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December 09, 2022

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70+ Lawmakers Tell Biden 'You Can and You Must' Provide Rail Workers Paid Sick Leave <[link removed]>

"As president, you and your administration have a number of tools at your disposal to make sure rail workers are guaranteed paid sick leave," wrote the lawmakers.

by Julia Conley




As NYT Staffers Strike, Sanders Calls for 'New Ways to Empower' Workers Battling Industry Giants <[link removed]>

"We need to rebuild and protect a diverse and truly independent press so that real journalists and media workers can do the critical jobs that they love, and that a functioning democracy requires," said the Vermont progressive.

by Kenny Stancil




House Report on Big Oil Greenwashing Shows 'Big Tobacco Playbook All Over Again' <[link removed]>

"These companies know their climate pledges are inadequate, but are prioritizing Big Oil's record profits over the human costs of climate change," said Rep. Carolyn Maloney.

by Julia Conley



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Opinion




Congressional Report Proves Big Oil Always Saw Gas as a 'Destination' Not a 'Bridge' <[link removed]>

By revealing gas for what it really is, today's House Oversight Committee Report is a boost to all those efforts.

by Jamie Henn




The Apprentice, Trump's Celebrity Presidency, and the Road to American Fascism <[link removed]>

The reality-show he starred in was critical to Trump's political success. It was a vehicle for rescuing his brand from a series of business failures; and it was the means through which he presented himself, on a mass scale, as an executive and dealmaker-in-chief.

by Heather Gautney




'War Is Over, If You Want It': US Can End Its Complicity in Horrendous Yemen War Today <[link removed]>

Over 400,000 Yemenis have perished since the war broke out in 2014, making it the world's worst humanitarian catastrophe, according to the United Nations.

by Kevin Martin



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