"Michigan persists as one of 43 states with a legacy of slavery—a subminimum wage—and a very low overall wage of just under $10 an hour. Neither is enough for people to live on."
"An extension would be a good, popular decision. You should do it," the Debt Collective said in response to the news. "Then cancel student debt."
For many refugees and migrants across the world, the onset of winter marks the beginning of a potentially life-threatening period.
"There are solutions to this alarming and unprecedented attack on our democracy," said the Brennan Center for Justice, calling on the Senate to pass voting rights legislation.
Advocacy group calls on major banks and investors to pull the plug on a planet-wrecking industry that shows no urgency to curb its destruction.
Julian Assange is one of the political prisoners that the US claims not to have. The UK is again the good vassal, keeping him locked up until the Biden administration finds an opportune time to ship him off to a kangaroo court. Everyone who believes in press freedom and who opposes imperialism must be a staunch Assange defender.
"Instead of being transparent and using its life-saving technology to help curb the pandemic," said the anti-poverty group, "Moderna is doing the opposite."
"With this lawsuit, we say no to white supremacy in the immigration system. We say no to the violence, the discrimination, the expulsion, and the cruelty."
When Gabriel Boric opened his presidential acceptance speech with words in the Mapuche language, he reaffirmed his commitment to solving the crisis in La Araucanía and his longtime campaign promise, "We believe in a plurinational state and the self-determination of our original peoples."
One analyst warned the West Virginia Democrat's obstruction of his party's legislative agenda "puts the economic recovery at some risk."
Maximizing vaccination rates both domestically and globally hence will pay huge economic returns. Domestically, an employer mandate is an invaluable tool for maximizing vaccination rates.
Praising the awesomeness of that military has become twenty-first-century America's can't miss applause line.
The real reason for inflation is clear: the increasing concentration of the American economy into the hands of a relative few corporate giants with the power to raise prices.
"Manchin has lost the coal miners with this latest betrayal," said one labor reporter.
"The pursuit of a genuine process of international disarmament can only prove beneficial for the development of peoples and nations," the pope said in his World Peace Day message.
"Now, if only we could get these tests to folks now as opposed to sometime in January."
"All of us want to get back to normal. The fastest way to do that is for all of us—leaders and individuals—to make the difficult decisions that must be made to protect ourselves and others."
"While disappointing, Manchin laying his cards on the table is also a liberating force. Biden must go all-in with executive authority to address the climate emergency and do what he promised."
The leaders of the world's countries gathered in Glasgow signed a death warrant for the world's people. Is there anything the world's people can do about it? To answer effectively, human solidarity may have to challenge the very legitimacy of the nation-state system.
