Trees and Crops Don’t Have to Compete. Climate Crisis Calls for Agroforestry.

Agroforestry holds the technical potential to sequester a significant percentage of total global emissions. 

A Unionization Wave Is Reshaping Museums and Cultural Institutions Across the US

This rarefied world of cultural institutions is rife with the same exploitation within other corporate hierarchies.

Starbucks Is Swarming Buffalo-Area Shops With Top Execs to Quash Union Drive

Starbucks employees in Buffalo are set to cast an official vote on unionizing by December 8.

This Year I’m Thankful for the Revolt Against Two-Tier Hiring Practices

The current labor shortage has made an auspicious moment to ratchet up campaigns against these union-killing divisions.

Raising the Standard of Living for Everyone Could Offset the Pains of Inflation

Decades of corporations monopolizing industries has given them the power to artificially inflate the prices of goods.

The Right Is Hijacking Progressive Arguments to Undermine Public Health

As long as health care remains a commodity, the right will use cynical arguments to discredit public health measures.

Communications and Electronics Lobbying Skyrockets Amid Microchip Shortage

The communications and electronics sector has contributed $20.6 million to members of Congress this year.

The Jury Selection Process Is Rigged in Favor of White Supremacy

Racial discrimination in cases like the Arbery murder trial reflect the everyday reality of the criminal legal system.

Rich Countries Blamed as New COVID Variant Sparks Global Alarm

The massive inoculation gap between rich and poor countries has kept the door open to COVID variants. 

Enough Colonial Pageantry. Let’s Rally Behind Criminalized Water Protectors.

Native people are still battling world-crushing forces.

130 Social Justice Groups Are Calling on WTO to Adopt Patent Waiver

A widely-backed proposed TRIPS waiver has languished for more than a year as global vaccine inequity has deepened.

Schumer Got $66K From Top Health Insurance Lobbyist Amid Build Back Better Talks

Senator Chuck Schumer accepted a bundle of campaign contributions from the lobbyist sometime between July and September.

This Tribe Helped the Pilgrims Survive for Their First Thanksgiving. They Still Regret It 400 Years Later.

The Wampanoags are bracing for the 400th anniversary of the first Pilgrim Thanksgiving in 1621.

Not Everyone Is Feasting. Food Insecurity Is Much Higher Than Before COVID.

This is a crisis — magnified by the pandemic — not of food-production failures but of skyrocketing inequality.

Dems and GOP Fight About Domestic Spending — But Not About Huge Military Budgets

Journalist Jeremy Scahill says there's a bipartisan consensus when it comes to the military budget and intervention.

Whatever Passes for "Normal" Amid COVID Is About to Take Yet Another Hard Turn

In 15 states, patients with confirmed or suspected COVID are already taking up more ICU beds than they were a year ago.

UN Human Rights Envoy Slams Racist Voter Suppression in US

A UN expert said the U.S. "stands out among Western democracies for its incomplete patchwork of human rights."

Jury Finds "Unite the Right" Organizers Liable for $25.3 Million in Damages

A federal jury found the white supremacist defendants guilty of violating a Virginia state conspiracy law.

Health Sector Has Outspent All Others on Lobbying for Nearly 3 Years in a Row

The pharmaceuticals and health products industry is on track to have its highest lobbying year of all-time.

Dems Need "Thicker Skin," GOP Lawmaker Says, Downplaying GOP's Violent Rhetoric Since Jan. 6 Attack

Democrats in the House say that the GOP’s repeated justification of violent rhetoric is creating a toxic workplace.