The plant closure is a sad end to the high hopes of five years ago, when Daimler chose the Portland plant to make new electric versions of its Class 8 heavy truck and smaller box trucks.
That land is a body and must be nourished. That we cannot cut it into fundable pieces and expect the pieces to bleed separately. The Farm Bill is a health bill. It cannot be cut into pieces without harming land and people.
The National Priorities Project (NPP) at the Institute for Policy Studies has estimated the federal government plans to spend $268.9 billion to undertake mass deportations throughout the second Trump administration.
This summer’s fires are more than just a wake-up call. They are a five-alarm emergency alert. The least we can demand of our political leaders is that they stop dismantling the only tools we have to fight the incineration of our world.
It’s unfortunate that we must ask the question: What happens when a good bill meets a seemingly indifferent administration?
Climate indifference and the denialism currently in power in Washington are showing up in more diluted forms in Europe. We have seen it during these days of record-breaking temperatures.
Football’s governing body, FIFA, won’t even stand up for players, referees, and fans who are being harassed by the US authorities. It’s no surprise FIFA boss Gianni Infantino has also offered his services to help whitewash Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
There is a popular view that this is a pointless war, being fought for nothing. But that is wrong—there is a purpose. Actually, there are several. You’re just never told what they are.
Weather extremes are not natural. They are climate disasters. They the kind of catastrophes that Big Oil companies predicted their fossil fuel products would cause—at the same time that they were orchestrating fraudulent campaigns of climate denial..
Over the past year, Harvard University has systematically curtailed, suspended, or restructured every program with a serious focus on studying Palestinian rights. It’s abundantly clear that some views are not welcome on this campus.
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