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Economy & Labor
Hiking the Minimum Wage to $15 Is Key — But It’s Hardly a Living Wage
Economist Robert Pollin says a $15 federal minimum wage is an essential but limited step toward decent wage standards.
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Immigration
Immigrants Will Continue to Die as Long as Agencies Like ICE and CBP Exist
A humane immigration policy is not possible under these hyper-militarized agencies that came out of the “war on terror.”
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Culture & Media
Pop Culture Portrays Aerial Bombardment of Middle East as “Business as Usual”
By showing drone strikes as the "answer" to terrible dilemmas, popular culture legitimizes brutal warfare.
News Analysis
Economy & Labor
Amazon Is Paying Consultants Nearly $10,000 a Day to Obstruct Union Drive
As workers in Alabama organize, the company’s tactics underscore the need for the Protecting the Right to Organize Act.
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Immigration
Biden’s Plan to End Long-Term Migrant Detention Does Not End Family Detention
Migrant justice advocates are urging Biden to permanently halt the long-term incarceration of migrant families.
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Prisons & Policing
The House Passed a Bill Named for George Floyd. It Won’t Stop Police Killings.
The bill gives more money to police while doing nothing to stop the racist war on drugs.
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COVID Has Put a Whole Generation of Black-Owned Businesses at Risk
Defeating COVID Requires Waiving Big Pharma’s Vaccine Patents, WHO Leader Says
Climate-Driven Extreme Weather Is Imperiling Wildlife Conservation Efforts
Manchin Wins Cuts to Unemployment Benefits as COVID Relief Bill Passes Senate
Punitive Attendance Policies Fueled COVID-19 Outbreaks in Meatpacking Plants
Millions of Unpaid Caregivers Are Currently Ineligible for COVID Vaccine
Eight Democrats Joined GOP to Vote Down Sanders’s $15 Minimum Wage Amendment
Former Impeachment Manager Sues Trump Over January 6 Capitol Breach
Unemployment Drops to 6.2 Percent — But Long-Term Unemployment Continues Soaring
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Politics & Elections
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Manchin Wins Cuts to Unemployment Benefits as COVID Relief Bill Passes Senate
West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin played a central role in cutting beneficial measures from the COVID relief package.
Prisons & Policing
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Louisiana Hunger Strikers — Already in Solitary — Are Being Brutally Punished
The reprisals against the hunger strikers have included being “sprayed down” with mace within an enclosed cell block.
Racial Justice
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COVID Has Put a Whole Generation of Black-Owned Businesses at Risk
The economic impact of the pandemic could wipe out an entire generation of Black-owned businesses.
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Defeating COVID Requires Waiving Big Pharma’s Vaccine Patents, WHO Leader Says
The head of the World Health Organization warned that global inequalities in vaccination could come back to haunt us.
