All Views Articles for 2019-05-31

Friday, May 31, 2019
"I suppose you and I think the rich are going to sit quiet and—what’s the phrase—accept the verdict of the people? Like hell they are."(Photo: Sean Gallup/Getty Images) Laura Flanders
Reporter in Spain
"In the twentieth century, it was monarchy that was crashing. Today, it’s the rule of capital."
Read more
The UN report calls on policymakers to take immediate concrete action to protect nature—sustainable agricultural practices, equitable water management, renewable energy sources and more. (Photo: The Ocean Agency/XL Catlin Seaview Survey/Richard Vevers) Janine Jackson
A Million Extinctions Eclipsed By One Royal Grandbaby
It’s beyond shameful that among the obstacles such crucial efforts face, corporate media’s disinterest looms large
Read more
There’s no room in the Facebook culture for depression or for exposing the reality of our insanely difficult lives in our insanely corrupt and unforgiving society. (Photo by Chesnot/Getty Images) Kristine Mattis
Fantasy and Fatality in the Facebook Era
A lamentation for my Father
Read more
The Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act would force employers to the bargaining table if the union has the support of a majority of employees and the employer interferes with the union election. (Photo: J. Scott Applewhite/AP) Alan Barber, Liz Watson
U.S. Workers Are Standing Up for Their Rights. A New Law Would Back Them Up.
The PRO Act would make it easier to form unions and force employers to pay a price for violating worker rights
Read more
Alan Zibel
Ocasio-Cortez and Ted Cruz Agree: The Revolving Door Between Congress and Washington's Lobby Industry Has Got to Go
No lawmaker should be cashing in on their public service and selling their contacts and expertise to the highest bidder
Read more
In return for footing this bill, the citizens of Ohio stand to gain obsolete burners that doom their state to dirty air, above-market electric rates, and radioactive danger. (Photo: GuenterRuopp) Harvey Wasserman
Ohio Stumbles, With a Team Trump Nudge, Toward Nuclear and Coal
Defying all laws of competitive economics, climate change, and technological progress, the state House has voted in a ratepayer-funded bailout for two aging nuclear power plants
Read more
Somali refugees at the Dadaab refugee camp (Photo: Shutterstock) Bill Frelick
Trump’s Policies Are Harming Refugees Worldwide
His administration’s near-ban on refugee admissions is having a destructive domino effect in front-line countries
Read more
Plastic pollution on a beach in San Juan, Puerto Rico, April 3, 2018. Sonali Kolhatkar
Plastic Is Just as Destructive to the Climate as Oil and Gas
Manufacturers churn out 448 million tons of plastic a year
Read more