Bishop Barber Calls on Clergy to Go to Russia to Urge Release of Brittney Griner
We speak with Bishop William Barber, co-chair of the Poor People’s Campaign, about his call for the creation of a diverse, interfaith humanitarian delegation to travel to Russia to bring home WNBABrittney Griner, a star, was sentenced last week for possessing only two ounces cannabis oil. “Our priority should be this young lady coming home,” […]
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Seoul Sees “Two Months” of Rain in Half a Day, Killing at Least 8
Record-shattering rainfall in Seoul, South Korea overnight Monday killed at least eight people and — according to scientists — offered further evidence that the planet is in the midst of a climate disaster. According to The New York Times, “Three of the dead, two sisters in their 40s and a 13-year-old girl, were found early […]
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Austin Schools Will Now Offer Free Pads and Tampons: Period Equity Is Expanding
Initially printed by The 19th. When Austin public college college students return to lessons this month, they may discover a new amenity awaiting them within the loos: dispensers of free maxi pads and tampons. Over the summer season, Austin Unbiased College District spent about $85,000 on dispensers and $70,000 on the primary batch of menstrual […]
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Let’s Acknowledge Inflation Reduction Act’s Significance — and Its Inadequacy
The Schumer-Manchin reconciliation invoice, referred to as the Inflation Discount Act (IRA), is an enormous piece of laws that goals to spice up the economic system and struggle the local weather disaster. It handed the Senate on Sunday, and is anticipated to shortly move the Home. On the financial entrance, the invoice will scale back […]
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GOP Votes Down Plan to Cap Insulin Prices at $35 in Win for Big Pharma
On Sunday, Senate Republicans killed Democrats’ long-vaunted plan to cap monthly insulin prices for millions of Americans with health insurance who rely on the medication to survive, using an arcane ruleTo block the proposal, which has little chance of becoming law in the near future. Inability to provide a cap on insulin at $35 per […]
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GOP Votes Down Plan to Cap Insulin Prices at $35 in Win for Big Pharma
On Sunday, Senate Republicans killed Democrats’ long-vaunted plan to cap month-to-month insulin costs for thousands and thousands of Individuals with medical health insurance who depend on the treatment to outlive, utilizing an arcane rule to dam the proposal that now has little likelihood of passing into regulation any time within the close to future. The […]
Read MoreStarbucks Files “False and Absurd” Kidnapping Charges Against Unionized Workers
In the latest move in Starbucks’s fierce anti-union campaign across the country, the company has closed a unionized store in South Carolina after a manager filed kidnapping and assault charges against workers — charges that the union calls “false and absurd.” Workers in Anderson, South Carolina confronted their manager last week with a list containing […]
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Mass Death of Sequoias Is the Harbinger of Earth Systems Collapse
Climate change is threatening giant Sequoias and threatening ecological disaster. Sequoias, once deemed “unburnable,” began to be widely destroyed by fire in 2015, and then in 2020 and 2021, California fires tripledArea covered. The currentBest count of mature Sequoias killedIncreased fire intensity since 2015 is greater than 13,000. There are only about 75,500 mature sequoias […]
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Labour Poll Lead Reduces Significantly in August
Despite claims that there is a vacuum in British politics, and with the election of a new Conservative leader only four weeks away, August’s start has seen unexpected results in the opinion polls. Where the Labour party went through July 2022 with an average lead in the polls of some 10.2%, six polls released so […]
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Liberal Democrats call for Ofgem price rise to be scrapped
An announcement will be made on August 26 regarding an anticipated rise in the energy cap by over a thousand poundsThAccording to Ofgem, the Lib Dems called for the end of the energy price cap hike and went further than any other political party. The energy price cap is the maximum amount that suppliers […]
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