Climate Crimes
GOP Leadership Huddles With Fossil Fuel Industry During Climate Week
“Please join us for a Gas and Oil Industry Dinner with Republican Whip Steve Scalise,” read one invitation.
Politics
Documents Shed New Light on Critical Moment in Pete Buttigieg's South Bend Political Career
An investigation by the Young Turks sheds new light on a moment Buttigieg has highlighted as defining his relationship with South Bend’s black community.
Climate Crimes
The Environmental Left Is Softening on Carbon Capture Technology. Maybe That's OK.
There is evidence that some groups on the left are willing to moderate their maximalist opposition to investing in carbon capture technology.
Hospital Plans to “Use the Transferring of Critically-Ill Premature Infants” to Paint Nurses Union as “Shameless,” Secret Strategy Memo Reveals
In an internal memo, the hospital called the strike duplicitous. Nurses have filed at least 1,500 reports about unsafe conditions for staffers and patients.
Purdue Pharma Hired PR Firm That Rebranded BP After Deepwater Horizon Spill
The relationship was disclosed in Purdue’s recent filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
Democratic Candidates Fail to Impress Workers Who Are Dissatisfied With Trump
The mood among the workers at the Philadelphia AFL-CIO’s presidential summit was one of general lackluster toward the Democratic candidates.
Voices
Saudi First: Trump Wants to Start a War With Iran When MBS Gives the Order
Why is Trump deferring to Riyadh? Questions need to be asked about his financial ties with Saudis who bailed him out during the 1990s.
The Untold Story: Joe Biden Pushed Ronald Reagan to Ramp Up Incarceration — Not the Other Way Around
Biden has argued that the focus on his 1994 crime bill as a driver of mass incarceration is misplaced. He’s right — it was his earlier push that was responsible.
A Top Joe Biden Staffer Is a Supporter of India's Authoritarian Leader Narendra Modi
Amit Jani, Joe Biden’s new Asian American Pacific Islander national vote director, celebrated Modi’s May reelection on Facebook.
Threatening New War for Oil, Donald Trump Calls His Own Offer of Iran Talks "Fake News"
As he threatened to bomb Iran at Saudi Arabia’s behest, Trump also intensified his battle with objective reality, by denying his own prior comments.