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Meatpacking Giant Tied to Child Labor, Deforestation and Mass COVID Infection
The Department of Labor filed suit against Brazil meatpacking firm JBS for employing children in Minnesota and Nebraska.
Native American Women Make 51 Cents for $1 Earned by Non-Latino White Men
With 55 percent of Indigenous mothers serving as sole breadwinners, the cascading effects of pay inequity are clear.
The 2020 BLM Uprising Lives On in Houston’s Struggle Against Police Violence
Against the growing and deadly profile of the far right, a BLM campaign in Houston is showing where we go from here.
$35 Insulin Caps for Medicare Patients Is Not Enough
In 2021, nearly 1 in 5 U.S. adults with diabetes rationed their insulin. Most are not covered by the new price cap.
Biden Administration Offers Weak Response to Israel’s Right Wing Shakeup
While Biden bends over backwards, Netanyahu's new far right coalition is planning de facto annexation of the West Bank.
DOJ Won Antitrust Victory by Arguing Publishing Merger Would Harm Top Authors
The DOJ used an unusual legal strategy to stop the merger of two major publishing houses — with help from Stephen King.
How Banks and Private Equity Cash In When Patients Can’t Pay Their Medical Bills
Hospitals strike deals with financing companies, generating profits for lenders and more debt for patients.
New Report Details How Coal Plants Are Polluting Water and Getting Away With It
91% of U.S. coal-fired plants have ash landfills or waste ponds that leak toxic chemicals into surrounding groundwater.
Chilean Indigenous Activist Says COP27 Promoted Devastating Mega-Projects
The COP27 climate summit has pitted the human rights of Indigenous peoples against rich nations’ energy needs.
Biden’s Student Debt Relief Program Is Now in the Hands of the Supreme Court
More than 40 million borrowers are eligible to receive the benefits. Will the Supreme Court uphold their right to do so?