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Ultrawealthy Reap Tax Breaks From Private Foundations With Little Public Benefit
Some have obtained millions in tax deductions and personally benefit from donated assets meant to serve the public.
Big Pharma Raked in $82B Last Year While Lobbying Against Drug Price Proposals
The companies also upped their stock buyback and dividend payouts by nearly $7 billion last year.
Arlington Public Schools Refuse to Comply With Virginia’s Anti-Trans Policies
More than 4,000 transgender students in the state will be affected by the anti-trans policies.
Florida Will Allow Far Right PragerU Materials in Public Schools, Company Says
“This is Christian nationalist indoctrination,” one critic of the move said.
Teamsters Announces “Historic” Agreement With UPS, Likely Averting Strike
The agreement would raise wages for UPS employees across the board and end a controversial two-tiered employee system.
Burning More Fossil Fuels Will Lead to Longer and Worse Heat Waves, Report Finds
The World Weather Attribution said many heat waves in July would have been virtually impossible without climate change.
AOC Joins SAG, WGA Picket: “How Many Private Jets Does David Zaslav Need?”
“Your fight right here is what’s going to bust this thing wide open,” Ocasio-Cortez said.
Gov. Kay Ivey Seemingly Praises New Congressional Map Defying SCOTUS Order
The Alabama governor's comments “echoed a racist trope of segregationists,” some observers noted.
Ohio Voters Will Decide Whether Norfolk Southern Can Buy Publicly Owned Railroad
The company behind the train derailment in East Palestine wants to buy the only municipally owned railroad in the U.S.
Washington Governor: Heat Wave Is Earth “Screaming at Us” to End Fossil Fuel Use
“The fuse has been burning for decades, and now the climate change bomb has gone off,” Inslee said.