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Biden to Sign Executive Order Raising Federal Workers’ Wages to $15 an Hour
The raise will go into effect for federal employees in 2022. Tipped contractors will see a $15 minimum by 2024.
The More Biden Expands ACA, the Harder It Will Be for the Right to Cut It
Ironing out the ACA's kinks and expanding its reach may be the best short-term path toward near-universal coverage.
No, Biden’s Not Banning Burgers — But Meat Is a Real Climate Problem
A study seized on by the right shows replacing meat with plant-based foods could help confront the climate crisis.
Biden Is Providing Some Vaccines to India But Hasn’t Budged on Patent Waiver
COVID knows no borders. Neither should we.
Americans View Biden as Doing Much Better Than Trump Did in First 100 Days
Biden only fails to receive positive marks on one important issue to Americans: immigration.
Sanders and Warren Urge Biden to Expand Medicare in the American Families Plan
Lawmakers argue that lowering the Medicare eligibility age would enact a broadly popular reform to the program.
Biden Eyes Tax Hikes on the Wealthy to Pay for Free Community College
Republicans have offered their own infrastructure plan, which Democrats immediately blasted as doing too little.
Biden Vows to Cut Emissions While US Continues to Subsidize Fossil Fuels
President Biden pledged to cut U.S. greenhouse gas emissions in half, below 2005 levels, by the end of the decade.
Reject Greenwashing. At This Point, Only an Ecological Revolution Will Do.
The damage that has been done to the environment is only now beginning to reveal itself after decades of denial.
Biden Opens Climate Summit With Pledge to Cut US Emissions in Half by 2030
Activists say the target isn’t ambitious enough to put the U.S. and the world on track to curbing dangerous warming.