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March 01, 2023

Top News

Big Ag Exploiting Carbon Markets to Intensify Grip on Food System: Report

"Corporations are designed to serve their investors, not the public, and that's exactly what these carbon offsetting schemes will do," said one researcher.

Kenny Stancil

Climate Coalition Targets Big Banks and Insurance Giants With New Shareholder Campaign

"The planet is running out of time and the banks are running out of excuses," said climate leader Bill McKibben.

Brett Wilkins

First-of-Its-Kind Report Details Hundreds of Millions Pumped Into Academia by Big Oil

Universities have used millions of dollars to fund research promoting natural gas as a "clean" alternative to oil and coal and downplaying the negative impacts of fossil fuel emissions.

Julia Conley

Rail Labor Leader Calls Norfolk Southern's Business Model 'Dangerous to America'

"They gamble with your money, and you hold all the risk if they lose by putting a toxic train in the ditch in your community."

Jake Johnson

'Schultz Has Given Us No Choice': Sanders Plans Vote to Subpoena Starbucks CEO

"He has denied meeting and document requests, skirted congressional oversight attempts, and refused to answer any of the serious questions we have asked," noted the Senate HELP Committee chair.

Jessica Corbett

'Brilliant PR Move': Advocates Skeptical as Eli Lilly Vows 70% Insulin Price Cut

"Congress, not greedy corporations trying to redeem their tarnished reputations, should be leading the way on reforms that put patients ahead of pharmaceutical profits."

Jake Johnson

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'Oxygen for the Fire': White-Collar Starbucks Workers Blast Union-Busting

NYC to Pay Millions to Police Brutality Protesters Violently Arrested by NYPD

Biden Admin Sues Petrochemical Giants Over Deadly Chemical Pollution in Cancer Alley

Israeli Police Crack Down on 'National Day of Disruption' Over Far-Right Judicial Overhaul

Rejecting Lightfoot, Chicago Picks Progressive to Face School Privatizer in Mayoral Runoff

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Opinion

Why Far-Right Republicans Cannot Be Trusted on the Pentagon Budget

Why Far-Right Republicans Cannot Be Trusted on the Pentagon Budget

We have plenty of good reasons to cut the military budget. But we can’t trust the extremist caucus with either ending wars abroad or funding urgent human needs at home.

Phyllis Bennis

Shareholder Showdown: The Most Important Climate Votes You’ve Never Heard Of

Shareholder Showdown: The Most Important Climate Votes You’ve Never Heard Of

Without Wall Street cash, the world's most polluting companies wouldn't get the capital they need to finance their toxic expansion.

Arielle Swernoff

Burning Books and Destroying Education on the Path to Fascist Dictatorship

Burning Books and Destroying Education on the Path to Fascist Dictatorship

From Nazi Germany to the Pinochet regime in Chile, global parallels with where this type of repression leads should set off alarms.

Chuck Idelson

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