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Connecticut joins $15 minimum wage states parade
May 21, 2019By overwhelming votes in both houses of the legislature, Connecticut became the fourth state this year to join the parade of those raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour.
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Working-class internationalism: Italian dock workers block Saudi weapons ship
May 21, 2019Genoa has a long history of solidarity. It was the first to block U.S. ships headed to Vietnam, and dock workers here refused to allow war equipment to disembark for the 1973 Chile coup.
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ExxonMobil knew about climate change in 1982 but lied about it
May 21, 2019Fossil fuel executives knew they were trading a few decades of profits for the entire future of the planet.
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Subpoena war rages, Democratic leaders call for impeachment inquiry
May 21, 2019House Judiciary Committee members press Pelosi to allow their panel to begin the impeachment process.
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Texas bill would make protesting pipelines a felony on par with attempted murder
May 20, 2019The advocacy group Public Citizen described the legislation as "an oil and gas backed effort to squash environmental protest."
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