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Nuclear Subsidies May Be Slowing Transition to Clean Energy, Advocates Say
New York state’s nuclear facilities received over $500 million in 2020, whereas renewables received just $5 million.
California Is Still Averaging About 34 New COVID Outbreaks in Workplaces Per Day
As businesses reopen, workplace outbreaks and infections are diminishing, but at an agonizingly slow rate.
House Democrats Press Biden to Support Major Investment in Global Vaccine Supply
42 House Democrats are calling on Biden to support a $25 billion investment in the production of eight billion vaccines.
Top ALEC Official Is Behind Conspiracy Theory-Fueled Arizona Ballot Audit
Arizona State Senate President Karen Fann serves as a ranking board member of the conservative corporate lobbying group.
Palestinian Lives Still Won’t Matter Under the Next Israeli Government
If chosen to succeed Benjamin Netanyahu as prime minister, Naftali Bennett won't end apartheid or the occupation.
Anti-Asian Violence Didn’t Start or End With Trump’s White House
After the 2008 crisis, prosecutors ignored the big banks and baselessly tried to scapegoat a Chinese American business.
Corporations Are Trying to Co-opt Mindfulness to Avoid Meeting Workers’ Needs
Toiling under surveillance, Amazon workers watch company videos about mindfulness in “ZenBooths” in the warehouses.
GOP Lawmakers Aim to Copy Disastrous Arizona “Audit” Throughout US
The Maricopa County, Arizona, audit has had a number of embarrassing missteps.
Unemployment Falls to 5.8 Percent as Productivity Growth Quashes Inflation Fears
The recovery continues to disproportionately benefit workers with higher levels of formal education.
Biden Offers to Keep Trump’s Tax Cuts to Win GOP Backing for Infrastructure Plan
Economist Jeffrey Sachs says a capitulation on the Trump tax cuts would be a huge mistake for the Biden administration.