From CommonDreamsPublished on Friday, December 11, 2020byCommon Dreams'Congress Cannot Go on Recess Without Providing This': Sanders, Hawley Move to Attach $1,200 Payments to Must-Pass Spending Bill "It would be outrageous and simply unacceptable for members of Congress to go home to their families when tens of millions of working-class families in … [Read more...] about 'Congress Cannot Go on Recess Without Providing This': Sanders, Hawley Move to Attach $1,200 Payments to Must-Pass Spending Bill
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Ten Things Biden’s National Labor Relations Board Should Do to Jump-Start Industrial Democracy
From JacobinFew legal arenas are more volatile than labor law. With the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) remaining … [Read more...] about Ten Things Biden’s National Labor Relations Board Should Do to Jump-Start Industrial Democracy
Joe Biden Said He’d “Follow the Science” on the Pandemic. He Isn’t.
From JacobinNo Exit Throughout his career, rather than trying to shift public opinion or stand his political ground, Joe Biden has more often pandered to the most extreme right-wing elements of the country, an approach that has been disastrous when it comes to economics, criminal justice, and war, … [Read more...] about Joe Biden Said He’d “Follow the Science” on the Pandemic. He Isn’t.
Kim Stanley Robinson Imagines a Future Where We Don’t All Die
From JacobinThe Ministry for the Future The Ministry is a daring, provocative history of the next thirty years. Against the grain of late capitalist dystopian imagination, Robinson, better known by his initials, KSR, has produced a sprawling, grimly realistic yet stunningly optimistic story of how … [Read more...] about Kim Stanley Robinson Imagines a Future Where We Don’t All Die
New Report Shows How the Finance Industry Is Blowing the Paris Carbon Budget
From CommonDreamsWASHINGTON - Two days ahead of the 5th Paris Agreement anniversary, 18 NGOs are releasing a joint report showcasing 12 of the most devastating fossil fuel projects that are currently planned or under development. These expansion projects alone would use up three-quarters of the total remaining carbon budget if we are to have a 66% probability of … [Read more...] about New Report Shows How the Finance Industry Is Blowing the Paris Carbon Budget