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December 09, 2022
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Railroad workers
70+ Lawmakers Tell Biden 'You Can and You Must' Provide Rail Workers Paid Sick Leave
"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



Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) talks to reporters in the U.S. Capitol on December 1, 2022 in Washington, D.C.
As NYT Staffers Strike, Sanders Calls for 'New Ways to Empower' Workers Battling Industry Giants
"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



Climate protesters
House Report on Big Oil Greenwashing Shows 'Big Tobacco Playbook All Over Again'
"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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• Final House Covid Panel Report Exposes 'Reckless' Trump Pandemic Response
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Opinion



fracking
Congressional Report Proves Big Oil Always Saw Gas as a 'Destination' Not a 'Bridge'
By revealing gas for what it really is, today's House Oversight Committee Report is a boost to all those efforts.
by Jamie Henn



Donald Trump on a video monitor as an audience watches
The Apprentice, Trump's Celebrity Presidency, and the Road to American Fascism
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



yemen
'War Is Over, If You Want It': US Can End Its Complicity in Horrendous Yemen War Today
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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