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December 13, 2022
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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer speaks to reporters
Rev. Barber Tells Senate Dems to Bring Voting Rights, Minimum Wage, Abortion Bills to Floor
"You can't say the rules keep you from doing something when you have the power to change the rules," says Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II.
by Kenny Stancil



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'Corporate Greed at Its Worst': Top US Utility Giants Reap $14 Billion in Profits as Households Suffer
"Utility companies have chased higher and higher profits and enriched investors rather than keep prices stable for working families."
by Jake Johnson



Yemeni medical teams carry body bags containing corpses of those killed in airstrikes on a prison in northern Yemen on January 25, 2022.
With Vote Imminent, Senators Urged to Pass Sanders' Yemen War Powers Resolution
"We have a huge opportunity to remove unauthorized U.S. support for deadly and inhumane actions from Saudi Arabia, and Congress must act immediately," said one peace campaigner.
by Brett Wilkins
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• EU Bows to Bottom-Feeding Tax Havens on Minimum Corporate Tax Rate: Oxfam
• As Inflation Cools, Experts Warn Powell to 'Think Twice Before Hiking Up Interest Rates Again'
• Echoes of January 6 as Bolsonaro Supporters Torch Vehicles, Attempt to Storm Police HQ
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President Biden Should Direct the Social Security Administration to Stop Penalizing Marriage
The Biden administration should immediately announce that adults with disabilities can marry and continue to receive the Social Security benefits their parents have earned for them.
by Nancy J. Altman



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Dear America: Sanctions Don't Solve Problems
Harsh economic penalties rarely, if ever, work to change a targeted regime's behavior; so why do we still use them?
by Barbara Slavin



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Informative, Galvanizing Book Recommendations for the Holidays
Readers Think, Thinkers Read.
by Ralph Nader
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