by Julia Conley, staff writer
A federal scientist filed a formal whistleblower complaint Tuesday, weeks after being reassigned from his position at the Health and Human Services Department following a clash with Trump administration officials over untested Covid-19 treatments that President Donald Trump was promoting.

by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"They are just going to declare victory, let thousands die, and hope nobody cares too much."

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
In remarks to reporters outside the White House Tuesday, President Donald Trump claimed he was flouting U.S. House oversight of his administration's response to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic because the Democratic majority is made up of "a bunch of Trump haters."

by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
The New York City mayor said that the president was "putting partisanship ahead of the needs of the nation."

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
" Our government has treated us as if we are expendable."

by Julia Conley, staff writer
In the next 50 years, more than three billion people—one third of the world's population—could live in regions with climate conditions that are considered unlivable, according to a new study.

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Justin Walker's nomination was already controversial, but this emerging investigation means an even darker cloud is hanging over his appointment. The hearing on Walker's nomination should not go forward until we know the truth."

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Climate scientists and campaigners reiterated their demands for urgent global action to dramatically reduce planet-heating emissions in response to a new record-breaking reading on Sunday of the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Trump's actions are a war on seniors. He is insisting on threatening Social Security on which most seniors rely for their food, medicine, and other basic necessities."

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
After months of pressure from Lyft and Uber drivers, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra and the cities of Los Angeles, San Diego, and San Francisco on Tuesday sued the ride-hailing companies for refusing to classify their drivers as employees rather than independent contractors in violation of Assembly Bill 5, the historic labor rights legislation that Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom signed last year.

by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"I reject the false choice that my party and our nominee can't address the allegations at hand and defeat the occupant of the White House."

by Celine McNicholas, Margaret Poydock
Congress must include worker protections in the next coronavirus relief bill.

by Robert Reich
American corporations are sacrificing workers and communities as never before in order to further boost runaway profits and unprecedented CEO pay. And not even a tragic pandemic is changing that.

by Andrew Bacevich
From a moment of victory to a time of pandemic.

by Jesse Jackson
The Republican Party is doing everything it can to suppress the vote in November. Why? They fear higher turnout, especially among people of color, will cost them the election.

by Jennifer Barckley
The time couldn’t be more opportune for us to reevaluate our relationship with our planet and the billions of factory-farmed animals who inhabit it against the laws of nature.

by Roger Bybee
America’s food processing and meatpacking workers are in extreme danger of contracting COVID-19.