Blake Skylar
LATEST ARTICLES BY Blake Skylar
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Environment
Good green jobs require building ties between environment and labor
February 1, 2022Life-long labor activist says capitalism limits our ability to heal a wounded planet and labor will have to be much more involved in the struggle.
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Culture
Tom Morello’s new song is anthem of solidarity with union workers
November 18, 2021In a time when seemingly more workers than ever are rising up and demanding humane pay and treatment, Morello’s new music may serve as the soundtrack to a labor mobilization the likes of which the U.S....
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Manchin se beneficia del carbón sucio y acaba con el acuerdo climático de Biden
October 19, 2021El senador Joe Manchin se ha posicionado en el lado equivocado de la historia climática con su negativa a respaldar la parte ambiental de la Ley Build Back Better.
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Politics
Manchin, who pockets $500,000 per year from dirty coal, kills critical Biden climate deal
October 19, 2021As he shields the coal economy, his state of West Virginia is hit with major climate disasters.
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Environment
Biden’s climate measures must pass or he’ll go empty handed to COP26
October 15, 2021Passage of his massive $3.5 trillion Build Back Better package, plus the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package would put the U.S. in the forefront of a battle to save the planet.
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Politics
Pennsylvania Republicans pushing Arizona style ‘fraudit’
September 24, 2021They want to control the private information of nine million Pennsylvanians.
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Environment
UN report: Planet on disastrous path to 2.7 degrees of warming
September 23, 2021The consequences of climate change have long since been right on our doorstep, with chaotic weather conditions in the U.S. only increasing in intensity.
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Labor
Unemployed workers face hardship, desperation as benefits run out
September 7, 2021Sudden end to aid can cause great damage to the entire economy as the recovery is jolted by a surge in the Delta variant of the coronavirus.
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