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August 22, 2023

Top News

UPS Teamsters Overwhelmingly Approve 'Historic' New Contract, Averting Strike

"This is the template for how workers should be paid and protected nationwide, and nonunion companies like Amazon better pay attention," said Teamsters president Sean O'Brien.

'They Deserve Better': Sanders Demands Fair Contract for New Jersey Nurses on Strike

"It is absurd for RWJBH to claim it can afford to pay its executives millions, yet is somehow unable to provide its nurses fair raises," said the senator.

'Stop Cop City' Referendum Organizers Call Atlanta's Verification Regime 'Voter Suppression'

"It's clear that the city of Atlanta knows that they will lose a vote over Cop City, so now they are trying to prevent it," said one activist.

Dems Urge US House Probe as Dozens of Texas Inmates Die in Sweltering Prisons

"Despite a surplus in the Texas state budget, state legislators prevail with the mindset that allowing inmates to suffer from excessive heat is appropriately 'tough on crime,'" said the lawmakers.

Locals Alarmed as Japan Plans to Discharge Water From Fukushima Nuclear Plant This Week

"Nothing about the water release is beneficial to us," said a Japanese fisherman who lost his brother in the 2011 tsunami. "There is no advantage for us. None. It's all detrimental."

Jessica Corbett

US Child Gun Deaths 'Undoubtedly One of Our Chief Public Health Crises': Study Author

"The most likely reason that your child will die in this country is at the hands of a firearm. That's not acceptable," said the lead author of the new analysis.

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'Climate Scam': 180+ Groups Tell Biden to Drop Support for Hydrogen

Omar Says US Must End Arms Sales to Saudis Over Alleged 'Ghastly' Crimes Against Migrants

'Heartbreaking': Trump-Appointed Judges Allow Alabama Transgender Care Ban to Take Effect

NLRB Accuses Amazon of Unlawfully Calling Cops on Workers During Assault on Union Effort

House Freedom Caucus Threatens 'Reckless' Government Shutdown Unless Far-Right Demands Met

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Opinion

In Response to Maui Fires, Hawaii Should Buy the State’s Power Provider

Picking Hawaiian Electric up before or out of bankruptcy and converting it to a public good will insure the state with reliable, citizen-centered electricity for years to come while guaranteeing minimal disruption for employees.

Senator Booker, Pick a Side: Shut Down Elizabeth Detention Center

For the people of New Jersey, a future without immigration detention facilities is within sight. The only migrant jail left in our state is CoreCivic’s EDC.

Kathy O’Leary

Trust the Children, Not the System

It will take an extended commitment to community organizing to expand the Held ruling into tangible relief as a vital state constitutional protection for nature.

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