From Wall Street to Big Pharma: The Corporate Giants Bankrolling Trump’s Inauguration
The pharmaceutical industry's top U.S. lobbying group and Goldman Sachs are among the corporate donors to the president-elect's inaugural committee.
‘No Contract, No Coffee’: Starbucks Workers Launch Five Days of Strikes
Starbucks Workers United accused the company of "backtracking on our promised path forward" and failing to present a "serious economic proposal" to unionized baristas.
Teamsters Unions Launches ‘Largest Strike Against Amazon in US History’
"We are fighting against a vicious union-busting campaign, and we are going to win," said one Amazon warehouse worker.
‘Calculated Cruelty’: Report Details Lasting Harms of Trump Family Separation Policy
Up to 1,360 children who were separated from their parents under the Trump administration have not been reunited six years later, according to the new report from a trio of…
Tax Dodging by Super-Rich, Big Corporations Costs Nations Half a Trillion Per Year: Study
"The U.K. and the U.S. are both among the biggest enablers and the biggest losers of this lose-lose tax system," said the chief executive of the Tax Justice Network.
Pentagon Fails Seventh Straight Audit as Annual US Military Budget Nears $1 Trillion
Sen. Bernie Sanders has introduced legislation that would require the Pentagon to return a portion of its budget as a penalty for failing audits, but lawmakers from both parties have…
Israeli Scholar Lays Out ‘True Brutality’ of Ethnic Cleansing Now Underway in Gaza
"Such dehumanization cannot help but trigger our associations with scenes depicting the Nazis loading Jews into cattle cars."
‘This Is Workplace Democracy’: Strike Continues as Boeing Workers Reject Contract Offer
"We will continue to negotiate in good faith until we have made gains that workers feel adequately make up for what the company took from them in the past."
67% of Swing State Voters Think Corporate Power ‘One of the Biggest Problems Facing America’
"Strong antitrust enforcement is not just good policy; it's also good politics," said the president of the American Antitrust Institute.
‘Intolerable’: Global Outrage as Israeli Forces Fire on UN Peacekeepers in Lebanon
"Attacking U.N. personnel and property is a major violation of International Humanitarian Law," said the foreign minister of Indonesia.
Progressives Demand Federal Action Against Companies ‘Exploiting’ Hurricanes for Profit
"This egregious price-gouging hampers evacuations and undermines recovery efforts, while putting vulnerable residents in serious jeopardy."
‘An Act of Terror’: Israel Behind Pager Explosions That Killed 11, Wounded Thousands
"Each explosion constitutes an indiscriminate attack," argued Heidi Matthews, an associate professor at the Osgoode Hall Law School of York University.
Putin Warns of ‘Direct’ War as US Mulls Letting Ukraine Use Long-Range Western Missiles
"It is a question of deciding whether or not NATO countries are directly involved in a military conflict," said Russian President Vladimir Putin.
IDF Attacks Gazans Buying Bread as Netanyahu Tanks Cease-Fire Hopes
"The only appropriate course of action for the U.S. and other governments is to sanction and suspend weapons to Israel."
‘No,’ Kamala Harris Says to Withholding Arms From Israel
"Harris is saying she will reject 77% of Democrats, 61% of Americans, international law, domestic U.S. law, and basic humanity to continue the flow of weapons to Israel while it…