Michael Sainato
Michael Sainato is a Florida-based journalist focusing on environmental and civil rights issues.
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Views Wednesday, September 18, 2019 2020: Democratic Establishment vs. Democratic Socialists Democratic Socialism has grown in popularity over the past few years, fueled by Bernie Sanders’s 2016 presidential campaign and continued grassroots waves of support. The country has seen a surge of political candidates across all levels of government running on platforms that embrace democratic... Read more |
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Views Friday, July 19, 2019 The Billionaires v. Bernie According to Forbes , there were 607 billionaires in the United States as of the end of 2018, an increase of more than 200 since 2010. And many of them going on the attack against Bernie Sanders’ 2020 Presidential Campaign, and his commitment to democratic socialism. As the primary season heats up... Read more |
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Views Wednesday, May 29, 2019 'Animal Fur Is Obsolete': Lawmakers Push Bills to Ban Sale of Animal Fur in California, Hawaii, and New York City In the 1980’s and 90’s, fur activists were mocked and viewed in the mainstream as a radical nuisance, embodied by a stereotype of dousing wearers of fur coats in red paint. Since then, undercover investigations and campaigns targeting leading fashion corporations have swayed public opinion against... Read more |
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Views Monday, November 19, 2018 'They Obviously Can Afford to': Workers Call On Walmart To Raise Minimum Wage to $15 an Hour The World’s largest retailer , Walmart, is far behind its competitors when it comes to a minimum wage; Amazon announced an increase to $15 an hour in October 2018, Target is scheduled to raise its minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2020, and Costco already pays a minimum wage of $14 an hour. With a... Read more |
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News Wednesday, October 24, 2018 Three Women Charged With Grand Theft Felony For Saving Thrown Away Baby Cow On Sunday, October 21, three women were charged with a grand theft felony each for attempting to rescue a dying calf found in a pile of dead cows on at Ray-Mar Ranches, a factory farm in Oakdale, California which supplies calves to Harris Ranch, and beef to companies like Costco and In-N-Out Burger... Read more |
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Views Thursday, October 04, 2018 Police Arrest 58 Activists After Factory Conditions Exposed at 'Free Range' Perdue Supplier Lakeville Growers’ Petaluma Poultry , which provides products to Perdue Chicken in addition to direct sales to grocery stores, has built their brands on claims of raising organic and free range chicken. The company’s Rosie Organic Chickens were the first chickens to receive an Organic seal from the... Read more |
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Views Wednesday, October 03, 2018 A Progressive Tide During the 2016 presidential election, Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, Democrat of New York, made a now-infamous claim: “For every blue-collar Democrat we lose in western Pennsylvania,” he said, “we will pick up two moderate Republicans in the suburbs in Philadelphia, and you can repeat... Read more |
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Views Monday, May 21, 2018 The False Narratives Used to Try to Derail Bernie's Army On Monday, Politico ran a piece on the Bernie Sanders founded organization, Our Revolution, titled “Bernie’s Army in Disarray,” a pre-conceived, yet inevitable narrative that Sanders’ movement is somehow ineffective and failing. The new article, a follow-up to their May 29, 2017 piece “Sanders... Read more |
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Views Sunday, April 22, 2018 With Treetop Protest, 61-Year-Old Red Terry Is Leading Fight Against Mountain Valley Pipeline In Virginia and West Virginia, residents and activists are battling natural gas companies over a natural gas pipeline currently being constructed. The Mountain Valley Pipeline will extend 303 miles from northwestern West Virginia to southern Virginia, with a recently proposed 70 mile extension into... Read more |
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Views Thursday, June 01, 2017 Bernie Sanders’ Revolution Is Just Getting Started Several polls combined with his growing support base have confirmed that Sen. Bernie Sanders is the most popular politician in the United States. His presidential candidacy sparked a progressive political revolution across the country. In response to its popularity, establishment figures have... Read more |