U.S.
Radical right Republicans on verge of hysteria regarding tonight’s debt bill vote
May 31, 2023Progressives say they oppose odious provisions in the bill but that they will not allow the so-called Freedom Caucus to sink the economy.
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Debt deal includes cruel attack on the nation’s poorest
May 30, 2023McCarthy-Biden debt ceiling agreement suspends debt ceiling but allows GOP to chip away at the nation’s safety net.
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No charges for shooter of 13-year-old boy killed in Ohio
May 30, 2023Kreig Butlerfaced potential prosecution for murder following the shooting death of Sinzae Reed in October 2022, but a grand jury says no.
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Black unionists vow to push for racial justice and democracy
May 30, 2023“We will not back down or back up,” they declared last week at the convention of the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists.
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1,700 Connecticut caregivers facing poverty go on strike at six group homes
May 26, 2023Their demands: $25-an-hour wages, affordable health insurance, and a pension they can count on in retirement.
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