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April 22, 2022
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Report Details Biden Admin's 'Cruel and Unnecessary' Jailing of Asylum-Seekers
The paper's author says the administration's policy "endangers lives, separates families, inflicts trauma, wastes resources, and punishes people for exercising their legal right to request asylum."
by Brett Wilkins



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Leaked Video Reveals Starbucks CEO Urged Managers to Ramp Up Union-Busting Efforts
"Starbucks is getting desperate as it loses this war in battle after battle," said the baristas' union, "because we—the Starbucks partners—continue to organize and fight for a real voice within the company."
by Brett Wilkins



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Activists Blockade Corporate Newspapers Over Inadequate Climate Coverage
Corporate media outlets are "enabling the government's gaslighting of the public" by failing to cover the climate emergency with "the frequency it deserves," the campaigners argued.
by Jake Johnson
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• Katie Porter Leads Letter Urging Biden Not to Dump More Money Into Medicare Advantage
Opinion



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Remembering the Radical Roots of Earth Day
Set in the wider arc of history, Earth Day stands for me as a reminder of the importance of fact-based and community-grounded advocacy for moving the needle on inclusive, just environmental policy and practice.
by Johanna Chao Kreilick



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Billionaires Do Not Give Anything to Society—They Take From It
The rich do not compete; they destroy the competition. The rich do not create wealth; they accumulate it. The rich do not create knowledge; they kidnap it. The rich do not create ideas; they demonize them.
by Jorge Majfud



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The US Forces Its Flawed Food System on the World
We ignore the fact that efforts, like AGRA, have failed and we refuse to support and fund Agroecological solutions that will work.
by Jim Goodman
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