Climate Deniers Will Gather on Earth Day to Stop Biden Conservation Effort
This story originally appeared in The Center for Media and DemocracyCovering Climate Now is a global journalism collaboration. The climate story is being covered more extensively. On April 11, the Biden administration announced a $1 billion effort to accelerate conservation and restoration efforts at the local level that will further the president’s goal of protecting […]
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New Book Details How McCarthy, McConnell Considered Punishing Trump After Jan. 6
A forthcoming book by New York Times journalists provides new background on how Republican leadership — namely, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-California) and now-Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) — backed down from their initial criticisms of former President Donald Trump following the attack on the U.S. Capitol building by a mob of his […]
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Sanders Is Open to Running for President If Biden Doesn’t Seek Reelection
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) may run for president again in 2024 if President Joe Biden doesn’t seek reelection, a newly revealed campaign memo shows. A memo was circulated among political allies. shared with The Washington Post, Sanders adviser and 2020 campaign manager Faiz Shakir says that, “In the event of an open 2024 Democratic presidential […]
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Activists Blockade Corporate Newspapers for Poor Coverage of Climate Crisis
In an attempt to stop the distribution of the climate change message, a group of climate campaigners blocked the entry of a New York City printing plant. New York TimesThe Wall Street Journal, and other corporate-owned newspapers to protest their failure to cover the planetary emergency with “the frequency it deserves.” The activists who were […]
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House Committees Open Inquiry Into How Election Disinformation Is Hurting Voters
Two House committees sent a joint email to four states’ election officials on Thursday asking them to explain how misinformation and misinformation have affected how elections are managed and how new state laws are causing harm to voters. Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney (D.New York) is the House Oversight Committee chair. Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D.California), is […]
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International Solidarity With Ukrainians Should Extend Beyond Aid and Refugees
We travel to Ukraine, where Russia continues its attack along a 300-mile frontline across the eastern region. This is as the U.S., Western allies promise more weapons to Ukrainian defenses. There is concern about an escalation since Russian President Vladimir Putin abandoned negotiations for a ceasefire. We speak with Ukrainian political scientist and historian Denis […]
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First Apple Store Files for Union With at Least 6 Other Campaigns Underway
Workers at the Apple store in Atlanta, Georgia have filed for unionization, becoming the first national union to do so. reporters foundApple employees in at minimum seven stores were involved with union organizing earlier in the year. The workers have filed for representation with the Communications Workers of America (CWA) — specifically, the Campaign to […]
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Trump Jr. Agrees to Meet Voluntarily With January 6 Committee Investigators
Donald Trump Jr., the son and former President Donald Trump will be speaking with investigators from the House select committee that is investigating the attack on the U.S. Capitol Building on January 6, 2021. This will happen in the near future. sources told ABC News on Thursday. The former president’s eldest son is set to […]
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Sanders Is Traveling to Rally With Amazon and Starbucks Workers This Weekend
Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont), will travel to New York and Virginia this Sunday to meet with unionized Amazon workers and Starbucks workers. Sanders will meet with workers and organizers of Amazon Labor Union (ALU), Christian Smalls, President of ALU, in New York City. announcedFollow us on Twitter Wednesday “The workers [with Amazon Labor Union] are […]
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Politics as Usual Has Never Prevented Mass Shootings. We Must Break the Cycle.
NYPD officers examine an incident on a subway automobile on April 12, 2022, in New York Metropolis. Alexi J. Rosenfeld / Getty Photos Our entrenched, public reactions and political rituals round mass shootings are rising shorter, as these nightmare eventualities develop into an virtually normalized facet of the U.S. panorama. On this episode of “Motion […]
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