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Memo Warns GOP Unemployment Benefit Formula Would Take Months to Implement
“The damage from a lapse in unemployment benefits will radiate throughout the economy,” tweeted Rep. Don Beyer.
Trump’s Federal Police Surge Could Provoke an Election Day Constitutional Crisis
If courts don’t stop Trump’s police, feds could bolster the ranks of 50,000 poll watchers or be called upon if he loses.
White House Privately Warned 11 Cities to Take “Aggressive” Action Against COVID
The call was yet another warning about the seriousness of the outbreaks given to local officials but not the public.
Legal Complaint Against Venmo Challenges Anti-Muslim Discrimination
This is the first U.S. case against Venmo’s policy of targeting transactions on the basis of religion and ethnicity.
Housing Activists in Philly Launch Major Takeover of Abandoned Public Buildings
Single mothers and their children have started perhaps the most significant housing takeover in the country.
Senate GOP Slammed for Allowing Eviction Moratorium to Expire
Millions of households across the country are at risk for losing their homes in the midst of the ongoing pandemic.
Giving Police Departments Money to Buy Body Cameras Will Never End Brutality
As long as police departments have total control over body camera footage it won’t change their behavior, say activists.
The Decades-Long Battle to Privatize the Post Office Could Be Coming to a Head
The USPS serves and employs more people than most government agencies, and it desperately needs COVID relief to survive.
The Food Industry Puts Profits Over Public Health Using Big Tobacco’s Playbook
The industry is spending millions to push weaker state and federal public health laws to override strong local laws.
Trump Admin Faces Lawsuit Opposing Exclusion of Undocumented People From Census
Immigrant rights groups said the administration is trying to “suppress the count and rig the census for partisan gain.”