Ocasio-Cortez Warns That Allowing Congress to Trade Stock Erodes Democracy
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York) pushed to pass a stock trading ban for lawmakers last week, warning that if such legislation isn’t passed, bad faith actors will take advantage of public mistrust in Congress over members’ ability to trade stocks in order to erode democracy. In a press conference, Congress was urged to pass a […]
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Workers at Over 100 Facilities Have Contacted Amazon Union in Just 1 Week
In the week after Amazon workers’ historic union victory at a Staten Island, New York warehouse, workers at over 100 Amazon facilities contacted the union about organizing their own workplaces, according to the union’s president. Christian Smalls explained that the union win has prompted a flood workers to contact Amazon Labor Union (ALU). They are […]
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Grassroots Groups Are Making Aid Supply Chains to Support People Fleeing Ukraine
The global refugee pool reached an astounding 2.3 billion at the end of 2021. unprecedented 26.6 million68 percent of refugees are from five countries, including Syria, Afghanistan South Sudan, Myanmar, and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Now, Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has forced more than 4.3 million peopleUkraine to flee the country in just […]
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Bernie Sanders Calls on Amazon to “Sit Down and Start Negotiating a Contract”
On an organizing call Monday night with leaders of the Amazon Labor Union, Sen. Bernie Sanders said he believes the grassroots group’s historic election victoryThis month, workers on the nation were able to come together and confront their corporate employers in Staten Island. “All across this country, people are saying, ‘Whoa! If these guys at […]
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Oklahoma Just Passed a Near-Total Abortion Ban. More Restrictions May Come Soon.
Original publication by The 19th. Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt signed a law Tuesday criminalizing all abortions with narrow exceptions to save the pregnant person’s life. The law could see medical providers who perform abortions sentenced to up to 10 years imprisonment. “We want Oklahoma to be the most pro-life state in the country,” Stitt said […]
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Tax Day Should Remind Us How Much of Our Money Funds War
Every April, as income tax returns are due, my mind wanders back to the day I saw a business cards in my rented mailbox 30 years ago. Its first line read, innocently enough, “United States Treasury.” It was the second line — “Internal Revenue Service” — that took my breath away. That card belonged to […]
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BREAKING: Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak issued ‘partygate’ fines
No 10 have confirmed that prime minister Boris Johnson and chancellor Rishi Sunak are to be issued ‘partygate’ fines. This morning the Metropolitan Police said they were in the process of issuing 30 more fixed penalty notices linked to the “partygate” scandal. This brings the total amount of fines in this matter to 50. Operation […]
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Survivors condemn “re-traumatising” support system
Domestic abuse survivors are facing a mental health crisis. Many of them are being re-traumatized by the very services that were meant to help them. Chris Lomas speaks with survivors, MPs and experts in the field about why it is urgent to make changes. “Have you tried using an alarm clock?” Rachel […]
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Government distances itself from Crispin Blunt remarks
Yesterday evening a senior Conservative MP sparked fierce criticism after he referred to the conviction of a fellow MP for sexual assault of a minor as “nothing short of an international scandal”. Yesterday, Southwark Crown Court found Conservative MP Imran Ahmed Khan guilty of sexually assaulting 15-year-old boy.He denied the charge. The attack on a […]
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The BA.2 Subvariant Is Now Dominant, and Weary as We Are, We Can’t Dismiss It
This year’s annual Gridiron DinnerThe Renaissance Hotel in Washington, D.C. suffered a devastating blow that few knew about, which is telling of the moment we are in. A few attendees took home doggy bags from the meal, everyone took home a story to tell, and 72 of them — more than 10 percent of the […]
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