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Americans With Disabilities Act and Unions Help Protect People with Long Covid
Friday July 26, 2024Today marks the 34th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) which prohibits discrimination against disabled people in employment and public services. In a new analysis, CEPR Research Associate Hayley Brown explains that the pandemic leaves in its wake ...'Elon Musk's War on Workers Is Being Aided By The Courts'
Friday July 26, 2024Judge Alan D. Albright of the Western District of Texas sided with Elon Musk’s SpaceX on Tuesday, issuing a preliminary injunction preventing the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) from pursuing an unfair labor practice charge against the company. The ruling ...Investigate Use of Antipersonnel Mines Left after Russian Occupation As Possible War Crimes
Friday July 26, 2024The use of anti-personnel landmines, which litter territories in Ukraine formerly and currently occupied by Russian forces, continue to pose a deadly threat to civilians and must be subject to a prompt, thorough, independent and impartial investigation, Amnesty International said ...Taking On Bigots, Yahoos and Perpetrators Of All Kinds
Thursday July 25, 2024Talk about flipping the script. Within days, in a historic act of grace, old Joe did the "right and honorable thing" and handed the reins to Kamala, "in every possible way (the) anti-Trump," who ran with them. In their glorious ...Netanyahu's Speech Reveals the Demise of the Bipartisan Consensus on Israel
Wednesday July 24, 2024Stefanie Fox, Executive Director, Jewish Voice for Peace: “This will go down in history as a moment of shame for the American people: standing ovations for the genocidal lies of a fascist leader who is using US weapons to commit ...Connecticut Prevails Over Exxon's Attempt to Escape Climate Deception Lawsuit
Wednesday July 24, 2024Connecticut scored a major victory yesterday in its lawsuit seeking to hold ExxonMobil accountable for “an ongoing, systematic campaign of lies and deception” about the role of the company’s fossil fuel products in causing climate change, after a state court ...Stand Up America Applauds Senate Advancing Bill to Ban Congressional Stock Trading
Wednesday July 24, 2024Stand Up America’s Managing Director of Policy and Political Affairs, Brett Edkins, issued the following statement after the Senate Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs advanced the ETHICS Act with bipartisan support. The ETHICS Act bans members of Congress, ...New Report Details Massive Impact of Methane Emissions on Near-Term Climate Picture
Tuesday July 23, 2024A new report from the national advocacy group Food & Water Watch presents a stark picture of the immense amount of climate-killing methane emissions emanating from the top two sources of such pollution: fossil fuel fracking and corporate factory farming. ...Groundwork's Lindsay Owens on FTC Pricing Investigation
Tuesday July 23, 2024Today, the Federal Trade Commission launched an investigation into surveillance pricing, ordering information from eight companies on the practice in a 5-0 vote. The orders were sent to Mastercard, Revionics, Bloomreach, JPMorgan Chase, Task Software, PROS, Accenture, and McKinsey & ...