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Raising the federal minimum wage

samedi 19 janvier 2019 à 01:00

"Legislation to raise the federal minimum wage is a direct response to activists raising their voices in unison."

To get that legislation adopted, they will need to organize for progressive Senate candidates in Democratic primaries in 2020.

Censorship

samedi 19 janvier 2019 à 01:00

Censorship of blasphemous art has struck in Israel.

Refugee children taken from parents

samedi 19 janvier 2019 à 01:00

An inspector general's report says that the US government took thousands of refugee children away from their parents, before the time in 2018 when the bully announced an explicit policy of doing so. How many thousands is unknown.

Nuclear power plants

samedi 19 janvier 2019 à 01:00

Three nuclear power plants planned for the UK won't be built, because the foreign companies that were going to build them have decided they were money-losers, even despite the billions in subsidy.

The supposed reason for building them is to have power reliably available even if there is no wind at night. But we already know another way to do that: batteries. Batteries are still somewhat expensive, but are nuclear power plants cheaper? And batteries can't have a massive meltdown that converts a multi-billion-dollar investment into a tens-of-billions cleanup expense.

Erosion of checks and balances

samedi 19 janvier 2019 à 01:00

The power-grabber systematically uses his power to erode the democratic checks and balances that stand between him and total power.