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At least 15 refugees dead in Mediterranean shipwreck

March 2, 2021 By Ben Cowles

Meanwhile, 363 who were rescued this weekend by the crew of an NGO rescue ship still wait for Italy or Malta to allow them to come ashore.

$Sky-high levels of fracking chemicals detected in children’s bodies$

Sky-high levels of fracking chemicals detected in children’s bodies

March 2, 2021 By Climate Nexus

The research fills a gap in the science between the health harms experienced by those living near fracking and the known harms caused by fracking chemicals.

Congressional Republicans Kevin McCarthy, Mike Garcia met with protests

March 2, 2021 By Jim Soliz

The actions took place in the cities of Santa Clarita, Lancaster, and Bakersfield, three bulwarks of the far right in California.

Senate Democrats pull $15 wage from rescue package; progressives target filibuster

March 2, 2021 By PAI

Sanders pledges minimum wage vote anyway; Warren says filibuster must be abolished.

Black Lives Matter vigil mourns Derek Hayden, shot by Seattle police

March 1, 2021 By Tim Wheeler

On Feb. 16, a Port of Seattle police officer called city police saying a man with a knife had cut himself and appeared to be suicidal. A short time later, Derek Hayden was killed by police...