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House Takes On Voting Rights After years of Republican rule, the House takes on voting rights. Truthout: " The bill before the judiciary committee is known as the For the People Act, and its proposed reforms would address virtually every high-profile electoral...
More Billionaire Presidential Candidates: A Bitter Pill
Billionaires are pretty damn sure they know what’s best for you. No more taxes on the rich and none of that Medicare-for-all is what’s best for you, according to two billionaires toying with seeking the presidency. Or, maybe, that’s what’s best for them. One of those...
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Foxconn Nixes WI Factory After Receiving Subsidies Foxconn's change of plans in Wisconsin undercuts Trump's promises on manufacturing. CNN: "President Donald Trump went quiet on Wednesday as a deal that would have delivered thousands of new US manufacturing jobs --...
For Iowa's Sake, Steve King Must Resign
Communities like mine are dying. Steve King, the congressman who supposedly represents us in the Fourth District of Iowa, should be fighting for us in Washington. Yet he stays mostly silent about this crisis. Instead, King spouts racist rants about immigrants (whom he...
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Actor Attacked In Chicago Hate Crime 'Empire' star Jussie Smollett attacked in possible hate crime. NY Daily News: "“Empire” star Jussie Smollett says he was was the victim of a possible hate crime Tuesday in Chicago after he was targeted by two attackers who hurled...
In Solidarity with Jussie
Photo courtesy of Music of Sound / Jussie Smollett In reading about the racist and homophobic attack on 36-year-old actor Jussie Smollett, I was plunged into deep sadness. I stand in spiritual solidarity with Jussie - I cannot be at his bedside tonight. Instead, I’ve...
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VA Teachers March To Demand Funding Thousands of Virginia teachers march to state capitol demanding more funding, better salaries. ThinkProgress: "Thousands of Virginia teachers left their classrooms and rallied in Richmond on Monday to demand more education funding...
Teacher Strikes Shift Politics of Charter School Agenda
Photo credit: Fibonacci Blue/flickr/cc The emergence of charter schools as an important consideration in teacher collective bargaining agreements, and the recognition of charters as a form of privatization, are two major developments in the education policy and...
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Shutdown Ends For Now, With Few Paychecks Some federal employees still can’t afford diapers as they await paychecks. WaPo: "The partial government shutdown is over — at least for the next few weeks — but that did not matter to the group unloading thousands of diapers...
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Trump Tells Unpaid Workers To Borrow Groceries Trump tells federal workers to borrow groceries as second missed pay day looms. ThinkProgress: "President Donald Trump suggested Thursday that the 800,000 federal workers who are facing a second missed paycheck at the end...
