execution, the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences declares the case […]
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CEO Who Got $940 Million Richer in Pandemic Is Behind Starbucks Union-Busting
Wednesday’s analysis shows that the multi-billionaire chief executive spearheading Starbucks’ aggressive and unlawful union-busting campaign has gotten $940 million richer during the coronavirus pandemic as employees at the coffee chain have struggled to get by on low wages. Compiled by the progressive group Americans for Tax Fairness (ATF), “Billion-Dollar Union Busters: How Starbucks and Its […]
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Trump Mocks Image From DOJ Showing He Kept Classified Docs in Unsecured Places
In response to former President Donald Trump’s request that a special master examine classified documents that were retrieved from his Mar-a-Lago property earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has asserted that Trump and his inner circle likely attempted to obstruct the FBI’s investigation into the mishandling of the documents. Trump asked for […]
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The Climate Crisis’s Impact Is Worse in Black Cities Facing Disinvestment
We talk with Jackson resident Kali Akuno, who is currently without running water for three days. We meet Kali Akuno (long-standing Jackson activist and co-founder of Cooperation Jackson), who is also joining us from New Orleans. He was there when floods inundated the predominantly-Black city and shut down its main water plant. He attributes the […]
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Remembering How Sen. Patrick Leahy Treated Clarence Thomas
President George H.W. Bush nominated Clarence Thomas, U.S. Appeals Court Judge, to the Supreme Court in 1991. Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy (Vt) and Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley (Iowa) both served on the Senate Judiciary Committee. They still work there today. Leahy is 82 and is not running for reelection. Grassley will be 89 next year. […]
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Biden Is the Real Semi-Facist
This week, President Joe Biden—in search of a new label to pin on his political opponents after the failure of his “ultra-MAGA” branding, which prompted peals of laughter rather than shudders of horror—landed on a new slur with which to tar those who don’t support his agenda: they are, he said, semi-fascists. Speaking with a […]
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Trump Loyalists Plan to Impeach Biden If GOP Wins Control of House in Midterms
Republicans are planning to launch a number of calls for President Joe Biden’s impeachment if they win control of the House of Representatives in the 2022 midterm races. According to reporting from The Hill, “a number of rank-and-file conservatives” in the House have already introduced resolutions to impeach the president. As long as Democrats maintain […]
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An Enron-Inspired Law May Be a Sharper Legal Threat to Trump Than Espionage Act
My living room bookshelves have a lot of treasures. My union lapel pin, my daughter’s first dance shoes (so bitty!), a snapshot of my mother with baby me smiling up from her lap … and in the corner of the top shelf, in front of How the Irish Saved Civilization, is a dimpled white Titleist […]
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California Passes Historic Fast Food Worker Bill. Will Newsom Sign It?
In the face of fierce corporate opposition, the California Senate on Monday passed a landmark bill aimed at giving the state’s roughly 550,000 fast food workers a say over their working conditions, hours, and wages in an industry rife with abuse. If Democratic Governor. The Fast Food Recovery Act (Gavin Newsom) will be signed into […]
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