Half of Americans Say They’ve Been Impacted by Climate Crisis, Poll Shows
A new poll shows that nearly half of all Americans say that they’ve experienced the effects of the climate crisis — although scientific research suggests that the proportion of people who have felt the effects of the crisis is actually much higher. An Economist/YouGov poll published this weekRespondents were asked a variety of climate-related questions. […]
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Subpoenas Are Flying — and Anything That Gets Trump in a Twist Is a Good Thing
Is it getting too hot here or just me? Follow the timeline, because it is simply delicious: After the election, Donald Trump — along with his team of boneheads and almost every Republican in the House (but I repeat myself) — began laboring to overthrow the 2020 presidential election results. Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, a […]
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Migrant Justice Means Facing Root Causes and Building Cross-Border Solidarity
At the end of the just-concluded Summit of (some of) the Americas, President Joe Biden announced a “Los Angeles Declaration on Migration and Protection,” claiming that participant countries are “transforming our approach to managing migration in the Americas … [recognizing] the responsibility that impacts on all of our nations.” Recognizing that the U.S. is responsible […]
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Appeals Court Rules Against BDS Movement, Says Boycotts Aren’t Protected Speech
Federal appeals court ruled that state laws that punish contractors for participating in boycotts of Israel do not violate free speech rights. Advocates claim that this ruling will unconstitutionally chill all speech in favour of justice for Palestinians. Arkansas, 2017. passed a lawThe ban on state contractors taking part in the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions […]
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Maine Chipotle Workers File to Form Company’s First-Ever Union
Workers at a Chipotle in Augusta, Maine, filed to form a union on Wednesday, hoping to become the first unionized workers at the food chain’s nearly 3,000 locations in the country. The workers, who have formed an independent unionWorkers United, also known as Workers United, submitted their union petition with signed union cards. a majority […]
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Eco-Détente Between US and China Could End Ukraine War and Salvage Climate
Russia has not been able to swallow the entire country of Ukraine in its attempt to swallow it whole. It has only managed to take over the eastern Donbas region, and a portion its southern coast. The rest of Ukraine is still independent, with Kyiv as the capital. No one knows the end of this […]
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As Afghanistan Earthquake Death Toll Rises, US Sanctions Limit International Aid
According to local officials, more than 1,000 people were killed by a massive 5.9 magnitude earthquake that struck southeastern Afghanistan on Wednesday. However, the death toll is expected rise. The earthquake comes as the United Nations reports nearly half of Afghanistan’s population already faces acute hunger. Many more people have been injured and lost all […]
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Manchin Is Pushing Even More Harmful Means Testing for Health Care
Having tanked his party’s effort to expand Medicare and close the Medicaid coverage gap, Sen. Joe Manchin is now dangling his support for an extension of Affordable Care Act subsidies as massive premium hikesMillions of people who purchase insurance on the exchanges face this problem. Insider reported Wednesday that Manchin has “signaled he’s open to […]
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Probe of Fake Elector Scheme Grows as DOJ Seizes Nevada GOP Chairman’s Phone
On Wednesday, the Justice Department served subpoenas for many Trump supporters who were involved in the investigation. fake elector schemeIn a sign that its probes are expanding. Federal agents served subpoenas on Georgia GOP Chairman David ShaferAccording to, he was a Trump voter. The Washington Post. Other subpoenas were served at the homes of Brad […]
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As Governments Push Us “Back to Normal,” Don’t Forget About Prison Conditions
Mask mandates have been removed from the world; planes, bars, and sports stadiums are overflowing; and governments, corporations, bosses, and bosses are increasingly encouraging people to return to their cubicles, office buildings, classrooms, or shopping malls. Yet, despite this push to return to “business as usual,” we must act to ensure that the pandemic-generated focus […]
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