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May 19, 2023
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Rail Workers Union Wins 'Trailblazing' Paid Sick Leave Deal With Norfolk Southern <[link removed]>
"The BLET is currently working to secure similar sick leave agreements with the other Class 1 railroads," said the union's national president, "and I hope this settlement will help bring those negotiations to a positive conclusion." <[link removed]>
Jessica Corbett <[link removed]>
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66 House Progressives Call On Biden to Invoke 14th Amendment to Thwart GOP 'Hostage-Taking' <[link removed]>
"We don't need to give in to Republican extortion or default," the House progressives asserted. "The Constitution grants the president another option." <[link removed]>
Brett Wilkins <[link removed]>
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Trans Rights Advocates Fill Nebraska Capitol as Healthcare Ban Moves Toward Passage <[link removed]>
One lawmaker joined protesters in chanting, "We love trans people, we need trans people, trans people belong here!" <[link removed]>
Julia Conley <[link removed]>
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US Families' Hunger Woes Growing as GOP Targets Food Aid Cuts for Millions <[link removed]>
"It's already hard enough for parents to make ends meet and now they're being put at the center of these dangerous political games," said one advocate. <[link removed]>
Julia Conley <[link removed]>
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Study Warns El Niño Could Cost Global Economy $84 Trillion by 2100 <[link removed]>
"We can say with certainty that societies and economies absolutely do not just take a hit and recover," said the lead author of research showing a downturn after the warm phase could last 14 years or longer. <[link removed]>
Jessica Corbett <[link removed]>
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Nobel Peace Prize Winner Denounces G7 Failure to Deliver on Nuclear Disarmament in Hiroshima <[link removed]>
"The G7 are trying to sell decades-old and insufficient initiatives as a new 'vision' when at the same time they themselves are complicit in the rising nuclear risks," said the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons. <[link removed]>
Brett Wilkins <[link removed]>
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'Granholm You Are Killing Me': Climate Activists Disrupt Speech by Biden Energy Secretary <[link removed]>
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'You Hate Him More Than You Love Your Own Family,' Nebraska Lawmaker With Trans Kid Says to GOP <[link removed]>
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Other Nations Baffled, Horrified by Very Idea of a Debt Ceiling as GOP Pushes US Toward Default <[link removed]>
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'They're All Liars': Pentagon Under Fire After US Drone Victim ID'd as Farmer With No Al-Qaeda Ties <[link removed]>
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Immigration Reform is Possible- the Farm Bill Shows How <[link removed]>
Why not give lawmakers a space to hash out their differences, not as a one-shot game, but something they can come back to every now and again? <[link removed]>
Anthony Pahnke <[link removed]>
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The Climate Numbers Blackrock Won't Crunch <[link removed]>
For a company that prides itself on providing accurate numbers to clients so they can make informed fiduciary decisions, it is shocking how intent BlackRock is to underplay the climate devastation that will be unleashed by its invesmtents. <[link removed]>
Teddy Ogborn <[link removed]>
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Durham Report: New Addition to Trump Library of Lies <[link removed]>
John Durham is now a case study in the GOP's weaponization of the Justice Department. <[link removed]>
Steven Harper <[link removed]>
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