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10/12/21
Patrick Leahy during the press conference in Cuba. Feb. 21, 2018 | Photo: Twitter/ @JohanaTablada

Dec. 8, 2021

U.S lawmakers Patrick Leahy and Ron Wyden called on Wednesday for the White House to change the hostile policy imposed on Cuba all these years. 

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08/12/21
Author: 
Mack DeGeurin
plane taking off - Photo: David McNew (Getty Images)

Dec. 2, 2021

It's a notable milestone, yes. But decarbonizing air travel has a loooooong way to go, and sustainable fuel isn't all it's cracked up to be just yet.

United Airlines made aviation history this week, completing a flight between Chicago and Washington DC, using a slightly less environmentally disastrous fuel source—or, as they would prefer you call it, “sustainable aviation fuel” or SAF in aviationspeak.

08/12/21
Author: 
Praveen Paramasivam
Union workers from Kellogg's gather with signs while they picket outside the cereal maker's headquarters as they remain on strike in Battle Creek, Michigan, U.S., October 21, 2021. REUTERS/Emily Elconin

Dec 7, 2021

(Reuters) - Kellogg Co (K.N) said on Tuesday a majority of its U.S. cereal plant workers have voted against a new five-year contract, forcing it to hire permanent replacements as employees extend a strike that started more than two months ago.

07/12/21
Author: 
William K. Tabb
Image credit: U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders speaking with attendees at the Presidential Gun Sense Forum hosted by Everytown for Gun Safety and Moms Demand Action at the Iowa Events Center in Des Moines, Iowa (August 10, 2019). Gage Skidmore, Flickr.

In The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Napoleon, Karl Marx observed that class struggle can create circumstances and relationships that make “it possible for a grotesque mediocrity to play a hero’s part.”1 Donald Trump can be viewed as one such grotesque mediocrity, inflated to “heroic” proportions by his reactionary followers. Unwilling to accept defeat, Trump attempted to seize power after losing the 2020 presidential election.

06/12/21
Author: 
Nicole Carroll

Dec. 3, 2021

Think your area has had more rain than usual? You're probably right. 

Think your area has had less rain than usual? Again, you're probably right. 

06/12/21
Author: 
Tyler Walicek
Seattle City Council member Kshama Sawant speaks as demonstrators hold a rally outside of the Seattle Police Department's East Precinct on June 8, 2020 in Seattle, Washington. DAVID RYDER / GETTY IMAGES

Dec. 5, 2021

An unusual special election in Seattle’s District 3 on December 7 will decide whether avowedly socialist City Councilor Kshama Sawant will be recalled from her position. The fact that Sawant’s seat is under dire threat is indicative of the contempt that Seattle’s business interests hold for her and her policies: The considerable victories Sawant has won for working people have made her the target of some of Seattle’s most powerful forces.

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