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House Republicans Unveil Legislation to Kick Millions Off Medicaid
The bill text is a section of the budget reconciliation package that the GOP hopes to complete as soon as Memorial Day.

Climate Justice Organizers Hold Mock Funeral for 1.5ºC Paris Agreement Target
2024 was the hottest year in human history, and countries show no signs of reining in planet-wrecking fossil fuels.

Judge Blocks Trump-Musk’s “Unconstitutional Dismantling” of Federal Government
A federal judge in California temporarily blocked the Department of Government Efficiency’s bureaucratic overhaul.

Warehouse Workers Who Ship NYC’s Luxury Fashion Brands Are Unionizing
Bergen Logisitcs workers are also fighting for the reinstatement of a colleague they allege was fired for organizing.

Immigrant Rights Activists Work to Shore Up California’s Sanctuary Law
President Donald Trump has threatened to pull funding from the state over the California Values Act.

When Trump Ended a Program Feeding Californians in Need, Farmers Fought Back
When the US government chopped $1 billion from USDA programs nationally, farmers didn't take the move lying down.

Hawai’i Isn’t Backing Down From Its Lawsuit Against Big Oil Over Climate Crisis
Facing record-breaking fires and floods, and Trump attacks, the state alleges a “decades-long campaign of deception.”

Rümeysa Öztürk Released From ICE Custody After Judge Cites Threat to Free Speech
The Tufts student was snatched on a Boston street in March and imprisoned for 45 days for writing a pro-Palestine op-ed.

Want to Stop Trump’s Attacks on the NLRB? History Shows Strikes Are the Answer.
Workers’ legal rights are inherently precarious in a capitalist economy. Only periodic mass upheaval has renewed them.

RFK Jr. Says Autism Database Will Use Medicare and Medicaid Records
Roughly 36 percent of Americans are enrolled in Medicare or Medicaid, meaning their sensitive data could be targeted.