health and safety
Activists file new challenge to proposed Twin Metals mine
May 6, 2020Opponents of a proposed copper-nickel mine in northeastern Minnesota sued Wednesday to challenge the federal government’s renewal of Twin Metals’ mineral rights leases.
Read moreCoronavirus cuts ‘deep scars’ through meatpacking towns across the country
May 5, 2020“These two guys were here last week. Now they are gone. It’s crazy.”
Read moreVirus conspires with drive for profit to ‘open the economy’
May 5, 2020What’s working against American families is that capitalism cannot abide by a process that allows people NOT to work, a process that shuts down the profit machine.
Read moreLeaked CDC report projects 200,000 infections per day by June 1
May 5, 2020Trump keeps the document in the back drawer. Report says that by June, U.S. will see a sharp rise in coronavirus deaths, up to 3,000 per day.
Read moreGOP Senate to hold stimulus hostage; demands coronavirus lawsuit immunity for bosses
May 5, 2020A wide range of groups, including the AFL-CIO, have formed a “COVID Coalition” to oppose McConnell's push to let business off the hook.
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