“Higher-than-expected sales tax revenue combined with Covid-inspired austerity measures and enhanced federal funding for Medicaid have left the county unusually flush with cash…” Read on Syracuse.com
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Blacklisted Hollywood workers independently produced one of the great labor films. “One of the reasons we made ‘Salt of the Earth’ after we were blacklisted was to commit a crime worthy of the punishment,” Paul Jarrico said. Read the Article & Find a Link to the Film
From Rebecca Solnit on Facebook: … in May we launched Not Too Late, a climate project, that has daily climate posts at https://www.facebook.com/NotTooLateClimate/ and I’d love it if you joined us there. If today’s climate news hurts, we are here to keep you going. From the website: #NotT00Late is a project to invite newcomers to…
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Please read this terrifying expose of right wing tactics. Read it on ProPublicla.org
“Survey data shows that U.S. voters, including those in key battleground states, overwhelmingly want the Biden administration to challenge corporate power and support a windfall profits tax to counter soaring prices at grocery stores, gas stations, and elsewhere across the economy.” Read it on TruthOut.org
Former president Jimmy Carter deemed the U.S. as having become “an oligarchy with unlimited political bribery” in the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s 2014 decision to strike down limits on campaign contributions, and the wielding of illegitimate authority within our political system has only grown more extreme in the eight…
Evangelical leaders only seized on abortion as its cudgel for winning elections after religious-right leaders realized it could serve a higher purpose: keeping segregation alive. Read it on Talking Points Memo
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