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Trump’s Crackdown on Immigrants, Asylum Seekers Gains Traction
The Supreme Court said Wednesday Trump could enact severe restrictions on asylum seekers, the move in his increasingly hardline crackdown...
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Dozens of US Progressive Groups Urge Congress to Protect Boycott Rights
The resolution is in response to growing attacks on the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions movement (BDS), a campaign that aims to...
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Trade War Cited as Cause for 10,000 US Job Layoffs in August: Report
Employers also announced the most layoffs of any August since 2009
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Wage-ing War: Why Some Restaurant Workers are Demanding a Full Wage
With most US states allowing employers to pay tipped workers a sub-minimum wage, the practice has increasingly become a source...
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Why is the US Economy so Prone to Crashes? An Interview With Economist Richard Wolff
Drawing from the Marxian tradition, Wolff maintains that if we are to understand why the American and global economies are...
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UN Rights Chief Slams US Move to Detain Migrant Children Indefinitely
Trump's decision to remove legal limits on how long migrant children can be detained clearly flouts international law, the U.N....
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‘We Will Not Tolerate This Here:’ DC Residents Protest Proposed Migrant Children Detention Center
Hundreds of people protested in D.C. on Wednesday protested a proposed for-profit detention center for migrant children in the area
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Marijuana Justice: How Legal Cannabis Can Help Address US Racial Disparities
“For far too long the possession of marijuana has been a pipeline to prison, especially for black men in DC...
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Trump Attacks Puerto Rico as Major Storm Nears Landfall
In a prior tweet, the president once again falsely claimed that Puerto Rico received $92 billion in disaster relief following...
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US Deports Palestinian Harvard Freshman Over Friends’ Social Media Posts
Under a new Trump administration policy that began in June, visa applicants are required to submit information about any social...
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Seven in Ten Americans ‘Angry’ That Gov. Works Only For Rich and Powerful: Poll
These suspicions have been backed up by recent political science research, as one 2015 Princeton study found that public opinion...
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Trump Lashes Out at China, Plunging Stocks Amid Recession Fears
The blistering Twitter screed called into doubt chances for a quick resolution to the escalating trade war between the world's...
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Sales of Bulletproof Backpacks Surge in US Amid Fears of Mass Shootings
After the last tragedies in El Paso, Texas, and in Dayton, Ohio, where collectively 31 people died at the hands...
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‘Whatever it Takes:’ Sanders Unveils Detailed, Aggressive Plan to Stop Climate Change
The proposal aims to create 20 million new jobs by transforming the nation’s energy sector, achieving 100 percent renewable energy...
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US to Allow Indefinite Detention of Migrant Children: DHS
The Department of Homeland Security said it was terminating the 1997 Flores Settlement Agreement, a binding legal ruling that said...
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Trump Likens Himself to ‘King of Israel,’ Accuses Democratic Jews of ‘Great Disloyalty’
In a Wednesday tweet, Trump compared himself to "the King of Israel" and "the second coming of God," quoting a...
Read moreWho Profits From Migrant Detention in the US?
Reports of inhumane conditions at migrant camps and immigrant detention centers have caused outrage nationwide. Many of the facilities that...
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US Economists Expect Recession in 2020 or 2021: Survey
Economists are split on whether the downturn will happen before or after the 2020 presidential election.
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Pelosi: No UK Trade Deal if Brexit Undermines Good Friday Accord
Because Northern Ireland, which is a part of the United Kingdom, shares a border with Ireland, a part of the...
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‘Serious Irregularities’ at Prison Where Epstein Died: US Attorney General
U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr said Monday there were "serious irregularities" at the jail where Jeffrey Epstein died of an...
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