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These Are the Corporations Behind Trump’s Muslim Ban

Saqib Bhatti and Molly Gott In These Times
The Action Center on Race and the Economy (ACRE) and LittleSis have released a report, Ban Them: Taking on the Corporations Behind the Muslim Ban, which looks at the companies that profit off anti-Muslim and anti-immigrant policies

Media Bits and Bytes - July 24, 2018

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Trump Boots Reporter; Tronc Stomps; Sinclair Slime; Facebook's Wrist Slap; Con Game; Too Late for Lopate?; Watching the Watchers

New York City Teachers Vote for Raise and a Nine-Year Contract

Al Baker The New York Times
The teachers agreement agreement, which was passed with more than 77 percent of the roughly 90,000 votes cast and includes billions of dollars in back pay, is likely to set the standard for several other municipal unions that, like the teachers’ union, were left without contracts in the final years of Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s administration.

Newsflash: Fukushima Is Still a Disaster

Harvey Wasserman Truthdig
While the American reactor industry continues to suck billions of dollars from the public treasury, its allies in the corporate media seem increasingly hesitant to cover the news of post-Fukushima Japan.