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December 01, 2022

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Putting 'Profits Over People', Senate Rejects Paid Sick Leave for Rail Workers <[link removed]>

"Senate Republicans and Joe Manchin have yet AGAIN failed working Americans by voting down seven days of paid sick leave for rail workers," lamented Rep. Jamaal Bowman.

by Brett Wilkins




'We Must Cancel Student Debt,' Activists Argue as SCOTUS Agrees to Hear Case in February <[link removed]>

"The right-tilted Supreme Court now holds in the balance relief for millions of hardworking Americans," said one campaigner. "It would be a giant loss for the economy if justices rule in favor of the special interests."

by Jessica Corbett




Pentagon Fails Another Audit, Yet Congress Poised to Approve $847 Billion Budget <[link removed]>

"This isn't using our taxpayer dollars wisely," said the National Priorities Project. "It's robbing programs that we need, like the discontinued child tax credit that cut child poverty by half."

by Kenny Stancil



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Opinion




FDR, Georgia, and Social Security: A Relationship Worth Protecting <[link removed]>

We've recently celebrated the 87th birthday of FDR signing Social Security into law. It touches the life of every working Georgian from Warm Springs to Savannah, and has saved millions from the "poorhouse."

by James Roosevelt Jr., Henry Scott Wallace, Tomlin Perkins Coggeshall, June Hopkins




Message to Chuck and Nancy: Use the Lame Duck for People! <[link removed]>

The Democrats have one "last clear chance" to present an agenda that will benefit the American people where they live, work, and raise their families.

by Ralph Nader




8 Reasons Why Now Is a Good Time for a Ukraine Ceasefire and Peace Talks <[link removed]>

Along with faith-based leaders worldwide, we are calling for a Christmas Truce as the holiday season presents "a much-needed opportunity to recognize our compassion for one another."

by Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies



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