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Trump’s Global Resorts Put Profit First, Environment Last, Critics Say
Trump's environmental record is abysmal.
Oklahomans Turn “Oilfield Prayer Day” Into a Protest Against Big Oil
Oklahoma could go the way of West Virginia.
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No Casting Couch for Low-Wage Women, but Lots of Sexual Harassment
Workers are opening up about harassment.
The New Co-op Helping Formerly Incarcerated People Find Work — and Heal
Washington, DC, has the highest incarceration rate in the country.
Fifty-One GOP Senators Just Voted to Cut $1.5 Trillion From Medicare and Medicaid to Give Super-Rich and Corporations a Tax Cut
The Republican budget, declared Sen. Sanders after its passage, “is not a bad bill. It's a horrific bill.”
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Americans’ Appetite for Cheap Meat Linked to Widespread Drinking Water Contamination
Industrially grown feed crops are poisoning our water.
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Activists in Puerto Rico Want the Jones Act Eliminated — So Why Are Unions Defending It?
US-policy is only deepening the crisis in Puerto Rico.
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Maine Ballot Campaign Proposes Taxing the Wealthy to Pay for Universal Home Care
Activists in Maine are mobilizing for in-home services funding.
Trump’s First DC Circuit Nominee Thinks Waterboarding Can Be Okay
The DC Circuit has unique oversight power.
The Feds Spent Millions Seizing 5 Million Marijuana Plants in 2016
Addiction needs health care, not law enforcement.