The state of California on Friday filed suit againstĀ ExxonMobil, Shell, BP, ConocoPhillips, and Chevron, accusing the five oil and gas giants of…
The United Auto Workers union kicked off historic strikes against the Big Three U.S. car manufacturers early Friday morning after the companies…
The United Auto Workers filed unfair labor practice charges against General Motors and Stellantis on Thursday, accusing the major carmakers of illegally…
Ecuadorians voted overwhelmingly on Sunday to reject oil drilling in a section of YasunĆ National Park, the most biodiverse area of the imperiled Amazon…
More than 30 U.S. economists have signed a letter expressing support for strong federal tenant protections and rent control as housing costs…
The Medicaid purge that began earlier this year after Congress agreed to end pandemic-era coverage requirements has now impacted more than 2.1 million people across the…
More than 120 million people across the U.S. āĀ over a thirdĀ of the countryās population ā were living under air quality alerts as…
As the United Nations climate talks in Bonn, Germany became the latest in a string of high-profile negotiations to end withĀ little substantive…
On the surface, it may seem implausible that at a time of heightened polarization and crises so large in scale that they often feel insurmountable, one-on-one…
A healthcare catastrophe is unfolding across the U.S. as statesānow unrestrained by coverage rules enacted early in the coronavirus pandemicācontinue to remove…
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