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New Report Finds We’re Off Track to Meet COP28 Goals Despite Renewables Boom
Countries pledged to triple global renewable energy capacity by 2030, but this goal requires more policy interventions.
Poll: 74 Percent of Millionaires in G20 Countries Support Higher Taxes on Wealth
Meanwhile, 260 millionaires and billionaires signed a letter imploring leaders to raise taxes on rich people like them.
Roger Stone Recordings Prompt Capitol Police Investigation Into Him
“Either Swalwell or Nadler has to die before the election,” Stone reportedly said to his bodyguard in a 2020 recording.
Ben & Jerry’s Calls for “Permanent and Immediate” Ceasefire in Gaza
“Millions are marching around the world but the corporate world has been silent,” the company’s board chair said.
The Iowa Republican Caucus Was a MAGA-Fest, But Iowa Is Far From Representative
Only 1 in 20 Iowa voters took part in the ultra-conservative, white-dominated Iowa caucus that solidified Trump’s bid.
Israel Tells ICJ It Has the “Most Moral Army in the World” at Genocide Hearing
South Africa presented a powerful and compelling case that Israel is violating the Genocide Convention.
SCOTUS Will Hear Starbucks Case Arguing Against Key Labor Law Enforcement Tool
“Starbucks just expanded its war on its own employees to a war on all U.S. workers,” the union said.
Idaho GOP Pushes Bill That Could Ban Library Books With Same-Sex Handholding
The homophobic content ban would allow right-wing parents to sue libraries over any content they deem “obscene.”
IRS Funding Targeted by GOP Has Allowed Agency to Recover $500M From the Rich
Democrats said the IRS’s successes have made it clear that the GOP is trying to protect their wealthy benefactors.
UN Office Warns AL Nitrogen Execution May Violate International Ban on Torture
A planned execution at Alabama's Holman Correctional Facility on January 25 may breach two human rights treaties.