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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…
Oil

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…
Sinema

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…
Amazon heat

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…
United Airlines

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…
Amazon insider

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…
Medical Debt

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…
Jennifer Rourke

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…

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…
Cholula

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…

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…
Dollar General Prices

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…