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Omar Unveils Guaranteed Income Bill to Send American Adults $1,200 a Month
The bill would send adults earning up to $75,000 a year $1,200 a month, which could help reduce poverty.
Just Two Days Before It Expires, Biden Announces Eviction Moratorium Will End
The eviction moratorium is set to end on July 31, which housing experts say will cause a wave of evictions.
Report: Real Estate Groups Paid GOP Lawmakers Huge Sums to Reinstate Evictions
Senators Mike Crapo and Pat Toomey have received hundreds of thousands from real estate lobbyists, a new report shows.
Over 40 Progressive Orgs Unite to Pressure Congress to Pass Pro-Union PRO Act
The pro-union bill could help reverse declining union membership in the country.
Biden Echoes Progressives, Saying Low Wages Are Driving Worker Shortage
Progressives have been saying it’s low wages, not worker shortages, that are causing job openings to go unfilled.
Republicans Are Using Antitrust Reform as a Trojan Horse to Attack Democracy
The GOP is co-opting antitrust language to build up its base and punish “woke corporations” for anti-racist stances.
Bezos Thanks Workers for Paying for Space Trip. They’d Rather Be Paid Fairly.
Billionaires who have monopolized large sectors of the economy are seeking to do the same for space infrastructure.
Poverty Wages and Tax Dodging Funded Bezos’s Ridiculous Space Trip
This was a step toward the commercialization of space, and I want no part of that.
Oxfam Slams Bezos Space Trip as Billions Suffer on Earth
“We've now reached stratospheric inequality,” Oxfam's Deepak Xavier said in a statement Monday.
Postal Worker Hospitalized for Six Weeks After Pleading for COVID Protections
The limited response to postal workers’ repeated appeals provides a window into the failures of two federal agencies.