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ExxonMobil Lobbyist on Playbook for Plastic: “It’s Just Like on Climate Change”
In new secretly recorded conversations, a top ExxonMobil lobbyist explains the company's strategy to avoid accountability for plastic pollution and "forever chemicals" known as PFAS
House Dems Call on McCarthy to Address Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Behavior: ‘Her Actions Could Lead to Violence’
"We are extremely concerned that [Marjorie Taylor Greene's]... actions could lead to violence against members of Congress," nearly 40 House Democrats said in a letter to the GOP House minority leader
Trump Organization Charged With ‘Sweeping and Audacious’ Federal Tax Fraud Scheme
Trump's company and the company's longtime CFO, Allen Weisselberg, were charged with 15 counts of various financial crimes in a Manhattan court on Thursday
Exxon Mounts Feeble Walkback After Lobbyist Caught on Camera Telling Truth About Anti-Climate Agenda
The oil giant would like you to know that statements from its "Senior Director for Federal Relations" in no way represent its position on federal climate policy
Republicans Can’t Stop Congress from Investigating the 1/6 Insurrection, But They’re Trying to Every Way They Can
Democrats have created a House panel to examine to examine the attack on the Capitol, but Republicans are determined to turn it into a debacle
More People Are Getting Guns Without FBI Background Checks, Study Says
The FBI's background check process has been overwhelmed as Americans buy firearms at record rates
Iraq War Architect Donald Rumsfeld Dead at 88
As George W. Bush's secretary of defense, Rumsfeld was also complicit in America's embrace of torture after 9/11
Biden Administration to Create Nonbinary Designation for Passports
The State Department is working to create a new "gender marker for nonbinary, intersex, and gender nonconforming persons"
Your City Is Probably More Segregated Than It Was in 1990, New Study Shows
Segregation’s hold on the country has led to Black and Latino communities’ disproportionate exposure to environmental pollutants
I Moved to Portland Because It Seemed Like a Safe Bet in the Face of Climate Change. I Was Naive
A dispatch from under the heat dome that shattered temperature records in the Pacific Northwest
A Florida Free Speech Professor Discusses Ron DeSantis’ Assault on the First Amendment
The MAGA-friendly governor just signed a bill mandating students and faculty at Florida's public universities be surveyed on their beliefs. What does it mean for the future of free speech?
Puerto Rico Gets Much-Needed $4 Billion in Pandemic Funds for Education
“The students of Puerto Rico have suffered enough. It’s time to get back to school safely and quickly," said Education Secretary Miguel Cardona