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Kids jump on a trampoline at their grandparents' home as steam rises from the Miller coal power plant in Adamsville, Alabama on April 11, 2021. (Photo: by Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images)

Biden Praised for Reversing Trump Effort to Unleash More Toxic Air Pollution

The proposal "marks another point of progress in the EPA's return to its mission of putting people, not polluters, first."

by Andrea Germanos

A person shops for meat at a grocery store

Data Highlights 'Egregious' Pandemic Profiteering by US Food and Oil Giants

On the eve of a congressional hearing on corporate price hikes, a new analysis shows that "companies are hiding behind the pandemic and supply chain disruptions as an excuse to gouge consumers."

by Jake Johnson

Lori Manz, who is normally a curriculum specialist in the Teaching and Learning Department at the Ocean View School District, substitute teaches in a 7th grade math class at Vista View Middle School in Huntington Beach, Calif. on Thursday, January 20, 2022.

'Five Alarm Crisis': Teachers Union Warns Pandemic Burnout Destroying Schools

"If we're serious about getting every child the support they need to thrive," says the president of the NEA, "our elected leaders across the nation need to address this crisis now."

by Andrea Germanos

Anti-war protesters demonstrate outside the White House

100+ Anti-War Groups Demand Biden End Brinkmanship With Russia

Given the thousands of nuclear weapons the U.S. and Russia possess, said one organizer, "the emergency that we now face is literally putting humanity's survival at risk."

by Jake Johnson

No Quick Fixes: Working Class Politics From Jim Crow to the Present

Adolph Reed Jr. has a new book that looks back to inform today and a new podcast project with a very concerned eye toward the future.

by Adolph Reed Jr., Jon Queally

How Much More Deadly Will the Next Variant of Trumpism Be?

Given what the Republican Party has already become, the spawning of deadly new variants remains remains all-too-conceivable and terrifying prospect.

by Tom Engelhardt