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Chlorine Bleach Plants Needlessly Endanger 63 Million Americans
Economics and Politics | Sep 21 2016 13:0123
Report: 100 CEOs have as much in retirement assets as 41% of American families
Politics | Sep 21 2016 13:0122
UPDATE: Freedom Industries Executives Plead Guilty to Criminal Charges for West Virginia Chemical Leak
Politics | Sep 21 2016 13:0132
Chlorine Bleach Plants Needlessly Endanger 63 Million Americans
Economics and Politics | Aug 23 2016 17:0134
New Report, Interactive Map Show that People of Color and the Poor Are More Likely to Live Near Chemical Hazards
Economics and Politics | Aug 23 2016 17:0127
Report: 100 CEOs have as much in retirement assets as 41% of American families
Politics | Aug 23 2016 17:0123
New Report Finds Chemical Industry Is “Blowing Smoke” When It Claims Self-Regulation Works
Politics | Aug 23 2016 17:0124
UPDATE: Freedom Industries Executives Plead Guilty to Criminal Charges for West Virginia Chemical Leak
Politics | Aug 23 2016 17:0133
Two Years After Deadly West, Texas Explosion, New Interactive Map and Report Identify Widespread Chemical Risks to Residents, First Responders
Politics | Aug 23 2016 17:0123
Chlorine Bleach Plants Needlessly Endanger 63 Million Americans
Economics and Politics | Feb 04 2016 10:0133
New Report, Interactive Map Show that People of Color and the Poor Are More Likely to Live Near Chemical Hazards
Economics and Politics | Jan 21 2016 08:0222
What the GOP’s Putting Under Corporate America’s Tree
Economics and Politics | Dec 09 2015 10:3959
Warren Bill Would Give Seniors a Raise; the SAVE Benefits Act Takes a Stand Against Inequality
Economics and Politics | Nov 09 2015 09:2330
EPA Tackles Highly Toxic Pesticide in Major Advance for Farming Areas in the U.S.
Economics and Politics | Nov 05 2015 08:0124
Report: 100 CEOs have as much in retirement assets as 41% of American families
Politics | Oct 27 2015 21:0128
EPA to Propose Rule Requiring Hundreds of Natural Gas Processing Plants to Start Reporting Toxic Pollution
Economics and Politics | Oct 27 2015 08:2322
IRS Calls on Coca-Cola to Pay Up
Economics and Politics | Oct 26 2015 07:3224
Teflon in Your Makeup? Yes – and It’s Perfectly Legal.
Economics and Politics | Oct 23 2015 11:2357
New Report Finds Chemical Industry Is “Blowing Smoke” When It Claims Self-Regulation Works
Politics | Oct 21 2015 21:4337
A 300-Foot High Fireball from an Exploding Bakken Oil Train: When Will New Rail Safety Standards Be Approved?
Economics and Politics | Oct 09 2015 10:2523
Creating a Monster? Proposed Monsanto Merger with Swiss Chemical Giant Raises Troubling Questions
Economics and Politics | Aug 21 2015 07:4124
UPDATE: Freedom Industries Executives Plead Guilty to Criminal Charges for West Virginia Chemical Leak
Politics | Aug 19 2015 11:4324
Five Laws That Made America a Better Place: What Congress Accomplished in 1965 Puts Today’s Lawmakers to Shame.
