Jessica Corbett

Sanders: Paradise Papers Expose ‘Rapid Movement Toward International Oligarchy’

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) says the trove of documents “shows how these billionaires and multinational corporations get richer by hiding their wealth and profits and avoid paying their fair share of taxes.”

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Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., waves during a campaign rally at Grand View University, on Sunday, Jan. 31, 2016, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

The major issue of our time is the rapid movement toward international oligarchy, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) declared in a statement to the Guardian on Monday, which noted that "Sanders' intervention in the debate sparked by the Paradise Papers marks the most prominent political response to the leak in their opening 24 hours." Decrying a world

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Why George Papadopoulos’ Guilty Plea Is Very Bad News For The White House

George Papadopoulos, a 30-year-old former foreign policy adviser who is believed to be cooperating with Mueller, was arrested in July and entered a guilty plea on Oct. 5.

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George Papadopoulos, a former adviser for President Donald Trump's campaign, pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI during its investigation into allegations that the campaign colluded with the Russian government. (Photo: LinkedIn)

On Monday, special counsel Robert Mueller, who is leading the ongoing probe into allegations that President Donald Trump’s campaign colluded with the Russian government to influence the 2016 presidential election, unsealed documents revealing a campaign adviser admitted to lying to the FBI about his contact with Kremlin-connected

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‘Alarm Bells Ringing’: Global CO2 Levels Highest In 3 Million Years

Ahead of UN climate talks, a report warns of “severe ecological and economic disruptions” without more drastic moves to cut emissions.

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Boaters pass through a channel as the sun set behind wind mills and an oil refinery, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014, in Corpus Christi, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Ahead of the COP23 climate negotiations in Bonn, Germany next week, an annual bulletin released on Monday revealed that last year, the average global concentration of carbon dioxide surged at a record-breaking pace to the highest level in approximately 3 million years, renewing scientists' concerns that more action is needed to reduce greenhouse

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Outrage After Immigration Authorities Detain 10-Year-Old With Cerebral Palsy Directly From Surgery

Rosamaria Hernandez is recovering in federal custody after her ambulance was stopped by border patrol agents in Texas.

Jessica Corbett
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Rosamaria Hernandez, an undocumented 10-year-old with cerebral palsy, is in federal custody after federal agents stopped an ambluance that taking her to a hospital for emergency surgery. (Photo: The Independent/courtesty of family)

Morally bankrupt & unspeakably cruel. "Ruthless & relentless." "Disgusting." "Trump's deportation force in action." This was just a sampling of the outraged reactions after reports revealed a 10-year-old with cerebral palsy, who came to the United States when she was just three months old, is at risk for deportation after her immigration

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Sworn EPA Enemies Now One Step From Heading Key Agency Offices

“All four have condemned the very existence of the EPA and want to weaken it beyond recognition, threatening the EPA’s mission to protect our clean air and water.”

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William Wehrum appears before the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works to testify on his nomination as the assistant administrator for the Office of Air and Regulation at the Environmental Protection Agency on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., Oct. 4, 2017.

The U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on Wednesday advanced the nominations of four potential assistant administrators for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), raising concerns among conservationists and Democratic lawmakers who worry the candidates' connections to various industries will further endanger regulations that

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Report: Without Taxpayer Subsidies, Fossil Fuel Companies Would Fail

A new report found that industry subsidies cost U.S. taxpayers more than $20 billion each year, $14.7 billion at the federal level and $5.8 billion at the state level.

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Boaters pass through a channel as the sun set behind wind mills and an oil refinery, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014, in Corpus Christi, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

In the midst of a hurricane season that shows just how expensive inaction on climate change can be, two new reports highlight how massive taxpayer-funded subsidies for fossil fuel companies are propping up an industry that refuses to take responsibility for the destructive and costly chaos it has played an enormous role in creating. A

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Trump Admin Pushes Positive PR Campaign As Puerto Rico’s Crisis Continues

As the president praises aid efforts, residents of the island’s rural areas report “we haven’t seen a government official or anything, no FEMA, no military, no local government”

Jessica Corbett
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Homeland Security Adviser Tom Bossert speaks during a news briefing at the White House, in Washington, Thursday, Aug. 31, 2017. (AP/Carolyn Kaster)

As President Donald Trump continues firing off tweets that praise the highly criticized U.S. response to a growing humanitarian crisis in Puerto Rico following Hurricane Maria, other members of his administration are pushing a positive public relations campaign to contradict harrowing on-the-ground reports, according to a

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