January 6 Committee Will Hold at Least 8 Public Hearings Starting in June
The House select Committee investigating the January 6 attack against the U.S. Capitol Building is planning to hold at most eight public hearings in the early part of the summer. The hearings will begin on June 9, and last throughout the month, Rep. Bennie Thompson (D–Mississippi), told reporters this semaine. Thompson explained that the hearings […]
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More Viral Outbreaks Are Likely Coming Due to Climate Crisis, New Study Says
Climate change is driving animal migrations at an unprecedented level, bringing many species that were previously distant into close contact. This dramatically increases the chance of viruses leaping into new hosts, and sparking future pandemics. That’s according to a new study in the journal Nature, which predicts that climate-driven disruptions to Earth’s ecosystems will create […]
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Evictions Are Climbing to Pre-Pandemic Levels in Cities Across the US
Despite the fact that billions of dollars of federal rental assistance is flowing to cities and states, the number landlords are seeking to evict tenants is rising back to pre-pandemic levels across the country. This is because wage growth continues to lag behind inflation, and millions of people are struggling to meet the rising cost […]
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Political Agenda – Adrian Ramsay
The 2022 local elections are less than a week away and political parties across the UK are making a case to voters in the face of the cost-of-living crisis and the fallout of Partygate. Adrian Ramsay, who is co-leads Greens along with Carla Denyer, hopes that his Party will provide new answers to the cost-of-living […]
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Human Activity Altered 70 Percent of Earth’s Land, Degraded 40 Percent of It
Humans have had an unprecedented impact on land – with vast consequences for climate change, food systems and biodiversity, a major new UN report concludes. It says that human activities have already altered 70% of the Earth’s land surface, degrading up to 40% of it. Four of the nine “planetary boundaries” – limits on how […]
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Only Rapid Action Can Avert Worst Marine Extinction in 250 Million Years
Research published Thursday in the journal Science warns that runaway global warming driven by carbon dioxide emissions has put marine life at risk of the most catastrophic mass extinction since the “Great Dying” 250 million years ago, when 90% of all ocean speciesThese were destroyed. Curtis Deutsch of Princeton University and Justin Penn have created […]
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Amazon Call Center Workers in Costa Rica Send Support to Amazon Union in US
An announcement that JFK8 workers from Amazon in Staten Island had won the vote form the first union at an Amazon warehouse in the United States, Chris Smalls, president of the Amazon Labor Union (ALU), sarcastically sent his gratitude to Amazon’s founder: “We want to thank Jeff Bezos for going to space, because when he […]
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Ohio Republicans’ Bill Forces Doctors to Offer Disproven Drugs to Treat COVID
Republican lawmakers in Ohio want to force doctors in the state to offer disproven drug “treatments” for COVID-19 to their patients, and to punish them financially if they refuse to do so. House Bill 631, The COVID-19 Health Care Professional-Patient Relationship Protection Act (COVID-19 Health Care Professional-Patient Relationship Protection Act), is sponsored by Kris Jordan […]
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149 Democrats Demand More Cash for Underfunded Labor Board as Union Push Spreads
A group of House Democrats are calling for an increase to the budget for the federal labour board, which has been deprived of the funding it requires to address the current upswing of labor activity. The group of 149 Democrats was led by Rep. Donald Norcross, D-New Jersey). sent a letter to the House Committee […]
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Voting Rights Groups in Florida File Motion to Block DeSantis’s Racist Maps
A number voting rights groups in Florida have filed a lawsuit to stop the enforcement congressional redistricting mapping that was designed and approved. Governor. Ron DeSantis (R)According to him, the maps will reduce the voting power of Black residents. The League of Women Voters of Florida and Black Voters Matters Capacity Building Institute are the […]
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