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Biden’s Budget Includes Tax Hikes Targeting Corporations and the Rich
While the plan still keeps corporate tax rates relatively low, progressives applauded the hikes as “long overdue.”
Silicon Valley Bank Collapses in Largest Failure Since 2008 Crisis
The bank's financial woes rattled Wall Street and left depositors scrambling to withdraw their money.
Colonialism Created Food Insecurity in Haiti, Now Climate Change Compounds It
The U.S. must end its unfair trade practices and stop flooding Haiti's markets with food that can be grown locally.
Farmworkers Push Wendy’s, Kroger and Publix to Take Stance Against Forced Labor
The Coalition of Immokalee Workers is pushing the companies to join the Fair Food Program, which deters forced labor.
CO Dems Introduce Bills That Would Protect Abortion and Gender-Affirming Care
If passed, the bills would expand access to targeted health care and protect out-of-state patients from prosecution.
BBC Wildlife Docuseries Won’t Air Last Episode Over Fears of Right-Wing Backlash
Critics are deriding the decision by the U.K. broadcaster as being environmental censorship.
Democrats Unveil Bills to Restrain Union Busting, Give Union Members Tax Benefit
The effort is aimed at chipping away the advantage that employers hold in union campaigns.
Another Norfolk Southern Train Derailed as Its CEO Testified Before the Senate
CEO Alan Shaw faced tough questions about the company’s response to the derailment and chemical disaster in Ohio.
Florida GOP Introduces 3 New Bills to Expand DeSantis’s “Don’t Say Gay” Policies
The bills include vague “age-appropriate” guidelines that will likely stifle any discussion of gender issues even more.
Biden’s 2024 Budget Calls for Revival of Expanded Child Tax Credit
The expanded child tax credit kept millions of adults and children out of poverty in 2021.