Yearly Archives: 2024
Union-owned Vegas hotel hires scabs amid striking workers’ fight for fair pay
Unionized workers at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas strike over inadequate wages and unsafe working conditions while grappling with the surprising involvement of a labor union-owned pension fund hiring strikebreakers.
Millions who prepare America’s food go hungry: Why food service workers face crisis-level food...
Food service workers prepare meals for millions but often can’t afford to eat themselves, facing low wages, food insecurity, and corporate resistance to change.
Trump’s Project 2025 architect pick sparks fears for Social Security and Medicare cuts
President-elect Trump’s nomination of Russell Vought, a lead figure in Project 2025, signals the potential for deep cuts to critical safety net programs, despite campaign promises to protect them.
Plastic waste cleanup alliance found producing 1,000 times more plastic than it removes, investigation...
Investigation reveals Alliance to End Plastic Waste members produced 1,000 times more plastic than they cleaned up, raising serious concerns about industry greenwashing.
Omnicide Joe?
Whether heralded or reviled, Biden’s supposed restraint during the Ukraine war has steadily faded, with more and more dangerous escalation in its place.
Trumpism at the feeding trough: “What can we get away with? What can we...
Running a Trump chaos crusade is like handing a loaded shotgun to a staggering drunk out to revenge against invisible forces.
U.S. proposes listing giraffes under the Endangered Species Act for the first time
"Ultimately, this attention will hopefully convert into more funding support and interest to save all four species of giraffe in the wild in Africa.”
Almost all air samples from agriculture-intensive communities in California detects high levels of pesticides
The result of the state's air monitoring confirmed 163 of the 207 air samples showed pesticides.
143 million Americans may be exposed to toxic ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water
Millions of Americans face exposure to toxic PFAS chemicals in drinking water, with new EPA data revealing the extent of contamination and fears of regulatory rollbacks under a Trump administration.
Sierra Club sounds alarm, nominee Lee Zeldin ‘unqualified’ to head EPA
“The best-case scenario is that the EPA will lose four years in the fight for the planet. The worst-case scenario should send a shudder down your spine.”