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April 19, 2023
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Supreme Court Postpones Crucial Abortion Pill Ruling <[link removed]>
"The Supreme Court knows that siding with extreme Trump judges to restrict medication abortion will ignite the biggest political firestorm since Roe v. Wade was overturned," said one advocate. <[link removed]>
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'Illegal Corporate Price-Fixing' Is Rampant in US Economy: Report <[link removed]>
"Large corporations which are supposed to be competing with one another are often secretly conspiring to set prices," said one expert. "In doing so, they cause economic harm to consumers and contribute to inflation." <[link removed]>
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In Gun-Obsessed US, 'Stand Your Ground' Laws Blamed for Fresh Spate of Shootings <[link removed]>
"Wrong-house shootings are a bleak reminder how many of our fellow Americans are armed and waiting for an opportunity to kill," said one historian. <[link removed]>
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Progressive Coalition Speaks Out as Big Business Moves to Crush Julie Su <[link removed]>
"Workers in this country need an experienced leader and brilliant public servant at the helm of the Department of Labor, and Julie Su is exactly that," said EPI's president. <[link removed]>
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Senior Groups Tell Kevin McCarthy to 'Release His Hostage' and Back Clean Debt Ceiling Hike <[link removed]>
"He is endangering the benefits that seniors rely on to survive, just to score political points," said Alex Lawson of Social Security Works. <[link removed]>
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'What the Climate Emergency Looks Like': Extreme Heat Busts Records Across Asia <[link removed]>
Sweltering temperatures have devastated numerous Asian countries this month, eliciting demands for lifesaving climate action. <[link removed]>
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'Striking and Distressing': More Than a Third of US Residents Breathe Unhealthy Air <[link removed]>
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Florida Activists Drop Underwear on Heads of Anti-Trans GOP Legislators <[link removed]>
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Nearly 50 Million in West and Central Africa Facing Hunger, Partly Due to 'Climate Shocks' <[link removed]>
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'Policy Murder': Research Shows Poverty Is 4th Leading Cause of Death in US <[link removed]>
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'We're Not at That Point': Durbin Rejects Calls to Drop Archaic Blue Slip Norm for Judges <[link removed]>
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'Free-Market Dogma' Creates Disasters from East Palestine to Ukraine <[link removed]>
How Wall Street's drive to financialize every aspect of the economy has derailed trains, harmed health care, bottle-necked supply chains, and made it harder for the U.S. military to aid its allies. <[link removed]>
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Why the Dominion-Fox News Settlement Is Rubbish <[link removed]>
Dominion may have protected its trademark, but it hasn't protected American democracy. <[link removed]>
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Why We Must Beat Back Private Equity's Deadly Hold on Nursing Homes <[link removed]>
The shoddy managing of elder care facilities controlled by Wall Street investors led to 20,000 early deaths over 12 years. <[link removed]>
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