Saturday, December 21, 2024

Tag: President Biden

As Biden backslides, a bigger, better-organized climate movement prepares to seize...

“We’re not just marching in the streets, although we’re doing that. We’re lobbying and advocating for meaningful climate actions on the Hill."

‘All he has to do is sign’: Group crafts executive order...

"We have no other option but to fight for debt abolition and a society where everyone has the means to live."

Forests are crucial to combating climate change—will Biden rise to the...

Unsustainable logging by the forest products industry is driving massive carbon emissions.

Biden faces backlash over ‘shameful’ capitulation to GOP governors as they...

"Cutting off adequate supports to these workers to try to force them to take whatever job might be available is cruel."

As Biden marks 100 years since Tulsa Massacre, calls grow for...

We need something much more potent and much more substantial."

Tell Congress to pass a bold plan within the infrastructure bill...

It's time Congress makes firm commitments and landmark policies to have pollution-free transportation nationwide.

Biden proposes hiking taxes on richest Americans to fund universal pre-k,...

The president's tax plan—which omits an estate tax increase that he promised on the campaign trail—was devised to cover the cost of a significant expansion of the nation's tattered social safety net.

Biden’s industrial policy

Biden’s restructuring of the American economy is necessary.

Biden creates commission to study Supreme Court expansion, other reforms

"Congress has the power, and the constitutional duty, to set the size of the court, as it has seven times throughout our history."

Don’t let President Biden ‘make us the dupes of our hopes’

More than being a time of hope -- or fatalism -- the inauguration of President Joe Biden should be a time of skeptical realism and determination.

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Montana Supreme Court delivers landmark ruling in youth climate case against fossil fuels

Montana’s highest court upholds a decision declaring state-sanctioned fossil fuel projects violate the constitutional rights of youth, marking a pivotal moment in climate litigation.

Teamsters launch largest strike against Amazon in US history to demand fair wages and...

Amazon workers launch historic nationwide strike, demanding better wages, safer conditions, and union recognition from the $2 trillion corporation.

Elon Musk for Speaker of the House? Republicans float billionaire amid spending bill fight

Republicans propose Elon Musk as Speaker of the House after his role in sinking a spending bill, raising unprecedented ethical and governance concerns.

Israeli soldiers enforce kill zone in Gaza, targeting civilians and leaving bodies to rot

Israeli forces implement open-fire policies in Gaza’s Netzarim Corridor, targeting civilians and leaving corpses uncollected as a warning to others.

Syria’s new fundamentalist government: Women ‘biologically’ unsuited to politics, universities to be segregated

The comments provoked a firestorm of protest among Syrian women and, well, non-fundamentalists.