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Economy & Labor
Voters Want to Use Climate Change Policies to Rebuild the Economy After COVID
A new poll shows that voters want job training for workers who left the fossil fuel industry as well as a carbon tax.
Insufficient COVID Protections for Postal Workers Pose Threat to Mail-In Voting
Postal Service employees are not being tested nor receiving temperature checks despite facing obvious health risks.
Millions of Children Go Hungry as Mitch McConnell Blocks Stimulus Bill
Desperately needed emergency food assistance would expire on September 30 under McConnell’s “skinny” stimulus bill.
Kenyon College Students Are Organizing the First Campus-Wide Undergraduate Union
Disruption in campus employment due to COVID-19 sparked new urgency for students’ ability to bargain.
Undocumented Farmworkers Face Triple Threat as West Coast Burns
Farmworkers continue working amid a pandemic and climate-fueled fires.
Rural and Native Communities Are Hard Hit by COVID-Era Food Insecurity
The pandemic has caused tremendous suffering for rural and Native people as well as youth and people with disabilities.
GOP Proposes Massive Coal Industry Handout, No Direct COVID Relief Payments
Senate Republicans call for $161 million handout to coal industry after nixing COVID relief for struggling Americans.
We Need a People’s Bailout as Inequality Worsens Amid COVID-19
History’s largest transfer of wealth went in the wrong direction. The time to reclaim stolen funds is now.
Official Statistics Show Wage Growth, But That’s Due to Low-Wage Job Losses
A study by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco says the recent spike in wage growth is an “illusion.”
NYC Teachers Say Union Leadership Made Unsafe Reopening Plan With City Officials
Rank-and-file educators say the agreement between UFT and the city does nothing to address pandemic safety concerns.