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Thursday, August 29, 2024

■ Today's Top News 


Sanders Says 'Congress Must Investigate' War Profiteering by US Military Contractors

"The greed of these companies is fleecing the American taxpayer and killing Ukrainians," said the senator.

By Julia Conley



Experts Explain Why 'No Taxes on Tips' Is Not What Tipped Workers Need

"There are plenty of policies that would improve the lives of low-wage workers—raising the federal minimum wage, for starters, and ending the subminimum wage for tipped workers is a good place to start," wrote one economist.

By Jake Johnson



'Big Win': UK Won't Defend Fossil Fuel Projects in North Sea

Oceana U.K.'s leader called the decision "a massive win for campaigners and another step towards... a cleaner, greener future for our seas, planet, and climate."

By Jessica Corbett



EU's Top Diplomat Seeks Sanctions on Israeli Leaders for 'Incitement to Commit War Crimes'

While welcoming the move, one Amnesty International campaigner asserted that "the E.U.'s call for a cease-fire and curbing settler violence rings hollow until it takes concrete action."

By Brett Wilkins



'Colossal Waste': US Leads Way in Public Spending on False Climate Solutions

"The fossil fuel industry delays climate action, distracts from real solutions that would end the fossil fuel era, and does everything in its power to squeeze the last drops of profit from a dying industry, at the expense of all of us."

By Julia Conley



Top Low-Wage Corporations Have Dumped $522 Billion Into Stock Buybacks Since 2019

New research from the Institute for Policy Studies shows that 100 major U.S. companies are prioritizing share repurchases and exorbitant CEO pay at the expense of their employees.

By Jake Johnson


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■ Opinion


The Corrupt Right-Wing Supreme Court Is the Cancer at the Heart of US Democracy

Republicans on the Supreme Court, 5 of the 6 appointed by presidents who lost the national vote, are the main reason why Americans can’t have nice things.

By Thom Hartmann


CEO Greed Feasts on the Sweat of Low-Paid Workers—And Here’s the Proof

One-hundred S&P 500 firms with the lowest median wages, a group we’ve dubbed the “Low-Wage 100,” blew $522 billion over the past five years on stock buybacks.

By Sarah Anderson


With Regards to the Christening of the USS Patrick Gallagher

Because we strongly believe, nay absolutely know, that the U.S. does not need another warship.

By Dud Hendrick