Climate Activists Decry Biden’s Reopening of Oil and Gas Leases on Public Lands
Activists condemned Friday’s announcement by the Biden administration that the U.S. Bureau of Land Management will resume oil and gas lease sales on public lands as yet another betrayal of President Joe Biden’s promises to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and tackle the climate emergency. The U.S. Interior Department explainedFriday afternoon: The lease sale resumption conforms […]
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Black Florida Lawmakers Say DeSantis’s Gerrymandered Maps are “Overtly Racist”
Florida’s new legislative maps are being criticized by voting rights activists and black lawmakers. Ron DeSantis (R), calling them “overtly racist” for diluting the voices of non-white voters in the state. DeSantis had previously vetoed maps drawn in the Republican-led legislature. complaining at the time that they weren’t made in a way that was “race-neutral.” […]
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Starbucks Workers Strike to Protest the Company’s Harsh Union Busting
On Friday, Starbucks workers from coast to coast protested against the company’s anti-union campaign, which is becoming increasingly aggressive as the movement rapidly spreads across the country. Raleigh, North Carolina workers protested against the company Friday morning in protest of the firing Sharon Gilman, a former Starbucks employee and college student pro-union. The company Gilman […]
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Liberal Cities Are Not Immune to Mounting Attacks on Abortion Rights
After five fetuses were found in the Washington Metro Police Department apartment of Lauren Handy, an anti-abortion group masquerading as progressive to gain a following in liberal areas, the group surged into mainstream news coverage this spring. Handy is a member of the group “Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising” (PAAU), which announced its formation in September 2021. […]
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Beyond the “Ghost Gun” Ban, We Need Our Leaders to Fund Violence Prevention
President Joe Biden recently delivered a speech promising to address “ghost guns,” untraceable, self-assembled firearms. These firearms are often assembled using parts purchased online. They may also include material from other models. There are many ghost guns in Black and Brown communities, a result of reckless profiteering by gun manufacturers and corporations. Let’s be clear, […]
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Activists Celebrate After Biden Grants TPS Status to Cameroonian Immigrants
Human rights activists Friday applauded the Biden administration’s decision to allow tens of thousands of immigrants from war-torn Cameroon to temporarily live and work in the United States as a victory won by years of Black-led organizing. Friday’s U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), designated Cameroon has granted Temporary Protected Status to (TPS) approximately 11,700 […]
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England’s local elections should be fairer – look at Scotland
This May will see a record number of UK elections. There will be elections for councillors in large parts of England, as well as all of Scotland and Wales. Not to mention, there’s a pivotal Northern Ireland Assembly election the same day. There is much wrong with the UK’s local democracy, but councils are an […]
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Majority of Corporations Don’t Pay State Income Taxes in at Least 7 States
According to a new report, state corporate tax revenues are decreasing. State tax loopholes and reductions to corporate rates allow a majority corporations in at most seven states to avoid paying any corporate income tax. In a new reportAccording to the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), more than 60 percent of corporations in Connecticut and Illinois, […]
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As Republicans Push Far Right Agenda, Stakes for Midterms Couldn’t Be Higher
The 2022 midterm elections are approaching with a sense of dread that is almost cosmic. This time, the stakes are enormous: How we deal with a war in our country and its global consequences, a pandemic that is not over yet, the global climate crisis, and so on will all be determined by who wins […]
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Musk’s $43B Offer to Buy Twitter Is Nearly Twice His Entire Pre-COVID Net Worth
As nearly a million Americans died of COVID during the pandemic, Elon Musk’s wealth skyrocketed — opening the door for him to be able to make offers like buying Twitter for $43 billion, as he did on Thursday. Americans for Tax Fairness documented on Thursday, Musk’s wealth has shot up by a whopping 1,080 percent […]
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