Economics and Politics | Aug 18 2015 13:0934
Recent Industrial Accidents in China and United States Underscore the Need for Urgent Action on Chemical Facility Safety
Economics and Politics | Aug 17 2015 13:0125
Debunking the Texas Miracle
Economics and Politics | Aug 11 2015 06:4929
The $13 Billion Bottled Water Industry vs. the National Park Service...and American Hikers, Campers, Hunters, and Nature-Lovers
Economics and Politics | Aug 03 2015 11:0237
Pennsylvania Residents Near Fracking Sites Report Health Problems
Economics and Politics | Jul 20 2015 18:5036
New Trade Agreements Will Offshore Even More American Jobs While Unemployed Continue to Suffer
Economics and Politics | Jun 23 2015 08:2430
Map Displays Five Years of Oil Pipeline Spills
Economics and Politics | Jun 22 2015 07:0144
I Am Suffocating Under a Pile of Student Loan Debt
Economics and Politics | Jun 16 2015 09:0946
Fracking and Water: It’s about more than Contamination
Economics and Politics | Jun 15 2015 13:0172
"No" to Fast Track – Secret, Undemocratic Trade Deals Are Not About Trade
Economics and Politics | Jun 03 2015 09:1031
Subsidizing the Idle Rich While Poor Kids Go Hungry
Economics and Politics | May 16 2015 07:1726
UPDATE: A Seedy Deal for Americans? Monsanto in Deal Talks with Chemical Giant Syngenta
Economics and Politics | May 07 2015 14:0945
Ten Years after Toxic Chemical Settlement, DuPont Failing to Keep Its Promises
Economics and Politics | May 07 2015 08:4128
Public Service Recognition Week
Economics and Politics | May 06 2015 13:0223
A Seedy Deal for Americans? Monsanto in Deal Talks with Chemical Giant Syngenta
Economics and Politics | May 04 2015 13:0927
If You Thought Corporate Personhood Was Bad, Wait Until You See Corporate Nationhood in the New Trade Treaty
Economics and Politics | Apr 30 2015 11:1322
Toxic Chemical Plagues Cleanup Crews Five Years after BP Oil Spill Disaster
Economics and Politics | Apr 20 2015 14:2545
Two Years After Deadly West, Texas Explosion, New Interactive Map and Report Identify Widespread Chemical Risks to Residents, First Responders
Politics | Apr 15 2015 21:0125
General Electric Restructuring Surprise: Company to Pay 20 Times More in Taxes Than It Paid in the Last Decade
Economics and Politics | Apr 14 2015 07:0123
FDA’s Insufficient Response to Antibiotics in Food Animals
Economics and Politics | Mar 30 2015 15:0132
UPDATE: President Vetoes Keystone XL Pipeline Bill
Economics and Politics | Feb 25 2015 08:44131
What Are We Doing to Our Children's Brains?
Economics and Politics | Feb 17 2015 11:0928
Campaign Urges Dollar Stores to Stop Selling Toxic Products
Economics and Politics | Feb 05 2015 10:0153
President's Revenue Plan Rewards Tax Dodgers
Economics and Politics | Feb 02 2015 16:2922
Wyoming to Strengthen Fracking Chemical Disclosure in Response to Citizen Pressure
Politics | Jan 26 2015 12:4323
UPDATED: Three Reasons the REINS Act Must Be Stopped (Again)
Economics and Politics | Jan 23 2015 08:4922
Yellowstone River Spill Shows the Risks of Keystone to Public Health and Natural Resources
Economics and Politics | Jan 22 2015 10:0123
114th Congress Begins Attack on Public Protections with So-Called Regulatory Accountability Act
Economics and Politics | Jan 12 2015 10:0221
Beef Industry Groups Meet to Discuss Sustainability but Leave with a Marketing Plan
Economics and Politics | Dec 19 2014 08:4934
Congress’s Latest Stealth Attack on EPA Standards – Restrict Expert Scientific Advice
Economics and Politics | Dec 09 2014 08:4522
400 Richest Americans Paid Same Effective Tax Rate as a Family Earning $105,000
Economics and Politics | Dec 02 2014 10:1728
Mapping DuPont's Deadly Chemical Leak
Economics and Politics | Nov 18 2014 15:2526
Here’s the First Company to Ever Disclose CEO-to-Worker Pay Ratio While Citing the Dodd-Frank Provision
Economics and Politics | Nov 17 2014 13:1528
New Interactive Maps Show Chemical Risks in Legislative Districts
Economics and Politics | Oct 27 2014 13:4440
End of the "Double Irish" Scheme Could Take a Bite Out of Apple's Tax Avoidance
Economics and Politics | Oct 22 2014 09:1229
The Tragic Recurrence of Debilitating Black Lung Disease
Economics and Politics | Oct 21 2014 07:3421
Public School Enrollment Has Grown, Funding Has Declined. Here’s Why That Matters.
Economics and Politics | Oct 21 2014 07:3240
The Need for Speed: $15 Billion Cost of Foodborne Illness Underscores Urgent FDA Action
Economics and Politics | Oct 16 2014 11:1921
Kids in Danger Zones: One in Three Schoolchildren Face Risk of Chemical Catastrophe
Politics | Sep 30 2014 22:0022
House Majority’s Last-Ditch Effort to Undermine Public Protections, Award Corporate Giveaways
Economics and Politics | Sep 15 2014 07:1924
32 Firms That Renounced America Paid CEOs $439 Million Last Year
Economics and Politics | Sep 08 2014 06:4477
World Health Organization: Public Health Rules Needed to Curb E-Cigarette Risks
Economics and Politics | Sep 02 2014 10:1631
Burning Money: Natural Gas Flaring Costs Millions in Lost Revenue
Economics and Politics | Aug 28 2014 11:2732
Renters in Foreclosed Properties Could Be Left Out in the Cold
Economics and Politics | Aug 27 2014 09:1853
Replacing Toxic Chemicals in Consumer Products: Out of the Frying Pan and into the Fire?
