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The $15 Minimum Wage Doesn’t Just Improve Lives. It Saves Them.
A living wage is an antidepressant. It is a sleep aid. A diet. A stress reliever. It is a contraceptive, preventing teenage pregnancy. It prevents premature death. It shields children from neglect.
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This was supposed to be the decade of tougher consumer protections. That didn't happen
To sum up the past decade, you could call it a tale of two presidents. For evidence of that, look no further than the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. The financial overhaul legislation was signed into law by then-President Barack Obama on July 21, 2010.
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Spotify is pausing political ads in 2020
The move follows stricter bans by other platforms like Twitter and Google
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Trump cuts loose with unpredictable characters at Mar-a-Lago
At the White House, people who want to meet with Donald Trump have to deal with schedulers, scores of aides hovering around the president and a strict security protocol. At Mar-a-Lago, Trump’s luxury South Florida resort where he typically spends Christmas and New Year’s Eve, the president is just another guy in the buffet line.
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'He was sent to us': at church rally, evangelicals worship God and Trump
They came to pray with their president, though in truth many came just to worship him. Donald Trump’s Friday launch of his so-called “coalition of evangelicals”, an attempt to shore up the support of the religious right ahead of November’s election, had the feel of any other campaign rally, except this time with gospel music.
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Trump rallies evangelical supporters: 'We have God on our side'
President Trump rallied evangelical supporters in Miami on Friday, positioning himself as a champion of religious communities while ripping his Democratic opponents as “radical” leftists pursuing an “extreme, anti-religious and socialist” agenda.
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'Wrong then, wrong now': US clash with Iran echoes march to Iraq war
As a new Republican president seeks re-election, senior figures in Washington warn history may be repeating itself
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Can Ranked-Choice Voting Save American Democracy?
The political scientist Lee Drutman talks about who is to blame for the current crisis, why ideologically incoherent voting can benefit democracy, and the place of right-wing conservatism in a multiparty system.
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Right-wing hawk attack tactics aren't working this time — and here's why
Republicans used their old Iraq tricks to quash critics of Trump's Iran adventure. But this time nobody's buying
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'Evangelicals for Trump' was an awful display by supposed citizens of the Kingdom of God
Trump mocked his enemies, trafficked in half-truths, instilled fear and expressed zero humility. My fellow evangelicals loved every minute of it.
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Proposed Book Banning Bill in Missouri Could Imprison Librarians
A Missouri bill would give small boards power to censor books from local libraries. Violations could lead to their funding being stripped.
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Instagram is busy fact-checking memes and rainbow hills while leaving political lies alone
Plus: Emphasizing a publisher's name on social doesn't seem to impact readers' misinfo radar much one way or the other.
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New study suggests Donald Trump's "fake news" attacks are backfiring
People tend to become more trusting of news stories after being exposed to President Donald Trump's tweets
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The right keeps attacking Greta Thunberg’s identity, not her ideas
Steve Mnuchin says she needs to go to college before she talks about climate change. It’s part of a bigger pattern.
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Climate experts agree: "Steve Mnuchin should go back to college" — not Greta Thunberg
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin was criticized by scientists after he claimed that teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg should not criticize American fossil fuel investments until she studies economics in college.
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Far-right white evangelicals love Trump for many reasons — including their terrifying obsession with the End Times: report
The Christian Right loves President Donald Trump for a variety of reasons, from his racist rhetoric and anti-immigrant views to all the far-right judges he has added to the federal courts. But journalist Stephanie Mencimer, this week in an article for Mother Jones, focuses on one of their most disturbing reasons for being so pro-Trump: an obsession with the End Times.
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Bernie Sanders and His Internet Army
At the start of his 2020 bid, the Vermont senator told his supporters that he condemned bullying. Is it his problem if many don’t seem to listen?
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Bernie Sanders Thinks Companies That Sell Your Browser History Are ‘Trampling Over the Rights of Consumers’
"No reasonable person would expect antivirus software to be selling off their private browsing data to the highest bidder."
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The 'Race To 5G' Is A Giant Pile Of Lobbyist Nonsense
We've noted for a while that the "race to 5G" is largely just the byproduct of telecom lobbyists hoping to spike lagging smartphone and network hardware sales. Yes, 5G is important in that it will provide faster, more resilient networks...
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Democrats to offer $760B infrastructure plan with big climate theme
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is expected to announce the package Wednesday morning after meeting with the House Democratic caucus.
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