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September 01, 2023

Top News

As Auto Strike Looms, Biden Admin Puts $15.5 Billion Toward Just Transition to EVs

"We are glad to see the Biden administration doing its part to reject the false choice between a good job and a green job," said the United Auto Workers president.

Jessica Corbett

'Powerful Example': California Now Largest Economy to Back Fossil Fuel Nonproliferation Treaty

"We hope this move locks in real action on ending the era of fossil fuels in California, and spurs other regions, states, and countries to join forces in tackling the root cause of the climate crisis," said one activist.

Jessica Corbett

'A Welcome Relief': Transportation Department Suspends Trump-Era LNG 'Bomb Trains' Rule

While celebrating the forthcoming review, campaigners also argued that "Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg should put a new rule in place that restores the ban on LNG by rail once and for all."

Jessica Corbett

Watchdog Calls On Judge With Pharma Investments to Recuse From Drug Pricing Case

"Any chance that Judge Rose evaluates this case in his own personal financial interest, rather than by the letter of the law, is a significant threat to judicial ethics."

Jake Johnson

Trump's Last-Minute Attack on Old-Growth Trees Was Illegal, Judge Rules

The federal judge said that the "highly uncertain effects of this project, when considered in light of its massive scope and setting, raise substantial questions about whether this project will have a significant effect on the environment."

Olivia Rosane

'Big Tech's Best Friend': Progressives Target Top Democrat on House Antitrust Panel

Rep. Lou Correa "betrayed consumers and left small businesses at the mercy of Big Tech and other monopolies," reads a mailer sent by an arm of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee.

Jake Johnson

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UAW Files Charges Against Big Automakers, Alleging 'Willful Refusal to Bargain'

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Greg Casar Drafting Bill to Connect Texas to National Electric Grids

Biden Infrastructure Report Pushes 'Disastrous Water Privatization Schemes,' Watchdog Says

Texas Supreme Court Allows State's 'Cruel' Gender-Affirming Care Ban to Take Effect

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Opinion

How the Media Turns Migrants Into Monsters

As long as the U.S. continues to manufacture conditions ripe for mass migration in Latin America, news readers must come to grips with how today’s journalism coaxes Americans into hating migrants.

Lara-Nour Walton

Defend Direct Democracy to Save Abortion Access

For years, extremists and the special interests who fund them have made it clear that they are willing to shut down the use of ballot measures if it means making short-term gains to restrict progress on issues like reproductive rights.

Hannah Ledford

Peace Is Just as Possible as War

On International Peace Day this September 21, imagine an unstoppable wave of peace actions sweeping across our country.

H. Patricia Hynes

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