Economics and Politics | Aug 18 2014 13:5622
20 Tax Dodgers: $240 Million for CEOs, Big Loss for the American People
Economics and Politics | Aug 17 2014 10:4125
Three and a Half Decades after Ban, PCBs Still Detected in Consumer Products
Economics and Politics | Aug 15 2014 13:5327
Unemployment Benefits Keep Families in their Homes
Economics and Politics | Aug 08 2014 07:5124
Billions of Dollars Missing From Government Spending Website
Economics and Politics | Aug 06 2014 12:0323
Bill Would Eliminate Child Tax Credit for Many Low-Income Families in 2018
Economics and Politics | Aug 04 2014 12:2349
The Unemployed: We Need Action, Not Excuses
Politics | Jul 30 2014 07:4486
The Truth in Settlements Act: A Good First Step toward Ending the Tax Deduction for Corporate Fines and Settlements
Economics and Politics | Jul 29 2014 13:1122
We Can Fix This. We've Done It Before. Re-imagining Government
Economics and Politics | Jul 23 2014 13:0033
Corporate Inversions: A “Get Out of Taxes Free” Card
Economics and Politics | Jul 21 2014 14:1222
Lifting the Ban on Crude Oil Exports Troubling in Light of Recent Rail Catastrophes
Economics and Politics | Jul 21 2014 09:5427
Highway Trust Fund Temporarily Saved, Unemployed Still Waiting on EUC
Economics and Politics | Jul 18 2014 15:1338
Yet Another Chemical Plant Fire in Texas Underscores the Importance of Disclosure
Economics and Politics | Jul 11 2014 12:1155
DOT Allows Many Truckers Delivering Fireworks for 4th of July to Extend Work Hours
Economics and Politics | Jul 09 2014 14:0822
The IRS Isn't the Only Agency with an E-mail Problem
Economics and Politics | Jul 08 2014 09:0222
EPA Addresses Misinformation Surrounding Proposed “Waters of the U.S.” Rule
Economics and Politics | Jul 07 2014 13:2227
Bipartisan Unemployment Benefits Bills in Both Houses
Economics and Politics | Jul 02 2014 13:3532
What is this Country about Anymore?
Economics and Politics | Jul 02 2014 07:5325
To Fix Our Roads, We Need to Repair the Potholes in the Budget
Economics and Politics | Jun 24 2014 07:0825
Massive Fracking on Federal Lands Overwhelms Critical Inspections
Economics and Politics | Jun 19 2014 15:5623
Happy Juneteenth!
Economics and Politics | Jun 19 2014 12:2021
The Biggest Change to Social Security You've Never Heard About
Economics and Politics | Jun 19 2014 09:4285
Not a Game: Women and Families Hit Hard by Long-Term Unemployment
Economics and Politics | Jun 19 2014 07:0149
Estate Tax Gutted by Loopholes
Economics and Politics | Jun 17 2014 19:4130
Illinois Bans Microbeads in Consumer Products
Economics and Politics | Jun 12 2014 09:0932
Witness Wednesdays: Stories of the Long-Term Unemployed to Be Read on Capitol Hill
Economics and Politics | Jun 10 2014 15:5437
After a Year of Wrangling, Congress Finally Passes a Dam Bill
Economics and Politics | Jun 09 2014 10:0425
Stories of Families Hurt by Unemployment Benefits Expiration to be Shared at “Voices” Events
Economics and Politics | Jun 04 2014 12:2753
$3 Million Awarded to Texas Family Harmed by Fracking Toxins
Economics and Politics | Jun 03 2014 02:5021
Six Months after Emergency Unemployment Benefits Expired, 2.9 Million Americans Left Behind
Economics and Politics | Jun 03 2014 02:50258
DATA Act Becomes Law, Increased Transparency on Federal Spending to Follow
Politics | May 20 2014 07:1029
New Report Documents Black and Latino Communities at Higher Risk for Chemical Catastrophe
Politics | May 01 2014 10:1224
Stories of Americans Cut Off of Emergency Unemployment Compensation
Politics | Apr 22 2014 07:0690
Interactive Map: Students, Others at Risk from Hazardous Chemical Facilities
Economics and Politics | Apr 17 2014 11:32156
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