The Changing Nature of Energy Activism Means Pipelines Can’t Wait for Crisis To Hit The Overview: Newsbase’s North American Oil & Gas reports, “Last week marked the first anniversary of the closure of the camps in North Dakota that at one point had held thousands of protesters against the Dakota Access pipeline project. Still, the […]
Here’s What You Need To Know If you’ve checked your Facebook news feed or partisan news sites over the past week, you may be thinking that the sky is falling and that the Senate is singlehandedly tanking the American financial system, hurting American families, and letting big bankers run wild. So, will this Senate legislation […]
Here’s What You Need To Know This week, China’s parliament, the National People’s Congress (NPC), amended the Chinese constitution to remove term limits for President Xi Jinping – a moment that Xi has been building up to for a long time. Whether you agree with President Trump’s policies toward China or not, which most recently […]
Here’s What You Need To Know Beneath the din of Russia-gate and gun control, this week, the Supreme Court heard arguments in a case that could profoundly change the level of political participation by public employee unions. In Janus v. American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Council 31, should the Court rule in […]
Here’s What You Need To Know While you were watching the Olympics or glued to the latest 24-hour news cycle, Toyota Motor Corporation announced that it is preparing to rollout an electric engine that includes as much as 50 percent less rare earth minerals due to its concern about a future shortage of supply. This […]
Here’s What You Need To Know According to a new study by Morning Consult, more than half of both Democrats and Republicans say that a brand’s “stance on a social or political matter is important when it comes to buying a product or service.” So, should your company capitalize on today’s hyper-partisan environment by immediately […]
Here’s What You Need To Know Last week, the Department of Defense (DoD) released the Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) to ensure a “safe, secure and effective nuclear deterrent.” In the days following its release, the NPR has been described both in the U.S. and abroad as everything from “flawed overkill” to “bringing humankind closer to […]
Here’s What You Need To Know The prevailing wisdom is that Democrats are poised for big wins in this November’s midterms, well-positioned to capture the House of Representatives and perhaps even the Senate, and Republican donors are responding by spending big in the hopes of saving their majorities. Is 2018 another wave election like 2006 […]
Here’s What You Need To Know Last week, Amazon announced 20 finalists from 238 cities that submitted bids for its “HQ2,” leaving cities left off the list to do some serious soul-searching in the wake of its decision. The public competition, which has been ripe for parody, has mostly been noted for civic leaders scrambling to make their cities sufficiently attractive, often […]
Here’s What You Need To Know With companies as varied as Eastman Kodak, Long Island Iced Tea, and KFC trying to capitalize on bitcoin, the internet’s best-known cryptocurrency, it appears that bitcoin-mania is reaching new heights. Bitcoin’s journey has been nothing if not volatile, introducing new words into the lexicon like blockchain and raising new […]