The Fight to Keep Arctic Oil In the Ground Heats Up In Norway, Part II

“They say they have the best technology in the world. It is false. Maybe they have PhDs, but they do not have real knowledge. They are playing with nature and physics, but do not understand its dangers,” says Annie Henriksen of the oil drillers in the Arctic.

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Yes, Half of Americans Are In Or Near Poverty: Here’s More Evidence

We still have our houses and cars, right? Maybe not. The poorest 50% of American adults had an average net worth of just $7,500 in 2016. A year earlier it was $9,000, but the richest 1% took it away.

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What the Flint Water Crisis Tells Us About America's Eroded Infrastructure

As the Trump administration and GOP leaders talk about more spending cuts and smaller government, realities like Flint become glaring reminders that government programs can make a difference when executed correctly.

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Betsy DeVos Is Being Sued By 17 States Over For-Profit College Rules

The states' attorneys general suing the Trump administration say the Education Department's refusal to enforce a regulation punishing predatory career programs "leaves students vulnerable to exploitation and fraud."

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Bernie Sanders: The Republican Budget Is a Gift to Billionaires – "It's Robin Hood in Reverse"

Donald Trump and Republican leaders claim their plan would provide a ‘big league’ tax cut for the middle class. Nothing could be further from the truth.

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Malta Car Bomb Kills Panama Papers Journalist

Daphne Caruana Galizia, a blogger whose investigations focused on corruption, was described as a "one-woman WikiLeaks."

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PG&E power lines linked to Wine Country fires

The spotlight has turned to PG&E, the giant San Francisco-based utility, raising questions about how well it maintained its equipment and whether it adequately cut back trees from power lines to reduce fire risk as required by state law.

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Fightback Begins Over Trump's "Illegal and Irresponsible" Clean Power Repeal

New York AG Eric Schneiderman said he'll sue the Trump administration to prevent its “irresponsible and illegal efforts to turn back the clock on public health,” and more than a dozen states stand behind him. So do Apple, Amazon, Google and others.

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No-Fault Crash: A New Book Explains How Financial Big-Wigs Skated after the Subprime Disaster

As Jesse Eisinger writes in his new book, the Justice Department “has lost the will and indeed the ability to go after highest-ranking corporate wrongdoers.”

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House GOP Passes Budget That 'Should Not Be Allowed in a Humane Society'

By passing their budget blueprint, Republicans have taken "the first step toward an immoral tax scheme that will hand trillions of dollars to millionaires and corporations."

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