This Man Donated His Kidney — and Received a $13,064 Bill in Return
This story was first published by ProPublica. ProPublicaPulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Register now The Big Story newsletterGet stories like this in your inbox The email arrived in Elliot Malin’s inbox from his cousin’s mom. “Scott needs a kidney,” the subject line read. The message matter-of-factly described Scott’s situation: At 28 years old, Scott Kline was […]
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Labor Caucus Calls for Passage of PRO Act to Stop Starbucks’s Union Busting
The Congressional Labor Caucus has called on the Senate to pass a sweeping bill that would strengthen U.S. labor laws in response to Starbucks’s increasingly brazen union-busting tactics over the past weeks. The House representatives are demanding the passage ofProtecting the Right to Organize Act (PRO Act), a bill championed byThe labor movement that would […]
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Spotify Signed Joe Rogan for $100 Million But Won’t Hold Him Accountable
Image Credit: Joe Rogan Experience/YouTube Joe Rogan, comedian, has been criticized for spreading homophobia COVID-19 Misinformation, including the use of racial and other harmful language on his Spotify podcast. Joni Mitchell and Neil Young, among others, have pulled their music off the platform in protest at his $100 million contract with Spotify. This raises questions […]
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“Politics as Usual” Will Never Be a Solution to the Current Climate Threat
There is an ever-growing consensus that the climate crisis represents humanity’s greatest problem. Indeed, global warming is more than an environmental crisis — there are social, political, ethical and economic dimensions to it. The role of science in the current climate crisis should be examined critically, given that technology is so responsible for bringing about […]
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States Will Consider More Than 210 Bills on Toxic “Forever Chemicals” in 2022
Protecting people from exposure to toxic “forever chemicals” will be a top priority for new state regulations throughout the U.S. in 2022, according to a new analysis. The analysis was published in the Safer Statesnetwork found that at least 32 states will be considering more than 210 bills relating to PFAS (per and polyfluoroalkyl substance), […]
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House GOP Seeks Details on Results of Biden Order on Elections
According to members of Congress, a watchdog group, the Biden administration is secretly planning an executive order that directs federal agencies to concentrate on voter registration and work with private organizations to increase election turnout. Last March, President Joe Biden made an agreement to sign an executive order stating that federal agencies “shall consider ways […]
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Rand Paul Is ‘All for’ Trucker Convoys Coming to America
Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky is “all for” trucker convoys coming to the United States. The Republican senator discussed the Canadian “Freedom Convoy” during a Thursday interview with The Daily Signal following an NBC News report that a similar trucker convoy may form for this weekend’s Super Bowl in Los Angeles–and potentially come to Washington, […]
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Pharma-Funded Republican Blocks Sanders’s Demand for Vote on Drug Price Bill
On Wednesday, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) demanded on the Senate floor that the chamber immediately take up debate on his and Sen. Amy Klobuchar’s (D-Minnesota) new bill to lower prescription drug prices – but the effort was blocked by a pharmaceutical industry-backed Republican senator. Sanders and Klobuchar requested unanimous consent for the Senate’s debate and […]
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Trump’s Phone Records From Capitol Attack Have Huge Gaps, Says Jan. 6 Committee
The House select committee investigating the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol building has discovered significant gaps in the White House’s telephone logs during the hours that the attack was unfolding. Records sent from the National Archives to the January 6 commission show almost no phone calls to or from TrumpSources who spoke to […]
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Black Congresswomen Urge Biden to Pick Civil Rights Champion for Supreme Court
A group of Black women from Congress, led in part by Rep. Cori Bus (D-Missouri), sent a letter Thursday to President Joe Biden. It applauded his pledge to nominate Black women to the Supreme Court. It also urged him to pick someone with a strong civil right record. “The nomination of a Black woman is […]
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