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3 weeks ago | 
levernews.com | Sam Pollak
Good things are happening! Thousands are turning out to fight corporate power, unexpected states embrace child tax credits, the high court protects the press, and death penalties get challenged in Republican states.
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1 month ago | 
levernews.com | Sam Pollak
Good things are happening! Thousands of federal workers head back to work, two red states are ahead of the clean energy curve, a judge shields climate grants, and all 50 states push for the right to own your stuff. President Donald Trump’s administration said in court filings that it is working to rehire nearly 25,000 fired federal workers at 18 different agencies after federal judges in California and Maryland ruled their terminations were illegal.
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1 month ago | 
levernews.com | Sam Pollak
Good things are happening! Trump goes surprisingly antitrust on Google, the high court lets states fight about the climate, medical research can’t be stopped, and a carbon capture pipeline gets captured. When it comes to antitrust enforcement, there are some signs that President Donald Trump’s administration isn’t entirely abandoning President Joe Biden’s mission.
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1 month ago | 
levernews.com | Sam Pollak
Good things are happening! Trump is told to pony up the cold cash, vital care for youth moves forward, tycoons get taxed for the “missing middle,” and water gets revolutionized in the desert. President Donald Trump’s attempts to swat trillions in federal funding away from state projects he doesn’t like have been stalled in court, and some states say that they are starting to see money trickle in again. In Pennsylvania, over $2 billion for clean energy initiatives are being restored.
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1 month ago | 
truthout.org | Sam Pollak
This article was originally published by The Lever, an investigative newsroom. If you like this story, sign up for The Lever’s free newsletter. When a private equity giant bought California-based grocery chain Cardenas Markets in 2022, grocery workers like Maria Vargas saw their hours slashed. “I can’t cover my expenses anymore,” said Vargas, who, like almost a third of all renters in the country, spends more than half her paycheck on rent.
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1 month ago | 
jacobin.com | Sam Pollak
When a private equity giant bought California-based grocery chain Cardenas Markets in 2022, grocery workers like Maria Vargas saw their hours slashed. “I can’t cover my expenses anymore,” said Vargas, who, like almost a third of all renters in the country, spends more than half her paycheck on rent. When Vargas asked her employer for more hours or better wages, she was told the company couldn’t afford it.
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1 month ago | 
levernews.com | Sam Pollak
When a private equity giant bought California-based grocery chain Cardenas Markets in 2022, grocery workers like Maria Vargas saw their hours slashed. “I can’t cover my expenses anymore,” said Vargas, who, like almost a third of all renters in the country, spends more than half her paycheck on rent. When Vargas asked her employer for more hours or better wages, she was told the company couldn’t afford it.
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1 month ago | 
levernews.com | Sam Pollak
Good things are happening! A microplastics warrior emerges from your kitchen, congestion pricing scores big in the Big Apple, the Supreme Court pushes back anti-abortion activists, and clean energy loans could fill a housing shortage. A new study found that an apple a day really can keep the doctor away.
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1 month ago | 
provincetownindependent.org | Sam Pollak
Helen Louise Schmidt Haunstrup, who for almost 50 years provided warmth, nourishment, and “preternatural calm” at Napi’s Restaurant, died peacefully in her sleep on Jan. 29 near Louisville, Ky. after a 10-year battle with Alzheimer’s disease. She was 84. Known as the unflappable and big-hearted other half of the cantankerous Anton “Napi” Van Dereck Haunstrup, Helen was a teacher, restaurateur, animal lover, adventurer, and friend to many in Provincetown.
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2 months ago | 
levernews.com | Sam Pollak
Good things are happening! An Indigenous rights activist walks free, a gun-loving state holsters its most dangerous weapons, abortion care resumes where it should have never stopped, and shoppers abandon corporate sycophants. After nearly 50 years in federal prison, the 80-year-old Native American rights activist Leonard Peltier walked free on Feb. 18 after former President Joe Biden commuted his sentence in January. “Today I am finally free,” Peltier said after his release.
