“The extreme emissions of the richest, from their luxury lifestyles and even more from their polluting investments, are fueling inequality, hunger, and—make no mistake—threatening lives.” With the world on track for 3.1°C of warming this century, Oxfam International on Monday blamed global billionaires who—with their superyachts, private jets, and investments—emit more carbon pollution in 90 minutes of […]
The principle cause of today’s crisis of homelessness and housing affordability has one, single, primary cause: billionaires treating housing as an investment commodity. America’s morbidly rich billionaires are at it again, this time screwing the average family’s ability to have decent, affordable housing in their never-ending quest for more, more, more. Canada, New Zealand, Singapore, […]
“Running an illegal lottery and violating consumer protections is ample basis for an injunction,” reads the lawsuit filed by Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner. Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner filed a civil lawsuit Monday aimed at stopping billionaire Elon Musk’s million-dollar giveaway scheme, calling it an “indisputably” illegal lottery aimed at influencing the 2024 presidential election in […]
“Make no mistake, an attack on a ballot box is an attack on our democracy and completely unacceptable,” said Oregon’s secretary of state. Law enforcement officials in the Pacific Northwest are investigating a pair of Monday morning fires at ballot drop boxes that have heightened concerns about illegal efforts to interfere with the November 5 elections. One […]