by Jake Johnson, staff writer "Abbott has failed and passed off blame to somebody else. Texas is in dire straits. Texans are dying. Homes are being destroyed, people are cold and hungry, and we have no idea when things will begin to return to normal."
by Jake Johnson, staff writer "USPS will never recover so long as DeJoy is given free rein by a partisan, ineffective, and incomplete board of governors."
by Andrea Germanos, staff writer "When Big Tech's gatekeeper power is unchecked or a handful of dominant publishers can influence legislation, we get caught in a battle where users always lose."
by Brett Wilkins, staff writer The new letter coincides with a report debunking the claim that boosting tipped workers' wages will cause business closures.
by Kenny Stancil, staff writer "Unless production is significantly increased, many people in developing countries won't get vaccines until 2024. The pandemic cannot be stopped anywhere unless people are vaccinated everywhere."
by Jessica Corbett, staff writer "The wealthiest 1% are responsible for roughly 70% of the 'tax gap,'" said the California Democrat. "It's time every American pay their fair share."
by Jake Johnson, staff writer Cuomo reportedly threatened to "destroy" a New York assemblyman who has vocally criticized the governor's handling of the state's nursing homes during the coronavirus pandemic.
by Jessica Corbett, staff writer A separate letter, signed by some of the same groups, lays out how the Biden administration can "end the cycle of endless war of the last two decades."
by Brett Wilkins, staff writer "There is no one who has a more thorough grasp of the National Labor Relations Board and the purpose of the National Labor Relations Act than Jennifer Abruzzo," said one union leader.
by Writers and Scholars Opposing Censorship Regardless of one's opinions on the Middle East, everyone should be distressed by The Guardian' s act of blatant censorship.
by Carolyn Clendenin It’s far from surprising that Texas leaders are using a crisis to do some PR against real action on climate change. It’s strategy #1 in the GOP playbook for dealing with the existential crisis facing our nation.
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