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Labor’s problem: Overcoming Mitch McConnell’s blockade
August 14, 2019McConnell, the Republican from Kentucky, has decreed that virtually every piece of legislation the House has sent or will send is (a) “Socialist” and (b) dead on arrival.
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Guatemala’s runoff election: Out of the frying pan, into the fire?
August 14, 2019Like its neighbor Honduras, Guatemala , a country with 17.2 million people, has been the site of very large anti-corruption protests for several years.
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States sue Trump EPA to stop its OK of toxic pesticide
August 13, 2019The states say EPA’s own scientists found, both in 2015 and 2016, that no level of chlorpyrifos is harmless for children, especially infants.
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Trump rule can deny legal status for immigrants using public assistance
August 13, 2019At every turn the Trump administration takes regarding immigration, there’s only one tangible goal: Fear.
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Workers, allies lay groundwork for labor law reform fight
August 13, 2019Workers and their allies are laying the groundwork for a long, costly and probably bloody – well, not literally – battle to achieve true labor law reform in the U.S.
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