Wednesday, December 18, 2024

‘We are severely off track:’ Global emissions projected to fall only 2 percent by...

The report shows that countries need to take much more action immediately, even though some have been making increased efforts, in order to speed up the transition away from fossil fuels and avoid the worst climate change impacts.

Feds to limit data brokers from selling personal information under proposed new rule

The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's proposed new rule would require companies to have explicit authorization from consumers to share sensitive personal and financial information.

A leap towards justice: The nationwide call to end no-knock warrants

Four years after Breonna Taylor's tragic death, a bipartisan effort emerges to transform police protocol and honor her legacy by proposing a nationwide ban on no-knock warrants.

The United States needs a ‘Robin Hood Tax’

A giant tax fight awaits next year—when a number of the 2017 tax cuts for the rich and businesses expire.

Populist Proposals Win in 2014

While the Democrats had a poor showing at the polls in 2014, populist and progressive ideas surged. An array of unabashedly populist ballot initiatives were passed by pollsters.

Students and scientists collaborate to maintain Navajo Nation forests

150 years of grazing, fire suppression, and other land-use changes have transformed these forests.

BREAKING: President Obama Rejects Keystone XL

It is a huge day for environmental activism. The years of tireless hard work and activism against the controversial Keystone XL pipeline have paid off. President Obama has rejected the pipeline once and for all.

From Massachusetts, some tax-the-rich inspiration

The super rich, worldwide, are regularly cowing their critics. Bay Staters have pounded back.

Why Rand Paul Was Right to Kill the So-Called Patriot Act: It Was Never...

While Sen. Rand Paul helped force the expiration of the so-called PATRIOT Act, it seems he is a better constitutional scholar than Barack Obama, who is not interested in the Fourth Amendment.

UAW reaches historic labor agreements with Big Three automakers

Union leaders will vote to forward the deal to the entire membership on Nov. 3.