Musk's unelected role at the forefront of U.S. government, and his company's near monopolisation of satellite internet communications, increases his global political and economic power grab, and attacks on democracy.
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North Carolina Teachers Strike, Demanding Higher Pay and Better Funding
Teachers from 20 school districts across the state held a strike that affected around 700,000 students, as teachers demanded an increase in per-pupil funding to the national average and raises in teacher pay.
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'CEOs Don't Want This Released': U.S. Study Lays Bare Extreme Pay-Ratio Problem
The first comprehensive study of CEO-to-worker pay reveals an extraordinary disparity – with the highest gap approaching 5,000 to 1.
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How Rightwing Groups Wield Secret 'Toolkit' To Plot Against U.S. Unions
Rightwing activists are launching a nationwide drive to persuade public-sector trade union members to tear up their membership cards and stop paying dues, posing a direct threat to the progressive movement in America.
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Defying Republicans, Senate Democrats Schedule Vote to Save Net Neutrality
Democrats are forcing the Senate to vote on Wednesday, nearly 1 month before the FCC repeal of net neutrality would take effect.
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With March on Harrisburg, the "Blue Wave" Gathers Force in Pennsylvania
We aren’t meant to believe that what we do, or what we march for, or who we elect, on the local level, has any real larger-scale consequences. March on Harrisburg is attempting to change that.
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'Time for a Moral Confrontation': Poor People's Campaign Launches With Local Rallies Nationwide
The campaign, with an emphasis on voter mobilization and civil disobedience, will include 40 days of demonstrations culminating in a massive protest on June 23 in Washington, D.C.
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A Tale of Two Cities: Can the Public Banking Movement Learn How to Fight?
After Santa Fe ceded ground as the first metropolis ready to lead us into an era of public banking, the City of Los Angeles has jumped to the forefront of the banking revolution.
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Black Activist Jailed for his Facebook Posts Speaks Out About Secret FBI Surveillance
Rakem Balogun spoke out against police brutality. Now he is believed to be the first person prosecuted under a secretive U.S. effort to track so-called ‘black identity extremists’.
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Mother's Day Reality: More Employed Single Mothers Are Poor in Today's America
More than a quarter of single mothers living without partners or parents are now in poverty, and almost twice as many women as men are likely to live in poverty at some point.
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Ohio Voters Just Made Gerrymandering More Trouble Than It’s Worth
Here's some news you may have missed in the drama of Tuesday's multistate primaries: Ohio voters decided to limit one party’s power to draw congressional lines that would lock the other out of power for a decade.
