The strong overall support for the landmark package stands in stark contrast with opposition from Republicans and right-wing Democrats. Underscoring what critics call the out-of-touch nature of Republican and right-wing Democrats’ opposition to the Build Back Better bill supported by the Biden administration and progressive U.S. lawmakers, new polling published Wednesday confirmed that a majority of […]
“At this rate, we will not be able to keep global warming below 1.5ºC, a target defined in the Paris agreement,” said the conservation institute Imazon. Encouraged by President Jair Bolsonaro, deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest surged to its highest annual level in a decade over the past year, with researchers warning that the accelerated destruction […]
“If Nabisco can rake in billions of dollars in corporate profits, they can afford to treat their workers with dignity and respect.” Employees at Nabisco’s flagship plant in Chicago walked off the job Thursday, joining workers at three of the leading snack maker’s other U.S. plants who are demanding better working conditions, an end to foreign outsourcing, and […]
The senator said the panel “should also examine the extent of any coordination between those groups, the Trump administration, and the members of Congress who objected to the electoral count.” Linking the January 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol with a protracted effort by secretive right-wing groups and wealthy GOP contributors, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse on Friday […]