Over 1,100 “Hands Off!” protests, demonstrations, and meetings are planned in across all 50 states this Saturday in what organizers say are a response to the massive firing of the federal workforce overseen by Trump adviser and Tesla CEO Elon Musk. “Donald Trump and Elon Musk think this country belongs…
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Richest Americans Now Pay Less Tax Than Working Class in Historical First
America’s richest are paying less tax than working-class people in a historical first. Data published by The New York Times shows that America’s top billionaires are now paying less taxes than they have for decades. In the 1960s, the 400 richest Americans paid more than half of their income in…
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Coca-Cola, PepsiCo are the largest known contributors of branded plastic waste, study finds
Coca-Cola and PepsiCo have been identified as the top two contributors to global plastic pollution, according to a new study published in the journal Science Advances. Every year, companies produce more than 400 million metric tons of plastic, a portion of which ends up clogging waterways or beaches or breaks down into…
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Prison Phone Companies Worked to Ban In-Person Visits to Increase Profits, According to New Lawsuit
Prison phone companies and county governments in Michigan’s St. Clair and Genesee counties engaged in a “quid pro quo kickback scheme” that ended in-person prison visit at prisons, according to two new lawsuits. The lawsuits, filed by a non-profit called The Civil Rights Corps, allege that the elimination of in-person…