by Julia Conley, staff writer Public health and environmental science experts on Tuesday said the EPA's newly-finalized rule limiting the research that can be used to pass regulations must be reversed by the incoming Biden administration, to end President Donald Trump's "coddling of polluting industries."
by Kenny Stancil, staff writer "Analysts who've confidently projected a tsunami of healthcare use and costs after Medicare for All are ignoring history."
by Julia Conley, staff writer Three attorneys representing Lisa Montgomery, who is set to be executed by the federal government on January 12, released on Tuesday a petition for her clemency after sending the document to President Donald Trump.
by Julia Conley, staff writer Just over two weeks before President Donald Trump is set to leave the White House, his U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Tuesday finalized a rollback of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act.
by Jake Johnson, staff writer One legal scholar noted that "the only responsibility and power of the vice president under the Constitution is to faithfully count the electoral college votes as they have been cast."
by Brett Wilkins, staff writer "There's no lack for public interest and public service-experienced litigators. We don't need to rotate between Republican Big Law and Democratic Big Law."
by Jessica Corbett, staff writer The Center for Biological Diversity points out that Trump's presidency "is coming to an end with the worst record protecting species of any administration since the Endangered Species Act was passed."
by Kenny Stancil, staff writer "Albertsons was happy to reap public goodwill during the pandemic. But once Prop 22 gave the company the option of replacing workers with lower-paid contractors, they jumped at the opportunity."
by Jake Johnson, staff writer "The Islamic Republic of Iran is very seriously following up on pursuing and punishing those who ordered and executed this crime."
by Adelina Nicholls We need to hear directly from the Democratic Party leader that Democrats will take aggressive and immediate action to protect our communities.
by Robert Reich Mitch McConnell cares about only one thing: Power. He has single-handedly turned the Senate into a failed institution that has abandoned the American people for partisan gain.
by Madelyn Hoffman, Ryan Swan For those of us who have been part of the anti-nuclear movement, this moment in history is one filled with possibilities.
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