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Oak Ridge National Laboratory fired the talented and prolific climate scientist Rose Abramoff for displaying the banner “Out of the lab & into the streets" at a science conference.

Republican officials in New York sharply denounced the embattled representative, even as leaders in Washington have said they will not push him to step down. Meanwhile Speaker McCarthy said he woulld resist calls to get Santos to resign.

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"We can see right now many laws being advocated for against LGBTQ, against Palestinians, against larger minorities in Israel," said one organizer.

When they want to wage war or destroy the planet, American political elites are obsessed with “job creation.” When workers start accruing a modest amount of power, elites demand increased unemployment.

An activist, community organizer, school leader, novelist, and academic, Fruchter was on the front lines of some of the most pivotal social and educational battles of the past half century in the five boroughs and his native New Jersey.

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"The oil and gas industry has lit a fuse on the Permian Basin carbon bomb that threatens to blow up any hope of a livable future," said one campaigner. "It's time for Presidents Biden and López Obrador to commit to ending the exploitation and destruction of our communities."

In short, western and particularly US domination of the world financial order considerably limits the possibilities for the new Pink Tide administrations to develop their economies successfully. A near monopoly of 96% of the region’s trade continues to be denominated in US dollars.

As nurses from two New York hospitals fight for better treatment, the executives in charge have been boosting their own pay and slashing charity care.