Robert Reich
The chairman of the Business Roundtable is Jamie Dimon, CEO of Wall Street’s largest bank, JPMorgan Chase. Dimon lobbied Congress personally and intensively for the biggest corporate tax cut in history, and got the Business Roundtable to join him. JPMorgan raked in $3.7 billion from the tax cut. Dimon alone made $31 million in 2018. . (Photo: FORTUNE Global Forum/flickr/cc)
Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"They are just going to declare victory, let thousands die, and hope nobody cares too much."
Jessica Corbett, staff writer
After months of pressure from Lyft and Uber drivers, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra and the cities of Los Angeles, San Diego, and San Francisco on Tuesday sued the ride-hailing companies for refusing to classify their drivers as employees rather than independent contractors in violation of Assembly Bill 5, the historic labor rights legislation that Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom signed last year.
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Eoin Higgins, staff writer
The New York City mayor said that the president was "putting partisanship ahead of the needs of the nation."
Valentine Moghadam
We should take the best from the past—planning, coordinating, internationalism, and action—and move forward with a common agenda for systemic transformation. (Photo: Twitter via TeleSUR)
Jessica Corbett, staff writer
In remarks to reporters outside the White House Tuesday, President Donald Trump claimed he was flouting U.S. House oversight of his administration's response to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic because the Democratic majority is made up of "a bunch of Trump haters."
Jennifer Barckley
It’s estimated that 14.5% of greenhouse gas emissions—not including water and soil pollution—are caused by animal agriculture. More than planes, trains, and motor vehicles combined. (Photo: Tim Geers/Flickr/cc)
Peter Dreier
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden speaks to supporters during a campaign stop at Berston Field House in Flint, Michigan on March 9, 2020. (Photo: Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images)
Julia Conley, staff writer
Sixty Democratic members of Congress were joined by dozens of public interest groups Tuesday in demanding that any upcoming coronavirus relief legislation excludes legal immunity for fossil fuel companies.
Shaun Golding
Several want Planet of the Humans banned, but their arguments so far are no more convincing than the film, as they leave several questions unanswered. (Photo: POTH/publicity still)
Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"This bill is truly a privacy 'cure' worse than the disease."
Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Our government has treated us as if we are expendable."
Andrew Bacevich
To Trump’s critics, it hardly matters that “America First” in no way describes actual administration policy. (Photo: RocketLip/flickr/cc)
Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"The U.S. is looking for excuses to invade Venezuela, and that is why it uses mercenaries."
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Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Climate scientists and campaigners reiterated their demands for urgent global action to dramatically reduce planet-heating emissions in response to a new record-breaking reading on Sunday of the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Roger Bybee
A minimum of 20 meatpacking workers have died from the coronavirus and 6,500 have tested positive or been quarantined, according to the United Food and Commercial Workers union. (Photo: Andy Cross/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images)
Julia Conley, staff writer
In the next 50 years, more than three billion people—one third of the world's population—could live in regions with climate conditions that are considered unlivable, according to a new study.
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