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MAGA Legislators Increasingly Force Taxpayers to Support Fossil Fuel Industry
Lawmakers take legal aim at private companies and local leaders considered insufficiently deferential to the industry.
Chemical Plant That Polluted Delaware River Forced My School to Evacuate in 2007
Who will guarantee our safety in the future when this inevitably happens again? Because it will, and it already has.
The Right Is Weaponizing the Nashville Shooting to Whip Up an Anti-Trans Panic
I’m filled with terror by the right’s lies about an “epidemic” of trans shooters and push to “eradicate” people like me.
Anti-LGBTQ Parents Bill of Rights Is a Cruel Attack on Our Kids and Our Schools
Republicans have brought their moral panic over schools to the national stage, unleashing hate on families like mine.
Biden Wants More Border Patrol Than MAGA Republicans
The president positioned himself to the right of the GOP and its fear-mongering about fentanyl in a recent tweet.
Pentagon’s Proposed 2024 Budget Reflects Arms Industry’s Capture of Congress
Pentagon wants $842 billion for next fiscal year. Reining in this spending is essential to the safety of the world.
When Missouri Proposed Library Censorship, Librarians Got Organized
The librarians’ partial victory shows how pro-worker, anti-censorship organizing can work even in a conservative state.
I’m Immunocompromised. I Know Ableism Is Oppression. We Need Disability Justice.
To protect the growing immunocompromised population, we need to practice collective care.
Men Dominate the Corporate World, But Replacing Them With Women Isn’t the Answer
Women CEOs are becoming slightly less rare, but more women billionaires won't lead to greater equity for all.
Corporate Real Estate Investors Are Accelerating the Affordable Housing Crisis
Four out of five homes are unaffordable to median income earners, thanks in large part to unlisted corporate purchases.