'We are now in that crisis because we are taking more than the resources we have' — This beauty brand became carbon negative within its first year of business. Here's how it achieved the milestone. 🌍
This deal is dangerous for our democracy. Billionaires like Elon Musk play by a different set of rules than everyone else, accumulating power for their own gain. We need a wealth tax and strong rules to hold Big Tech accountable.
Zuckerberg owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
Jeff Bezos owns the Washington Post.
Elon Musk owns Twitter.
When multi-billionaires take control of our most vital platforms for communication, it’s not a win for free speech. It’s a win for oligarchy.
During Tuesday’s lengthy City Council budget hearing, District Attorney Larry Krasner detailed his office’s struggles in retaining prosecutors and the “crushing” caseloads they face, and requested more than $600,000 in additional funding to stem the issue. https://t.co/UkBVg2l4PG
One billionaire—whose estimated net worth has gotten about 10 times larger since the start of the pandemic—is about to have the power to decide how millions of people can communicate with each other. It’s dangerous for our democracy to have so much power in so few hands.
Sickening to see the violence against Muslims celebrated in India. The widespread anti-Muslim rhetoric preys on fear and poisons people.
This propaganda is dangerous and nefarious because when you consider someone less than it's much easier to participate in their oppression.
The federal government bailed out the banks. Trump and the Republicans gave huge tax cuts to the wealthy. Congress is about to hand $10 billion to Jeff Bezos to go the moon. Yes, we can afford to cancel all student debt.
If you’re sick of Ron DeSantis putting Florida in the national headlines because of his anti-democratic controversies, I have a suggestion: vote him out!
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Workers pay: your taxes are automatically taken out of your paycheck
CEO pay: you'll get stock that you can hold tax-free that you can borrow against to get easy cash, and if you sell it, it's taxed at a lower rate
Guess who funds the people who write the tax code
I’ve been thinking more and more that newsrooms need to hold an all-staff meeting where they invite democracy experts & historians in & really do a massive reset of how we are covering what’s happening in our country right now. It’s not about partisanship but covering reality.
if corporations are "forced to raise prices" because of inflation how come they weren't forced to lower prices when they got $1.9 trillion in tax cuts?