All News Articles for 2021-03-23
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On Eve of Equal Pay Day, Report Reveals Subminimum Wage 'Keeps Incomes Low and Harassment High' One Fair Wage found that over 70% of women in the restaurant industry have been sexually harassed while working at least once. Read more |
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Corporate Coalition Calls on Congress to Approve Paid Family Leave "Lack of a national paid leave policy makes all of us more vulnerable during this pandemic and for future public health emergencies, while putting the financial stability of businesses on the line." Read more |
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Calls Grow for Biden to Fully Withdraw US Troops From Afghanistan by May 1 "If Biden chooses to stay, every dead soldier, every family broken, and every opportunity wasted to build back better at home will rest on his shoulders and taint his legacy." Read more |
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Nurses, Teachers, and Experts Push Back Against Rush to Reopen Schools as Covid-19 Cases Spike "The studies commonly cited as supporting school reopening are deeply flawed." Read more |
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'Don't Need to Wait Another Minute': Biden Calls on Congress to Pass Assault Weapons Ban "Our nation is being held hostage by the gun industry, and until the industry is held fully accountable for the direct role it plays in these massacres, communities across the nation will continue to live in fear of the next horrendous attack." Read more |
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Democrats Warn DeJoy's New 10-Year Plan Guarantees 'Death Spiral' for US Postal Service "This so-called plan from Louis DeJoy should itself be a dead letter. This is a blueprint for the Post Office's continued decay and destruction." Read more |
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As Biden Restricts Media Access, Photos Show Children in Crowded 'Border Jails' "Photos of children packed into makeshift detention centers highlight the need for press access to such centers so people can see the 'inhumanity' in U.S. immigration policy." Read more |
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Biden Eyes Tax Hikes for Rich, Ending Fossil Fuel Subsidies to Fund Infrastructure "It's time for the rich and corporations to pay their fair share in taxes." Read more |
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In Thumbs-Down to Sinema, Survey Finds Majority of Arizona Voters Favor $15 Minimum Wage "The verdict is clear—in Arizona, voting to raise the minimum wage is the smartest political move." Read more |
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To Fight Pharma Greed That Costs 'Human Lives,' Sanders Unveils Bills to Slash Drug Prices "The time is now to stand up to the pharmaceutical industry and say enough is enough." Read more |
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WHO Chief Blasts 'Grotesque' Vaccine Inequality as Rich Nations Block Speedy End of Global Pandemic "We have the means to avert this failure but it's shocking how little has been done to avert it." Read more |
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'It Was Understood' as a Death Threat, Says UN Expert Who Saudi Official Warned Could Be 'Taken Care Of' "It didn't stop me from acting in a way which I think is the right thing to do," said Agnès Callamard, the top investigator into the gruesome murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Read more |
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Progressives Demand Biden Break From Obama's 'Failed Leadership' on Antitrust "With a new wave of Big Tech antitrust investigations today, it's time to stop appointing industry allies to top regulatory jobs." Read more |
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DeJoy to Unveil Plan to Slash Post Office Hours, Hike Postage Prices "Fire the entire Post Office board. Then fire this corrupt man before he destroys the entire USPS for good." Read more |
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'End the Filibuster and Pass Gun Safety Laws. Now': Colorado Massacre Intensifies Demands for Action "You're going to see another round of 'we can't do anything yet, there was a tragedy' hand-wringing, but we must end gun violence now." Read more |