35 million risk losing power without utility moratoriums
As more state-mandated moratoriums on utility shut-offs expired this week, tens of millions of Americans could soon face energy insecurity. To keep services on, some will go back to work while at high-risk for death if exposed to the coronavirus. By Oct. 1, only six states plus D.C. will have protections remaining to prevent electricity […]
If Unopposed, Soaring Housing Prices Only Benefit the Rich
About two weeks ago, a viral tweet based on a four-month-old Wall Street Journal article set off a firestorm on Twitter about the Soaring Housing prices and corporate ownership of single-family homes. Just about every political persuasion from arch-conservative to leftist jumped on the bandwagon of outrage directed primarily at BlackRock, an asset manager with a profile upwards of […]
Weekend Review: Trump Checked Out of Presidency, Refusing to Concede
This weekend, the president skipped a virtual G20 Summit meeting with world leaders who were discussing the coronavirus pandemic. Trump played golf instead. The US has the most cases and pandemic-related deaths than any country in the world, and the G20 summit was on Trump’s official schedule. Instead, he essentially popped in to say he […]
Panic for Profit: Activist Uncovers Pritzker Conflict of Interests
Allan Max Axelrod and the #NoAmerenShutoffs campaign have made major progress in the fight to keep utilities on for the people of Illinois during the pandemic. The state is surging in Covid-19 cases and mortalities while Governor JB Pritzker remains silent on extending an eviction moratorium and enacting a mandatory moratorium on utility shutoffs. Axelrod […]
Activists Want to Know What Winter Holds for Americans Without Utility Protections
Caracal Reports first detailed the impacts of expired utility shutoff protections last month. Now, coronavirus numbers are on the rise again, and the coldest months of the year are yet to come. With no obvious action to mandate moratoria on utility shutoffs on a large scale, the collective suffering is only beginning. Activists are recharging […]
Chaos in Illinois: Pritzker Failed to Regulate, Speaker Accused of Accepting Corporate Utility Bribes
As previously reported by Caracal Reports, utility protections in Illinois and other states were not extended quickly enough, and utility terminations resumed last month. Meanwhile, Illinois’ Democratic Governor J.B. Pritzker stood idly by while ignoring repeated calls from activists and other members of the Democratic party who were concerned about an impending crisis. Pritzker’s refusal […]
Weekend Review: In Memory of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Esteemed Supreme Court Justice and women’s rights icon Ruth Bader Ginsburg passed away at 87 on Friday. A court statement said she was with family at her D.C. home when she died from “complications of metastatic pancreas cancer.” Appointed by Bill Clinton, Ginsburg was the first Democratic appointee to the court in over 25 years. […]
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