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June 29, 2023
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360+ Groups Asked Biden to End Oil and Gas on Public Lands by 2035. His Answer? No. <[link removed]>
Campaigners blasted the rejection of their petition as "beyond disappointing" and "an appalling abdication of climate leadership." <[link removed]>
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'Say Goodbye to Plastic Produce Bags': New Zealand to Enforce Sweeping Single-Use Ban <[link removed]>
"We're proud to be the first country in the world to ban single-use plastic produce bags, as well as targeting single-use plastic straws, tableware, and plastic stickers on fruit," said New Zealand's ruling Labour Party. <[link removed]>
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Google to Block Local News Articles in Canada Over Law Targeting Big Tech <[link removed]>
The move comes one week after Meta made the same threat following the passage of a law that policy experts say is an inadequate response to the crisis of underfunded journalism. <[link removed]>
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Progressives Vow Higher Ed, Court Reforms After 'Devastating' Affirmative Action Ruling <[link removed]>
Rep. Jamaal Bowman said this means "promoting equitable access to higher education for our Black and Brown students" via policies including ending legacy admissions and expanding the Supreme Court by passing the Judiciary Act. <[link removed]>
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'Good News': Tory Plan to Send Asylum-Seekers to Rwanda Ruled Unlawful by UK Court <[link removed]>
"The U.K. government's 'cash for humans' deal with Rwanda is not only deeply immoral, it flies in the face of the laws of this country," said one advocate. <[link removed]>
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As Climate Crisis Intensifies, GOP Wants to Prohibit Biden From Declaring Emergency <[link removed]>
Leading the effort is Republican Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, an ally of the fossil fuel industry and recipient of Big Oil campaign cash. <[link removed]>
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WHO Agency Reportedly to List Aspartame as 'Possibly Carcinogenic to Humans' <[link removed]>
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'With Let-Them-Eat-Cake Obliviousness,' Supreme Court Ends Affirmative Action for Colleges <[link removed]>
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Affirmative Action Strikedown Is Supreme Court's Latest Attack on Civil Rights <[link removed]>
We can expect that actors seeking to maintain white supremacy throughout American society will invoke the majority's reasoning in a whole host of other policy areas. <[link removed]>
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Harm Will Come From This Right-Wing Attack on Affirmative Action <[link removed]>
The experience of California-where affirmative action was eliminated by Proposition 209 in 1996-shows that it still will be possible to have diversity in higher education, but it will take sustained effort and it will be difficult. <[link removed]>
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The Human Beings Who Died on the Adriana Were Treated Like Their Lives Didn't Matter <[link removed]>
Meanwhile, the rescue effort mounted for wealthy tourists lost on the Titan shows what's possible when those in danger are treated like do. <[link removed]>
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