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March 06, 2023

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Analysis Shows Major US Oil Companies Raked in $290 Billion in Profits Last Year

"With $290 billion in profits, Big Oil made enough money in 2022 to end world hunger, pay off U.S. medical debt, and build 10 Disney Worlds, but instead used their record profits to shower $163 billion on shareholders."

Brett Wilkins

Majority of US Voters Want the Fed to Stop Raising Rates Before It Tanks the Economy: Poll

"People understand that pushing millions of workers out of a job is a terrible way to address inflation," said one economist.

Jake Johnson

100+ Groups Urge Congress to Abandon 'Carbon Utilization Fantasy'

"Promoting the utilization of captured CO2 in petrochemicals, plastics, and fuels, as your legislation would encourage, will perpetuate environmental justice harms and subsidize the oil and gas industry to do it."

Jessica Corbett

'This Is Not Enough': Under Pressure, Norfolk Southern Agrees to Limited Relocation Plan

"We're going to keep pushing until the community gets the help it is owed," said Ohio River Valley organizers.

Julia Conley

Investigation Reveals Global Collagen Demand Driving Deforestation, Rights Abuses in Brazil

"Did you sprinkle a little collagen in your smoothie this morning? Might be worth looking into where it came from," said one reporter.

Brett Wilkins

Amid Global Hunger Crisis, Commodity Speculators Reap Record-Shattering Profits

Commodity trading firms made a killing last year "gambling on the basics of life," said one human rights campaigner.

Jake Johnson

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Judy Heumann, 'Mother of Disability Rights Movement,' Dies at 75

Jewish New Yorkers Rally to Demand 'End to All US Military Funding to Israel'

Israeli Anti-Government Protests Hit New Heights as 200,000 March in Tel Aviv

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Opinion

Why Warren Buffett Is Wrong and Joe Biden Is Right About Stock Buybacks

Why Warren Buffett Is Wrong and Joe Biden Is Right About Stock Buybacks

Companies don't get better because of buybacks. Shareholders only get richer.

Robert Reich

Living, Killing, and Dying on a World Full of Red Lines

Living, Killing, and Dying on a World Full of Red Lines

A key problem with the issuance of red lines is their tendency to inspire international conflict and war.

Lawrence Wittner

"Haole," Hawaii, Hate Crimes, and White Supremacy

Most white Americans aren't used to being identified racially, not used to thinking about our whiteness, and certainly not our settler status.

Judy Rohrer

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