All News Articles for 2019-06-06
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Sanders Demands McConnell Allow Senate Vote to Raise 'Absurdly Low' Federal Minimum Wage to $15 "I ask that you allow the Senate to take up the Raise the Wage Act to immediately begin improving the lives of working Americans across the country." Read more |
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'Fantastic... Who's Next?' SEIU First National Union to Endorse Green New Deal "We need to combat climate change while raising standards for all working people." Read more |
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Alarm as Trump Energy Dept Redefines 'High-Level' Nuclear Waste to 'Low-Level' in Order to Save Disposal Costs "If you've got a problem with radioactive waste, you could clean it up, a costly and onerous process, or you could just change the definition of it. Guess which one the Trump administration has decided to do?" Read more |
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'In Everyone's Best Interests': New Hampshire 20th State to Call for Constitutional Amendment Limiting Political Spending "For years, Granite Staters have been working together across party lines, trying to get a constitutional amendment to renew the promise of equal citizenship and effective self-governance. The unflagging work of so many citizens has paid off." Read more |
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Warning of 'Surveillance Capitalism' Nightmare, Big Tech Investor-Turned-Critic Pushes Toronto to Abandon 'Smart City' Waterfront Development "It is a dystopian vision that has no place in a democratic society." Read more |
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'Are You Kidding Me?' Frustration Grows as Powerful House Democrat Refuses to Accept New York Offer of Trump Tax Returns "As numerous tax experts and members of Congress have already laid out, there is no reason for Chairman Neal to hesitate to use this law once it is enacted." Read more |
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Journalist and Educator Among Those Caught Up in YouTube's Latest Attempt to Purge Online Hate Speech "It's absolutely vital that YouTube work to undo the damage caused by their indiscriminate implementation as soon as possible." Read more |
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'Biggest Animal Disease Outbreak We've Ever Had on the Planet': Swine Fever Spreads Like Wildfire Across Asia "We have no way to stop it from spreading." Read more |
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'Abortion Up to Conscience, Not Government,' Declared Bernie Sanders... in 1972 The 2020 Democratic contender, says one top aide, "has been fighting these battles for decades, even when it wasn't politically advantageous." Read more |
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Citing Fears of Americans Getting 'Screwed,' Progressive Democrats Call Out Pelosi for Crafting Pharma-Friendly Drug Pricing Bill in Secret "If we don't address this in a big and bold way, a lot of us should go home and start knitting," said Congressional Progressive Caucus co-chair Mark Pocan Read more |
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New Greenpeace Report Breaks Down Why Next US President Has No Choice But to Prioritize Total 'Fossil Fuel Phase Out' "The science demands our next president initiate nothing short of a full-scale mobilization to phase out fossil fuels and kickstart the renewable energy economy." Read more |
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Warren and Jayapal Launch Probe into 'Rapid, Cynical, and Unethical' Profiteering Off Trump Child Detention Policy by Former Top Aide John Kelly The former White House chief of staff and former head of DHS is specifically advising the company on child detention Read more |
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Does Biden Have Wrong Position on Anti-Choice Hyde Amendment? Warren: 'Yes... It's Been Wrong for a Long Time' "Under the Hyde Amendment and every one of these efforts to try to chip away or to get rid of Roe v. Wade , understand this: Women of means will still have access to abortions. Who won't will be poor women." Read more |
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'This Is an Emergency. We Need the Democrats to Act Like It': Outrage as DNC Announces It Will Not Host 2020 Debate on Climate Crisis "The DNC is silencing the voices of Democratic activists, many of our progressive partner organizations, and nearly half of the Democratic presidential field, who want to debate the existential crisis of our time." Read more |