New York REI Workers Overwhelmingly Vote to Form a Union
Workers at Manhattan REI overwhelmingly voted Wednesday to form a union, defeating a fierce union-busting campaign waged in January by the company. The results of the in-person vote to join the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU) on Wednesday were 88 to 14 in favor of the union, or an 86 percent “yes” vote. […]
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Texas Judge Blocks State-Run Investigation Into Family With Transgender Teen
A Texas judge has blocked an investigation into a family that has a transgender teen living in Texas. He stated that the inquiry was against their constitutional rights. Gov. Greg Abbott (R), based on a legal opinion by Republican state Attorney General Ken Paxton recently Ordained state agencies to conduct child abuse investigationIf there is […]
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Now Is the Time for a Global Movement Demanding Nuclear De-escalation
During his State of the Union address Tuesday night, President Joe Biden spoke 6,500 lines. However, not one of them acknowledged the dangers of nuclear warfare. spiked upwardThe rate of decline has been steeper in recent days than it was over the past decade. The militarism that Martin Luther King Jr. warned us about has […]
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Jan. 6 Committee Says Trump Engaged in “Criminal Conspiracy” to Undo Election
The House select committee that investigated the attack on the U.S. Capitol Building on January 6, 2021, filed a court briefing Wednesday alleging that former President Donald Trump was involved with his associates engaged in a “criminal conspiracy”To reverse the 2020 presidential election. The filing was made in response to a lawsuit from Trump’s former […]
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Trump’s “Impenetrable” Border Wall Has Been Broken Through Over 3,000 Times
The wall erected at the U.S.’s southern border under the direction of former President Donald Trump has been broken through thousands of times since it was put up, according to documents obtained by The Washington Post. According to unpublished U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, supposed “smuggling […]
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Biden’s SOTU Speech Channeled Reagan While Nearly Ignoring Climate
It took me a day of watching and rewatching Joe Biden’s first State of the Union address, but I was finally able to put my finger on what was troubling me: Reagan! Biden spent Tuesday doing his best Ronald Reagan impression. It took a while to spot it because Biden lacks the performative chops Reagan […]
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US Must Not Use Ukrainians as a Foreign Policy “Tool,” Sanders Adviser Says
As the Russian invasion into Ukraine enters its second-week, we now turn to examine the Biden administration’s response to the crisis. Biden has repeatedly condemned Russia’s invasion and opposed unprecedented sanctions on Russia in what some have described as a form of “economic warfare.” While President Biden has ruled out sending troops into Ukraine, the […]
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Surgeon General Demands Data on COVID-19 ‘Misinformation’
Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy sent a formal request for information Thursday to major tech companies demanding data on “misinformation” related to the COVID-19 vaccine and the virus itself, The New York Times reported. The request demanded the companies provide data on “exactly how many users saw or may have been exposed to instances of […]
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Loss of Economic Liberty Tracks With Losing Other Freedoms
Sen. Mike Lee says economic freedom in the United States has declined—along with other freedoms—during a COVID-19 pandemic that prompted increased government spending and regulation. “Anytime you see other freedoms infringed, I think economic freedoms are deteriorating at the same time, because of government action,” Lee, R-Utah, said in an interview on the podcast of […]
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Breaking Down Best, Worst Moments of Biden’s State of the Union Speech
President Joe Biden began his State of the Union address recognizing the courage of Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the bravery of the Ukrainian people as Russia’s invasion advances. Both Republicans and Democrats in Congress applauded Tuesday evening as they stood to support the citizens of Ukraine. However, the unity didn’t last long. Biden continued […]
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