Since Dolly Parton died on 25 August at the age of 80, tributes have poured in from across the world. Her music has filled radio stations and social media feeds, while politicians and celebrities have praised her talent, warmth and…
US News and Culture
The US has overtaken China in the construction of new gas-fired power generation as its technology monopolies scramble to build the infrastructure needed for artificial intelligence. According to a new report from Global Energy Monitor, the US is now building…
Cheap groceries from dollar stores come with a hidden cost for the working class. New research from the University of California, Riverside has linked greater reliance on dollar-store food with higher rates of obesity, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and…
The Buffalo Bills played their first preseason game at the new Highmark Stadium on Saturday. Season ticketholders got an early look during an open practice last week, and many didn’t like what they saw. Photos shared on social media showed…
A U.S. appeals court this week upheld a preliminary injunction won by Gilead Sciences against several alternative funding programs, or AFPs, and related businesses accused of importing medicines through unauthorized foreign channels. Patient advocacy groups say the decision could force…
A 22-year-old bagel shop worker has overturned a Republican seat on Tennessee’s Rutherford County Commission after campaigning on the material problems facing working people: rising rent, stagnant wages, pollution and the growing power demands of corporate data centres. Brendan Doughtie…
More Americans are falling behind on their mortgages and car loans than at any point in the past decade, even as Wall Street celebrates economic growth and an artificial-intelligence stock boom. This is what capitalist expansion looks like from below:…
Beneath the manufactured culture wars and other artificial divides, millions of working people share the same basic concern: they can’t afford a decent life. A survey of more than 30,000 adults conducted by the McKinsey Institute for Economic Mobility and…
The Trump administration has agreed to pay German energy giant RWE $1.2bn (£892m) to abandon its US offshore wind projects, freeing the company to redirect the money into fossil fuel expansion. RWE will surrender leases off the coasts of California…
The United States has added more than 40 Chinese entities to its so-called “Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act Entity List”, extending its campaign of economic warfare against China under the familiar cover of concern for human rights. China’s Ministry of…