PACT Act Problems
The Progressive
The VA is unprepared for a flood of claims from veterans disabled by toxic exposure.
Rolling Back “Right-To-Work” in States
Jacobin
Michigan’s repeal of its “right-to-work” law could be a huge boon to labor — not because a flood of new members will instantly join unions, but because the entire country is hearing the message that the state will not tolerate flagrant union busting.
No Regrets
The poet W.D. Ehrhart, veteran of both the Marines and Vietnam Veterans Against the War asks seriously, how can people like Henry Kissinger claim a lifetime of “no regrets”?
The Republican ‘Billionaires Pay Zero Tax’ Act
Inequality.org
A new GOP bill, formally entitled the ’Death Tax Repeal Act,’ would enable our super-rich to avoid both income and estate tax on their investment gains.
Organizing Pays Off: Brandon Johnson’s Chicago Win
The Nation
Movement organizers claimed a hard-won collective victory with Brandon Johnson's election. Now the Windy City’s first movement mayor faces a formidable array of challenges, testing him and the coalition that brought him into office.
LBJ vs. MLK
The New York Times
New documents reveal that Johnson was more of an antagonist to King and a conspirator with Hoover than he has been portrayed. He knew exactly what J. Edgar Hoover was doing.
After His Abortion Pill Ruling, What Will Judge Kacsmaryk Do Next?
Texas Monthly
Coming up on the docket of Matthew Kacsmaryk, the Amarillo judge: cases involving socially conscious investing, press freedoms, and workplace harassment.
How Solar Energy Got So Cheap
It’s no accident. It’s the result of policy interventions from the US to Germany to China.
What Is Working-Class Environmentalism?
Do the alleged conflicts between jobs and ecology, blue-collar workers vs. middle-class hippies really make any sense?
Tennessee Republicans Met With Devastating Response
Republicans didn't like who the voters elected to represent them, so they took representation away. For about a week.
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