Category: Article
Oil Companies Are Delivering Record Returns For Wall Street. That Could Be Good News For Climate Change.
ExxonMobil and Chevron delivered record-shattering profits last quarter, returns that financial news outlet Bloomberg described as ”almost comically huge.” Exxon, the world’s largest non-state energy…
August 18, 2022
Sinema More Than Doubled Private Equity Fundraising Before Killing Carried Interest Provision
By Donald Shaw, Sludge Arizona Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s fundraising from the private equity and hedge fund industries has been on a dramatic rise so…
August 11, 2022
Photos Reveal Amazon Workers In Scorching 145° Trailers
Amazon workers at a Tennessee warehouse say they’re regularly required to work full 10-hour shifts inside dangerously overheated trailers, whose temperatures soar as high as…
August 9, 2022
Despite Record Revenue, Airlines Set to Slash Flights to Smaller Cities
Major U.S. airlines have signaled to investors that they intend to maintain profit margins by cutting America’s already depleted regional air network, which connects smaller…
August 5, 2022
Here’s How Amazon Is Strangling Small Businesses
When asked about the American Innovation and Choice Online Act three months ago, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer reaffirmed his commitment to the sweeping tech…
August 2, 2022
A Measure to Crack Down on Predatory Medical Debt Collection Is on the Verge of Making the Ballot in Arizona
Liz Gorski was a 15-year-old in Prescott, Arizona, when she was in a car accident that changed her life, and trapped her in a cycle…
July 27, 2022
Democratic Leaders Helped a Blackface-Wearing Conservative Run Against a Progressive Black Woman in Rhode Island
Jennifer Rourke, a candidate for Rhode Island State Senate, was violently attacked by her Republican opponent last month after giving a speech at an abortion…
July 26, 2022
AT&T and Verizon Raised Prices in Lockstep, Looking To Make Billions
In June, America’s two largest wireless providers raised monthly prices on some older plans by $6-$12, a move estimated to generate billions of dollars in…
July 26, 2022
The Largest U.S. Spice Company Is Raising Prices in America – But Not China
McCormick & Co., the world’s largest spice and seasoning company, is looking to recover losses from inflation by raising prices for American consumers, but not…
July 22, 2022
Starbucks Scatters, Abandons Union Workers With More Store Closings
by Jordan Zakarin Starbucks is closing 16 stores throughout the country, including two stores with unionized workforces and another awaiting election results. The company cited…
July 12, 2022
Dollar General Claims It’s A Discount Store. It’s Not.
By Eric Gardner Dollar General, a titan of American retail, says its brand "stands for low prices." True, the chain pays its workers industry-low wages…
July 8, 2022
Starbucks Fires Union Leader for Being Late Once in Her Five Years on the Job
by Jordan Zakarin Less than a week after her store in Buffalo won its union election, Starbucks has fired lead union organizer Victoria Conklin in…
June 27, 2022
