by Thom Hartmann If they can move more than half of Americans off traditional Medicare and onto these corporate plans, it’ll provide the political cover to kill off Medicare altogether—and they're nearly there now.
by Kenny Stancil "After a year of strikes—and having faced brutal repression that claimed some 700 lives—India's farmers are victorious in their struggle."
by Julia Conley "The Tongass National Forest's indispensable habitats serve as home to a multitude of species and also play a vital role in helping fight global warming," said one conservation advocate.
by Andrea Germanos "Ohio leaders have disrespected voters, trampled the Ohio Constitution, and rigged the Congressional map to serve partisan, political operatives rather than fairly represent Ohioans."
by Brett Wilkins The verdict, said the Huber family, sends the "unacceptable message" that armed vigilantes can "use the danger they have created to justify shooting people in the street."
by Jake Johnson "We need a Postal Service board of governors that is committed to replacing Mr. DeJoy with a postmaster general who will protect and strengthen the Postal Service, not undermine and sabotage it."
by Jake Johnson "Our work will not stop until the Build Back Better Act passes the Senate without any weakening of these popular provisions," said Rep. Pramila Jayapal.
by Isabella Shraiman Developed nations like the US, which is responsible for almost 25% of historical greenhouse gas emissions, simply must do more to decarbonize across the whole of their economies if we are to mitigate the worst impacts of global heating. Failure is not an option.
by Robert C. Koehler How many people have to die by our hands—how big do the piles of women's and children's corpses have to get—before mass murder (war) begins looming as wrong?
by Bruce T. Boccardy Beneath the noise and confusion today is the unalterable reality that our economic model will continue to proceed as it must until working people figure it out politically and decide that enough deprivation and suffering is enough.
by David Suzuki, Ian Hanington Resolving the climate crisis isn't just about shifting from one technology to another; it's about shifting our ways of thinking and being. It’s a point that often gets missed in conversations about major greenhouse gas emission sources.
by Tony Norman Forty-one months was not as much as the prosecutors had requested, but it was significant and sent a signal to future insurrectionists that wrist-slapping would be rare moving forward.
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