Firms That Once Called Themselves “Sustainable” Are Now “Greenhushing”
2h By Kiley PriceThis story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. For years, eagle-eyed environmentalists have called out banks and consumer businesses—from Barclays to fashion brand ASOS—for…Trump Can’t Afford to Post Bond in His Fraud Case
Mon 5:15pm By Russ ChomaLawyers for Donald Trump asked a state appeals court to put a stay on New York Attorney General Letitia James’ right to collect roughly $450 million in damages from the former president. Trump was found liable for defrauding insurance companies and banks by…If Trump Wants to Curb Medicare Fraud, Why Did He Free This Fraudster From Prison?
Mon 4:52pm By Michael MechanicIn a piece over the weekend, Washington Post reporters Amy Wang and Azi Paybarah pointed out that Donald Trump—who lately has been talking, like so many politicians before him, about targeting waste and fraud in Social Security and Medicare—granted…Trump Considers Adding Paul Manafort—a “Grave Counterintelligence Threat”—to His Campaign
Mon 3:06pm By David CornFrom the Nothing Matters News Desk comes this report: Donald Trump is considering bringing back Paul Manafort as a top campaign adviser. In any time other than the Trump era, this might be shocking. Manafort is a disgraced political operator and lobbyist who…This Is a “Solvable” Crisis: Denver’s Mayor on How the City Is Handling Migrant Arrivals
Mon 12:30pm By Isabela DiasOn his first day in office in the summer of 2023, Denver Mayor Mike Johnston declared a state of emergency to combat homelessness. He activated the city’s emergency operations center, aiming to place 1,000 people into transitional housing by the end of the…Oakland’s Progressive DA Just Wants to Do Her Job. In an Age of Recalls, That Job Is Changing.
Mon 6:00am By Samantha MichaelsAlmost as soon as I get into the car, District Attorney Pamela Price makes it clear that she doesn’t want to talk to me, or at the very least she doesn’t have time to. “I have to get some stuff done,” she says politely, picking up her phone to dial a…Biden Promised Not to Finance Fossil Fuels. So Why Is the US Backing a Huge Gas Project?
Mon 6:00am By Russ ChomaAt a Glasgow climate summit in 2021, the Biden administration offered a commitment to the world: The United States would stop the public financing of oil and gas projects. There would be no more American tax dollars for new natural gas pipelines or wells, the…Fires Imperil the Future of the Amazon Rainforest
Mon 6:00am By Quentin SepterThis story was originally published by Wired and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The Amazon Rainforest is on fire. Or much of it, at least. On February 28, Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research announced that 2,940…What the Fani Willis Ruling Says About the Criminal Justice System
Sun 5:18pm By Jeremy SchulmanMuch has already been written about Judge Scott McAfee’s ruling Friday allowing Fani Willis, the Fulton County district attorney, to continue overseeing the prosecution of Donald Trump and his co-defendants for allegedly conspiring to steal the 2020 election…Russians Found a Different Way to Make Their Votes Matter
Sun 12:09pm By Ari BermanVladimir Putin’s fifth term as Russian president is guaranteed. Opposition leaders have been imprisoned, exiled, and killed. Criticism of Putin and the war in Ukraine has been outlawed. Only rubber-stamped candidates appear on the ballot. Russia’s…
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