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Warren: “Today Would Be a Great Day” to Bind Supreme Court to Code of Ethics
In May, Elizabeth Warren introduced a bill to hold justices to a binding ethics code and ban them from trading stocks.
Appeals Court Rules Lawsuit Linking Roundup to Cancer Diagnosis Can Move Forward
A new study suggests glyphosate, the main chemical in Roundup, is present in the bodies of 80 percent of Americans.
At the 1/6 Hearings, Trump the Troll Is Getting a Taste of His Own Medicine
We can't assume the hearings will result in a reckoning for the U.S. — but I'm going to miss them when they're over.
Reproductive Freedom Organizers in Michigan Put Right to Abortion on the Ballot
Organizers turned in more than 753,000 signatures to prompt the ballot question in the November election.
Workers Filed More Union Petitions in 8 Months Than in Entirety of FY 2021
The National Labor Relations Board says its funding, which hasn't increased since 2014, is in dire need of a boost.
In a Year, Amazon Disciplined Workers 13,000 Times at Now-Unionized Warehouse
That’s an average of 2.5 disciplinary notes for every one of the 5,300 workers employed at the warehouse at the time.
Noam Chomsky: Humanity Faces Two Existential Threats. One Is Nearly Ignored.
A major public opinion study asked people to rank the import of 29 current issues. Nuclear war wasn’t even on the list.
Leaked Bannon Audio Shows Trump Planned to Declare Himself Winner No Matter What
Trump was going to tweet, “I'm the winner. Game over. Suck on that,” Bannon tells his associates in an audio recording.
Will “Aid and Abet” Abortion Laws Be Used to Target Insurers Too?
Here are three important things to know about insurance coverage for abortion — and some open questions.
Logging Is Slashing US Forests’ Ability to Absorb Carbon by Over One-Third
Some major environmental organizations are complicit in logging policies that perpetuate environmental injustices.