Jessica Corbett, staff writer
As BlackRock—the world's biggest investor in fossil fuels and deforestation—held its annual shareholders meeting Thursday, climate activists came together in New York City, San Francisco, Brussels, and London for socially distanced demonstrations protesting the massive asset manager's "failure to live up to its rhetoric on climate change."
Julia Conley, staff writer
The labor rights movement United for Respect released polling data showing that months after companies across the U.S. implemented various social distancing measures, employees at Walmart are reporting that the company is still not keeping its workers safe.
Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"Hurricane season is about to start and its risks will only grow and potentially compound any impacts from the pandemic."
Norman Solomon
Demonstrators unload fake body bags from a truck in protest of the Trump administration's response to the coronavirus pandemic, in Lafayette Park near the White House, May 20, 2020 in Washington, DC. All 50 states have reopened to varying degrees more than two months after lockdown, but the moves have not been coordinated, with the Northeast and West Coast moving slower than states in the South. (Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
Robert Shetterly
By choosing to display the portraits of Frederick Douglass, Fannie Lou Hamer and John Lewis, Monticello rejected Jefferson’s notions of white supremacy. (Photo: Robert Shetterly)
Jon Queally, staff writer
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif warns that the U.S. government "must give up bullying on the world stage and respect the rule of international law, especially free shipping in the high seas."
Jake Johnson, staff writer
"We cannot continue to allow tens of millions of Americans to lose their jobs, income, and health insurance during this horrific pandemic," said Sen. Bernie Sanders, one of the bill's lead sponsors.
Astrid Caldas
Imagine one million people on the move right now, all trying to find safe shelter. (Photo: NASA)
Stan Karp
From a rally for public education in Washington D.C. in July 2017. (Photo: Bob Korn)
Bob Dreyfuss
But the Trump administration’s zeal in shifting attention from its own bungling of the Covid-19 crisis to China’s alleged culpability in creating a global pandemic only raises tensions precipitously between the planet’s two great powers at a terrible moment. (Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Jessica Corbett, staff writer
In a move that alarmed nuclear experts, anti-war activists, and policymakers around the world, the U.S. government notified international partners on Thursday that President Donald Trump is withdrawing the country from the Treaty on Open Skies over alleged Russian violations.
Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"Five states already have all-mail elections—Colorado, Hawaii, Oregon, Utah, and Washington."
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Andrea Germanos, staff writer
The new poll shows 73% of the group's members would be more likely to vote for the former vice president if Sen. Elizabeth Warren is his running mate.
Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"Calling this peanuts is an insult to peanuts, an immediate tangible thing people could eat."
Jake Johnson, staff writer
"While millions risk their lives and livelihoods as first responders and frontline workers, these billionaires benefit from an economy and tax system that is wired to funnel wealth to the top."
Mark Harris
The United States has long established itself as the neoliberal superstar, the modern nation with the most wealth inequality, threadbare social safety net, and thoroughly corporatized political leaders from both major parties. (Photo: Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images)
Julia Conley, staff writer
The chief adviser overseeing President Donald Trump's task force aimed at discovering a Covid-19 vaccine by the end of 2020 has refused to divest his shares in his former pharmaceutical company, GlaxoSmithKline.
Andrea Germanos, staff writer
Implementing social distancing policies two weeks earlier could have saved nearly 54,000 lives, the new study found.
Jessica Corbett, staff writer
RL Miller, founder of the advocacy group Climate Hawks Vote, was elected to the Democratic National Committee last Friday—and she intends to push the Democratic Party's governing body to improve how it handles the climate crisis and fossil fuel industry, according to a Thursday interview in Emily Atkin's HEATED newsletter.
Heidi Shierholz
A prolonged depression is virtually guaranteed without significant federal aid to state and local governments. (Photo by Olivier Douliery/AFP/Getty Images)
