YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Press A Button, Get A Human
Plus, natural gas projects lose steam, taxing millionaires nets billions, a financial app pays up, and customers wise up to corporate greed.
International
YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: StubHub Gets A Ticket To Court
Plus, Google takes a hit, an electric utility compensates wildfire victims, homeowners get thousands to use less energy, and Ohio touches grass.
The American Roots Of The World’s Right-Wing Nationalism
On Lever Time, journalist Zack Beauchamp explains how an anti-democratic tradition that began in the U.S. has spread to right-wing governments around the world.
YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Game On For Workers
Plus, cancer-causing chemicals might get banned, landlords can’t use tech to jack up rent, and climate-minded investors win a legal battle.
Taking The Climate Killers To Court
As deaths mount from extreme heat and other climate disasters, legal and scientific experts are joining forces on a bold new tactic: Charging polluters with homicide.
YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Good Things Are Yap-pening
Plus, it’s game over for noncompetes, farmers quit spraying around, people get a vote on progressive measures, and climate change measures score big bucks.
YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Your Phone Could Power Your Car
Plus, landlords finally face consequences, a polluter takes a record-breaking hit, and rural Americans plug in.
YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Batteries Are So Back
Plus, meddling homeowner associations are put in their place, retirees put up a good fight, and the left wins big across the pond.
YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Press Freedom Gets WikiLeaked
Plus, scam victims get their money back, disabled people won’t have to work nonexistent jobs, a Native American reservation breaks new ground, and California gets beaver fever.
Arms Dealers Shoot Down Accountability
The country’s top weapons manufacturers rejected shareholder motions to expose their emissions policies and human rights practices.