Biden’s Call for Racial Equity Lacks Protections for Marginalized Workers
It was already clear that meatpacking plants hosted some of the country’s worst COVID-19 outbreaks. But it wasn’t all bad. congressional investigationLate October’s release revealed how dire the situation is. The COVID-19 infection and death toll in slaughterhouses run by the country’s largest meat conglomerates is now nearly three times higher than previously estimated. Considering […]
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Climate Diplomacy Failed Again. Only Movements From Below Can Save the Planet.
The outcome at COP26 doesn’t bode well for the future of the planet, but then again, no one remotely aware of the history of international climate talks should have expected anything but a failure at Glasgow. As a matter of fact, given what we already know about the science of climate change (fossil fuels are […]
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Moderna Vaccine Should Be For the People — Not Just Rich People
Janine Jackson interviewed Public Citizen’s Peter Maybarduk about the NIH/Moderna vaccine patent for the November 12, 2021, episodeOf CounterSpin. This transcript is lightly edited. Janine Jackson: Front-page November 10 New York Times told us, “Moderna Moves for Total Credit in Vaccine Patent; Won’t Share With US.” It’s an odd thing to read, but corporate news […]
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Librarians Resist Bans on Children’s Books with Black, LGBTQ+ Authors
Original publication by The 19th. Gender Queer. Sex Is a Funny Word. The Hate U Give. These are just some of the hundreds upon hundreds of books. targeted for banning amid a revived movement to limit students’ access to literature about raceto address gender, sex, and gender issues and to challenge curricula that deal with […]
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Kimberly Guilfoyle Bragged About Raising Millions for Jan. 6 Rally
Fancelli, a reclusive family member of one the country’s richest familiesAccording to interviews and internal Trump Victory records,, was one such volunteer. Fancelli spent her time in Florida and Italy and raised at most $72,000 from her family and friends. She stood out from Wren and Guilfoyle who, in 2020, considered her for a position […]
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Wisconsin GOP Tries to Control State’s Elections in Blatant Power Grab
Wisconsin Republicans, at the urging of Sen. Ron Johnson, are pushing to unilaterally seize control over federal elections in the battleground state, an effort that observers warned is part of the GOP’s multi-pronged assault on democracy in the wake of former President Donald Trump’s defeat last year. The New York Times reported Friday that the […]
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Far Right Institutional Power Isn’t Inevitable. Here’s How Leftists Can Win.
The right tries hard to get ahead of the left story they seem already so far behind in, author and international relations scholar John Feffer explains, “There is a great opportunity for the left and for progressives more generally to assert a bold and visionary policy about not just mitigating the effects of climate change, […]
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On Transgender Day of Remembrance, We Mourn Those Killed. What About the Living?
Transgender Day of Remembrance, which is celebrated each year on November 20, all over the world, sees transgender and nonbinary people come together with their families and friends to light candles. the names of trans people killed by anti-trans violence over the past year. Although the list is getting longer each year the demographics of […]
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McCarthy Mocked for 8.5 Hour Long Speech About Hitler, McDonalds, and More
Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-California) went on an eight-and-a-half hour long tirade starting on Thursday night and ending early Friday morning during his allotted “magic minute” on the House floor on Thursday. The speech, which began at roughly 8:30 pm ET on Thursday, resembled a filibuster and appeared to be a tactic to delay a […]
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Sen. Paul Tears Into Anthony Fauci, Promises Consequences
During a Thursday interview with The Daily Signal Sen. Rand Paul questioned Dr. Anthony Fauci. He accused Fauci of telling Americans to blindly follow him on the coronavirus epidemic. “There will absolutely be consequences for the people who are flouting the law” when Republicans take back Congress, the Kentucky Republican promised. “But really, Fauci needs […]
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