'This is a historic day for conservation and a sign that in a divided world, protecting nature and people can triumph over geopolitics,' said Greenpeace in response to an agreement to protect world's marine biodiversity.
All those charts and narratives ascribing Social Security the top spender of federal monies—and, thereby, implying the prime cause of the U.S. debt—need debunking.
Published originally at Common Dreams on Feb 25, 2023 under Creative Commons CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license Climate organizations this week are calling out new legislation that would pour even more money into the “false solution” of carbon capture technology, which they warn…
"Climate change is melting Alaska's glaciers," said the Alaska Wilderness League. "We can't afford to dig the hole any deeper with bad ideas like the Willow Project."
"The U.S. must be castigated on the world stage for its treatment of women, girls, and others who can become pregnant," said one advocate.
(reprinted from Common Dreams comment section in August 2019) The left always gets outplayed on the politics of the military budget. Just giving the “guns and butter” argument that money is better spent on social needs has been shown time…
The big idea of this website is to establish a means for the community to discuss news of interest to progressive people, opinions of progressive thinkers, and ways to become involved in actions for change – but to do it…
When Congress set the cap on Social Security contributions in 1983, they didn’t anticipate forty years of rising inequality. And it’s cost us — a lot.
