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August 07, 2023

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Critics Rip Private Equity Firm's Deal to Buy Simon & Schuster as 'Dark Day for Publishing' <[link removed]>

"I guess all of corporate book publishing is beholden to investors above all else but this really makes it blatant," said one literary podcaster. <[link removed]>

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After Black Pregnant Woman's False Arrest, Markey Renews Call for Federal Facial Recognition Ban <[link removed]>

"We need to pass my bill to prohibit the use of biometric technologies by federal entities and law enforcement so that people like Porcha aren't wrongly accused." <[link removed]>

Jessica Corbett <[link removed]>


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'They Want to Made Fraud Legal': Right-Wing Court Blocks Biden Student Debt Rules <[link removed]>

"These for-profit companies literally committed crimes-but Trump/Reagan judges don't care," said one economic justice group. <[link removed]>

Julia Conley <[link removed]>


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Coalition Implores Biden to Act as Abbott's 'Campaign of Cruelty' Separates Families <[link removed]>

"We urge the Biden administration to immediately reunite separated families and launch an investigation into Texas' Operation Lone Star," said #WelcomeWithDignity's campaign manager. <[link removed]>

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Customers, Allies Lead 'Starbucks Solidarity' Day to Support Workers <[link removed]>

A New York City organizer said that "we're out here using the visibility we have to help Starbucks customers and people that like the company know that the company is preventing the workers from fighting for better pay and working conditions." <[link removed]>

Jessica Corbett <[link removed]>


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House Dems Rip GOP Leadership's Effort to 'Take Food Away From Vulnerable Americans' <[link removed]>

"Democrats are united in stopping Republican attempts to take food out of the mouths of hungry Americans with their attacks on SNAP," wrote Rep. Jim McGovern. <[link removed]>

Jake Johnson <[link removed]>





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Despite Promises of Reform, Private Prison Companies Still Thriving Under Biden: ACLU <[link removed]>

 

To Protect Abortion Rights, Organizers Urge Ohioans to 'Vote No on Issue 1' in Tuesday Election <[link removed]>

 

'Retire!' McConnell Loudly Booed and Heckled at Event in His Home State <[link removed]>

 

Trump's Latest Social Media Target? Judge Presiding Over 2020 Election Conspiracy Case <[link removed]>

 

On 78th Anniversary of Hiroshima Bombing, Mayor Decries 'Folly' of Deterrence Theory <[link removed]>





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Corporations Dominate the US Healthcare System. Nurses Are Fighting Back. <[link removed]>

The severe nursing shortages in hospitals across the country have turned one of the most important jobs in the medical profession into a nightmare. <[link removed]>

Chris Hedges <[link removed]>


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Will Trump Go to Jail Before His Trial Even Begins? <[link removed]>

He has already violated a key condition of his release pending trial. <[link removed]>

Robert Reich <[link removed]>


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North Carolina Shows States Can End the Great Medicaid Purge-and So Can the Federal Government <[link removed]>

Avoiding this catastrophic loss of healthcare coverage is the first step in protecting the well-being of the most vulnerable among us. <[link removed]>

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