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February 13, 2021

Biden Moving to Withdraw Trump-Approved Medicaid Work Rules

Adam Cancryn Politico

Democrats long complained the rules were illegal and aimed at shrinking health coverage for poor adults.

February 13, 2021

Amazon Files Preemptive Suit Over Covid-19 Worker Safety

Jessica Corbett Common Dreams

"This action by Amazon is nothing more than a sad attempt to distract from the facts and shirk accountability for its failures to protect hardworking employees from a deadly virus."

February 12, 2021

In This Place (An American Lyric)

Amanda Gorman Split this Rock

“There’s a poem in this place--/a poem in America/a poet in every American,” writes Amanda Gorman in a celebration of the varieties of what is an American.

February 12, 2021

Gig Workers’ Data Rights Should Be Prioritized in Labor’s Next Fight

Phela Townsend Truthout

Three people getting into a car with a Uber sign on the windshield.

Data is like sunlight on employers’ wider patterns of technology use: without it, workers have little recourse to effectively address workplace concerns or combat violations of labor law.

February 12, 2021

The Flu Season Didn't Happen This Year. Can We Repeat That?

Brian Resnick Vox

The promise and peril of this year’s missing flu season.

February 12, 2021

Americans Adamantly Refuse to Cash Stimulus Checks Unless Republicans Are Onboard

Andy Borowitz The New Yorker

“If that means accepting a stimulus check that has less than bipartisan support, count me out.”

February 12, 2021

Miraculous mRNA Vaccines Are Only the Beginning

Jamie Metzl Newsweek

The radical future unleashed by the genetics and biotechnology revolutions has already begun. It's up to us to start shaping it.

February 12, 2021

Fast Food Workers Hold Black History Month Strikes to Demand $15 an Hour

Dominic Rushe The Guardian

Workers mark Black History Month by calling for McDonald’s, Burger King and Wendy’s to increase pay as Congress prepares to debate federal minimum wage

EXCLUSIVE: New Video of Roger Stone with Proud Boys Leaders Who May Have Planned for Capitol Attack

February 12, 2021

Footage obtained by Just Security from Parler shows Roger Stone and Proud Boys leaders Enrique Tarrio and Ethan Nordean (a.k.a. Rufio Panman) participating together in a demonstration the night before the December 12th “Stop The Steal” rally in Washington DC. Full news report at Just Security.

Judas and the Black Messiah

February 12, 2021

A movie about the betrayal and assassination of Fred Hampton, chairman of the Black Panther Party. Starring Daniel Kaluuya and LaKeith Stanfield. “You can murder a revolutionary, but you can’t murder a revolution."