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Critics Slam Business-Backed Bill to Expand Child Labor in Iowa
It would allow kids as young as 14 to work in jobs like mining, logging and animal slaughtering.
VA GOP Blocks Bill Seeking to Bar Insurrectionists From Positions of Power
The Republican-led House of Delegates tabled the measure without assigning it to a committee for further consideration.
George Santos Is Under Investigation From House Ethics Officials
The investigation adds to a small mountain of other investigations that Santos is currently facing.
Warren, Sanders Slam Restaurant Lobby For Making Workers Fund Anti-Worker Battle
A report recently revealed the industry is forcing workers to pay for classes that fund lobbying efforts against them.
Federal Judge Issues Order Suggesting 13th Amendment Protects Abortion Rights
The judge cited a scholarly article arguing the point, as well as an appellate court ruling from the 1990s.
GOP Aims to Paint Telehealth Providers of Abortion Pills as “Drug Traffickers”
Meanwhile, a lawsuit in Texas threatens to take the abortion medication mifepristone off the market in every state.
Biden Will Call for Universal Insulin Price Cap in State of the Union
The president is planning to call for a number of economic proposals that could help the working class.
White House Slams Manchin-GOP Push for Social Security, Medicare Commissions
The TRUST Act is a ploy to gut Social Security and Medicare behind closed doors, says one progressive advocacy group.
Haymarket Books Will Provide Free Black History E-Books to Florida Students
Books are “dangerous to those in power.... that's why we publish them,” Haymarket Books said in a press release.
Republicans Have Introduced More Than 120 Anti-LGBTQ Bills in 2023 So Far
Many of these laws aim to ban gender-affirming care for trans youth — and in some states, even adults.