No matter how you message it, the PRO Act is the exact opposite of being “pro-worker”.
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❌ Is the PRO Act really pro-worker? NO. Yet, many legislators are still advocating for it despite the bill being a clear destruction of contract work that many workers—particularly women—rely on.
* Nearly half (46%) of the independent contractor workforce is female.
* Women are more likely than men to be employed in an alternative work arrangement.
* Flexible contract work allows women to balance employment with caregiving for children, sick spouses, and aging parents or other priorities.
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“We should be celebrating diversity. Critical Race Theory doesn’t celebrate diversity; it weaponizes it.”
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** Biden’s Business Order Is Not Just Big, It’s Burdensome ([link removed])
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** Single-Payer Health Coverage Is Not the Same as Medical Care ([link removed])
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President Biden has called climate change “the existential crisis of our time”.
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To fight climate change, the Biden administration says it wants to reduce U.S. oil and gas production by limiting reliance on fossil fuels.
B. With gas prices skyrocketing, the Biden administration is now asking the foreign Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) oil cartel to pump more oil—a fossil fuel—so that U.S. gasoline prices can fall.
C. The Biden administration has saved American jobs in the oil and gas industry, prioritizing them over foreign OPEC jobs.
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We still need more people to rejoin the labor force, but the June jobs report was encouraging. The headline number from the June jobs report was impressive, with non-farm payrolls increasing by 850,000 beating expectations. At the same time, the long-term-unemployment share—that is, the portion of the unemployed who have been jobless for 27 weeks or longer—went back up in June, from 40.9% to 42.1%. Both figures remain well below their pre-pandemic levels.
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When you use Google—a target of former President Donald Trump’s lawsuits—to search for information about his recently-filed social media lawsuits, you find headlines declaring “As Stupid as You’d Think” and “Trump Files Sweeping, Nonsensical Lawsuits.” Even if true, the clear bias is not helpful for a reader who would like to think for herself.
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