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Trump’s clown? Britain’s likely next prime minister, Boris Johnson
July 9, 2019The slavish and uncritical support given by Britain to the foreign policy of what Boris Johnson calls “our number 1 ally, the USA,” should come as no surprise.
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N.Y. joins Calif. in passing comprehensive labor rights for farm workers
July 9, 2019Farm workers are finally getting basic labor rights, including the right to organize a union, a mandatory day of rest, and the right to overtime pay.
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House to pass $15 minimum wage; studies debunk GOP job loss claims
July 9, 2019Research from the Economic Policy Institute suggests that Republican claims of 3.7 million lost jobs due to a rise in the minimum wage are nonsense.
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Small-town solidarity: The grassroots fight against immigrant detention centers
July 9, 2019Townspeople in Dwight, Illinois, took on the private detention industry—and won.
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Trickle-down pollution: The waterways from Chicago to New Orleans
July 8, 2019We can't punish the north to save the south, nor can we ignore the issues caused by the north to continually punish the people living in the south.
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