First Quarter of 2022 Sees Record $1 Billion Spent on Lobbying
This year is on track for record lobbying spending after lobbyists collectively clocked the biggest first quarter haul in history — with more than $1 billion disclosed during the first quarter of 2022 alone. At this point, 2021, 10,503 lobbyists had raised less than $929 Million across all industries. The federal budget was the most […]
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California May Soon Face Surge of Out-of-State Abortion Patients
People travel to California for lots of reasons: to visit Hollywood and Fisherman’s Wharf, to hike Yosemite and Muir Woods. The event Roe v. WadeIt is likely that it will also become a top choice for abortions once the ruling is overturned. Indeed, Justice Samuel Alito’s leaked majority opinion becomes the final say of the […]
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Let’s Work for Global, Anti-Imperialist Reproductive Justice This Mother’s Day
Across the United States this Mother’s Day, the right to have control over one’s body is under attack. More than 530 abortion restrictions42 states have already introduced them. The Supreme Court is poised to deliver a lethal blow To Roe v. WadeConservative forces are preventing people from accessing reproductive health care through safe abortion, birth […]
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Don’t Forget the People Most Impacted by Loss of “Roe” — People on the Edges
I had written a completely different article for Mother’s Day, but when — between May Day and Mother’s Day — someone leaked a draft of the Supreme Court’s plan to overturn Roe v. Wade I decided to return to the text of Roe decision. This decision affirms that safe abortions are a constitutional right that […]
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As US Marks 1 Million COVID Deaths, Biden Has Dropped Most Pandemic Protections
One million deaths. An unthinkable milestone when this pandemic started — and even this gruesome number doesn’t capture who and what we have lost. One million lives lost, dreams not fulfilled, families broken down, futures cut short. This loss is staggering and we have just scratched the surface of how our communities will continue dealing […]
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McConnell Suggests GOP May Pursue Federal Abortion Ban If “Roe” Is Overturned
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell suggested that the GOP could pursue a federal ban against abortion if it is overturned by the right-wing Supreme Court Roe v. WadeIn the fast approaching midterm elections, Republicans regain control in Congress. “If the leaked opinion became the final opinion, legislative bodies — not only at the state level […]
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Expanding Child Tax Credit Improved Kids’ Lives. Congress Should Do It Again.
All mothers want their children to have enough to eat, a safe home, and the opportunity to thrive, and the American Rescue Plan’s expanded Child Tax Credit provided critical financial support to help mothers build this solid foundation for their children — but only for 2021. As we celebrate Mother’s Day, Congress should recognize the […]
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In a Post-Roe US, Expect More Births in a Country With Rising Maternal Mortality
If the U.S. Supreme Court makes such a decision, leaked draft opinionSays and strikes down Roe v. Wade, researchers expect that in the following year, roughly 75,000 people who want, but can’t get, abortions will give birth instead. They’ll do so in a country where pregnancy and childbirth continue to become more dangerous. This year’s […]
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Starbucks Broke the Law More than 200 Times in Campaign to Bust Buffalo Union
Friday’s broad complaint was filed by the National Labor Relations Board by a regional director. It alleges that Starbucks violated federal law more 200 times in its campaign against union formation in Buffalo, New York. Starbucks is accused by the complaint of violating the National Labor Relations Act. It was accused of picking out union […]
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Lula Officially Launches Campaign to Unseat Far Right President Bolsonaro
Speaking to a crowd of supporters and allies gathered in São Paulo on Saturday, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva officially launched his campaign to unseat far-right Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, whose three-year tenure has accelerated the destruction of the Amazon rainforest and intensified the nation’s myriad human rights crises. “Everything that we did is being […]
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