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Top consumer brands, big banks linked to brutal palm oil worker abuses
September 24, 2020Some of the brands you buy every week at the grocery store have links to brutal abuse of workers in Southeast Asia's palm oil industry.
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Millions kicked off unemployment, but Senate Republicans still won’t renew $600
September 24, 2020Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., has killed the House-passed HEROES Act, which would have reinstated the $600 federal unemployment benefit and extended them through Jan. 31.
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NBA players denounce decision not to charge Breonna Taylor’s killers
September 24, 2020“We feel like we’ve taken a step back, that we haven’t made the progress we were seeking,” said L.A. Lakers guard Danny Green. “Our voices aren’t being heard loud enough. But we’re not going to stop."
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Ohio activist Morgan Harper didn’t make it to Congress, but she’s still fighting
September 24, 2020Residents in Ohio's 3rd District hoped they might soon be represented in Congress by someone who endorses Medicare for All, the Green New Deal, and student debt relief. But they'll have to wait, for now.
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‘Latino Vote: Dispatches from the Battleground’ on PBS on October 6
September 24, 2020Two-time Emmy nominee writer-director Bernardo Ruiz has cobbled together an impressive, entertaining hour-long montage of the current state of the Latino electorate.
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