Nationalizing Fossil Fuel Industry Is a Practical Solution to Rising Inflation
Inflation has been on the rise since mid-2020. The average price has risen at a faster pace than it has since 1980s. In January 2022, prices increased by 7.5% compared with January 2021. Now, it looks like the U.S. might be stuck with higher inflation through 2022 and beyond. Why are prices increasing so rapidly? […]
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The Push to Expand NATO Could Cost Countless Lives. It’s Time to Stop It.
Nearly 60 years ago, Bob Dylan recorded “With God on Our Side.” You probably haven’t heard it on the radio in a very long time, if ever, but right now you could listen to it as his most evergreen of topical songs: I’ve learned to hate the RussiansThrough my entire lifeIf there is another warIt’s […]
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As Winter Storms Descend, De-Icing Chemicals Are Threatening Freshwater Lakes
As yet another winter storm descends on the United StatesLocal governments are now ready to dig their citizens outApplying deicing salts to asphalt or sidewalks. But the result? salt pollution in freshwater ecosystemsIt may be more difficult to dig ourselves out of the hole than we thought. De-icing chemicals have become the norm to reduce […]
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US Version of Canadian Trucker Convoy Gets Off to Embarrassing Start
Conservative truck drivers in the United States have been attempting to emulate a movement of truck drivers in Canada who disrupted their nation’s capital for several weeks over COVID regulations – but they have had little success so far. Far right people organizing the convoys protest COVID-19 masking, and vaccine requirements they say are too […]
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Sanders Hails Starbucks Organizers for Their “Courage” Against Union Busting
In a town hall with organizing Starbucks workers on Wednesday night, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) highlighted the corporation’s greed and praised the workers for their “courage” in standing up to the company’s union busting. “We live in a country today where a lot of people are hurting, they feel powerless. And what you are doing […]
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EU and UN Are Also Responsible for Failure to Prevent War in Ukraine
What does the Russian invasion in Ukraine mean for Europe? Yanis Varoufakis is a former Greek finance minister. We discuss the failure of international organizations like the European Union or the United Nations to prevent war. U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres implored Russia to withdraw all troops in a speech immediately following Thursday’s attack, and the […]
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DeSantis Is Cracking Down on Immigration to Appeal to GOP Voters Ahead of 2024
Republican hopefuls have been trying to position themselves on U.S. politics’ hard-right edge as the 2024 presidential election season approaches. Given the success of far-right politicians like Donald Trump or Texas Gov., their jockeying is not surprising. Greg Abbott and strategists like Steve Bannon have been successful in rousing Republican primary voters. Florida is the […]
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If You Stayed Up All Night Worrying About Nuclear War, You’re Not Alone
For the first time in a long time, I stayed up most of the night. worrying about nuclear war. It was odd to slip back into that fear like an old coat, a little tight in the shoulders because I’m a bit broader in the beam than I was 30+ years ago, but it still […]
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Rashida Tlaib Will Give Progressive Speech Countering Biden’s State of the Union
Progressives are planning to counter President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address on March 1 with a speech highlighting roadblocks caused by conservative Democrats and ways that the country can move forward in pursuing the Democratic agenda. On behalf of the Working Families Party, Rashida Tlaib (D–Michigan), will deliver the speech. She is expected […]
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Ivanka Trump in Talks to Cooperate With January 6 Committee
Ivanka Trump is the daughter of former President Donald Trump and was one of his principal advisers in White House. She is said to be in negotiations with the House select committee that is investigating the January 6 attack against the U.S. Capitol. It is not clear at this point if the discussions are progressing […]
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