Dancers at LA’s Star Garden Topless Bar Become Only Unionized Strippers in the US
Dancers at a topless bar in LA are set to become the first unionized strippers in the US in a decade.
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Colossal Fiscal Waste at the Pentagon
The Pentagon budget is not only outrageously oversized, some parts of it are genuinely dangerous.
State Legislators Can Finally Make Billionaires Pay What They Owe
No longer should a handful of billionaires be able to rig the rules to redirect resources from our communities to their country clubs, from our classrooms to their ballrooms, and from our public parks to their private jets.
How America Took Out The Nord Stream Pipeline
The New York Times called it a “mystery,” but the United States executed a covert sea operation that was kept secret—until now
Fossil Fuel Industry Subsidized at Rate of $11 Million Per Minute, IMF Finds
Fossil fuel subsidies trigger a vicious circle that leads to higher production, higher consumption, and higher emissions.
AssangeDAO Raises $55 Million in 6 Days for Assange’s Legal Defense
The fundraiser aims to support the WikiLeaks founder’s legal defence as he seeks to avoid extradition from the UK to the US.
Billionaires ‘Had a Terrific Pandemic’ While Inequality Killed Millions: Oxfam
A new report explains how inequality contributed to the death of 21,000 people each day of the pandemic while the wealthiest collectively got $1.2 billion richer every 24 hours.
52 Members Of Congress Have Violated A Law Designed To Stop Insider Trading And Prevent Conflicts-of-Interest
Insider and other media have identified numerous US lawmakers not complying with the federal STOCK Act. Their excuses range from oversights, to clerical errors, to inattentive accountants. Ethics watchdogs — and even some in Congress — want to ban lawmakers from trading individual stocks.
Medicare For All Would Have Prevented Hundreds of Thousands of U.S. COVID-19 Deaths According to New Lancet Study
“We need to be prepared for the next pandemic, and we can’t be under the current for-profit system.”
UN Chief Calls For International Trade With Iran In Defiance Of US Sanctions
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres underlined the need for preserving the 2015 landmark Iran nuclear deal, urging the world to engage in trade ties with the Islamic Republic based on Security Council Resolution 2231 that endorsed the agreement.
250 Million Indian Workers And Farmers Strike, Breaking World Record
Over 250 million workers and farmers have stopped work in India, setting a world record for the largest strike in history.
15 Asia-Pacific Countries Form World’s Largest Trade Bloc, Exclude the US
KEY POINTS Fifteen Asia-Pacific economies formed the world’s largest free trade bloc on Sunday, a China-backed deal that excludes the United States. The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) was signed Read More…
Sanders Bill to Tax ‘Obscene’ Pandemic Windfall of Billionaires Would Empower Medicare to Cover Every American for One Year
“By taxing 60% of the wealth gains made by just 467 billionaires during this horrific pandemic, we could guarantee healthcare as a right for an entire year.”
Twitter Faces FTC Probe, Likely Fine Over Use of Phone Numbers For Ads
Twitter’s use of the data for advertising purposes was discovered in 2019.
Trump Used Looted Venezuelan Public Money to Build Border Wall With Mexico
Around $24 billion of Venezuelan public money was looted by the US government, and the Trump administration has used at least $601 million of it to construct a militarized wall on the US-Mexico border.