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The 2024 Trustees Report Shows that Social Security is Benefiting From a Strong Economy
Monday May 06, 2024The 2024 Annual Report of the Board of Trustees of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance and Federal Disability Insurance Trust Funds, released today, shows that our Social Security system remains fully affordable. This year’s report announces that, thanks to ...Bayer Seeks Reapproval of Pesticide That Federal Courts Have Twice Banned for Causing Widespread Damage to Crops and Communities
Monday May 06, 2024Pesticide-maker Bayer has asked the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to re-approve the dangerous pesticide dicamba for use on genetically engineered (GE) cotton and soybeans. The request comes after two different federal courts vacated the registrations of the drift-prone weedkiller — ...CAIR Calls on Biden to Enforce 'Red Line' After Israel Begins Ethnically Cleansing Eastern Rafah
Monday May 06, 2024The Council on American-Islamic Relations, the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on President Biden to respond to the start of the Israeli government's ethnic cleansing of Rafah by enforcing his "red line," suspending military aid, ...A War Against Humanity Itself
Friday May 03, 2024Amidst the ongoing, unfathomable slaughter, hunger, maiming, razing in Gaza at the hands of Israel's "voracious death machine," its leaders now openly vow "total and utter destruction" by what they still grotesquely call "one of the most moral militaries in ...Sanders Rips Colleagues for Attacking Student Protesters Instead of Netanyahu
Thursday May 02, 2024Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Wednesday night spoke on the floor of the U.S. Senate about the student protests taking place on college campuses across the country, and the ongoing, horrific humanitarian disaster in Gaza.Sanders’ remarks, as prepared for delivery, ...Friends of the Earth Statement on House Republican and Senate Democrat Farm Bill Proposals
Wednesday May 01, 2024After months of delay, House Republicans and Senate Democrats unveiled dueling Farm Bill priorities today. The House’s bill slashes nutrition programs and climate-focused conservation funding in order to boost commodity crop production. It also includes the EATS Act, which is ...House Republicans Establish Dangerous Farm Bill Priorities
Wednesday May 01, 2024Under fire for unreasonable delay, House Republicans and Senate Democrats released Farm Bill priorities today, teeing up lengthy debate on the seminal food and agriculture legislative package that is already months overdue. Early reporting suggests House Republican support for a ...Biden’s DEA Proposes to Reschedule Marijuana Rather than Decriminalize It, Advocates Say Marijuana Must Be Descheduled
Tuesday April 30, 2024Today, the Associated Press reported that the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is proposing rescheduling marijuana from a Schedule I drug, the most restrictive class, to a Schedule III drug, a less restrictive class. Under this proposed shift, marijuana criminalization would ...Sanders Responds to FTC’s Efforts to Target ‘Junk’ Ozempic Patents
Tuesday April 30, 2024Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today released the following statement after Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Lina Khan announced that the FTC is taking action against the bogus patents Novo ...