Agents of Behemoth

Vast sums provide power to ‘buy every politician’ and delay action on climate crisis, says expert

Calls for reform include increasing benefits in line with cost of living as employers provide fewer retirement pensions

Local bosses took pay cuts when the pandemic started. One year later, it's a different story.

A new report entitled “The Big Con” claims to show how some of the world’s biggest polluters have worked to shape climate policy in their own interests.

Perhaps more than any other politician, Mitch McConnell has both vigorously defended and benefited from big money in politics.

A bill that would have allowed California cities and counties to pursue taxes on sugary drinks was shelved. Advocates blame the clout of the soft drink industry.

Last week’s mass-shootings in Atlanta were shocking and tragic — yet this kind of horror is not new. The 1871 massacre of 19 Chinese Americans in Los Angeles reminds us that anti-Asian violence is deeply rooted in American culture.

Major climate polluters are spending hundreds of millions of dollars on sports sponsorship to obfuscate their role in perpetrating the climate crisis, the Guardian reports.

My son, if sinners entice you, do not consent. - Proverbs 1:10 (ESV)

The Line 3 route traverses land that Native American pipeline opponents say is protected by US treaties with Ojibwe nations

Agribusiness executives and government policymakers often praise the U.S. food system for producing abundant and affordable food. However, food costs are rising, and shoppers in many parts of the U.S. have limited access to fresh, healthy products. Corporate consolidation of the food system in the U.S. is making food less available or affordable.

According to the former president, Americans are now experiencing “a complete subversion of our political system as a payoff to major contributors.”

The heat was so intense in the Pacific Northwest earlier this week that roads and highways started to buckle. Schools shut down as teachers feared for children’s health. Restaurants, bars and stores closed their doors out of concern for their employees’ well-being. 

Republican lawmakers are advancing bills that would reduce Michigan’s corporate income tax rate by 20 percent and create tax credits for businesses that lost at least a quarter of their revenue during COVID-19 restrictions. 

Some of the nation's richest hospitals recorded millions in surplus while patients have been sued for medical debt.

The world's 60 biggest banks have provided $3.8 trillion to fossil fuel companies since the Paris climate agreement in 2016, according to a new report.

The very top sliver of high-income Americans may underreport their income at levels far beyond what was suggested by prior IRS research, according to a new paper.

Our system subsidizes the "generous" donations of billionaires in the form of lost tax revenue.

"I grilled a Big Pharma CEO about the skyrocketing costs of prescription drugs. My questioning focused on how his company spent more money on stock buybacks, which enrich shareholders and executives, than on research and development that save lives." - Rep. Katie Porter (D-CA)