Union-busting firms like Littler Mendelson and Morgan Lewis advise corporate management to break labor laws because of low violation costs (inthesetimes.com)
First ever Samsung strike, employees asking for raise and bonus pegged to company earnings (au.finance.yahoo.com)
Proposed Texas GOP platform calls for the Bible in schools, electoral changes that would lock Democrats out of statewide office (www.texastribune.org)
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Federal Health Agency Acknowledges Psilocybin's Therapeutic Potential And Touts Forthcoming Psychedelic Research (www.marijuanamoment.net)
Texas doctor who said nine-year-olds can safely give birth appointed to maternal mortality committee (www.theguardian.com)
The Low-Paid Humans Behind AI’s Smarts Ask Biden to Free Them From ‘Modern Day Slavery’ (www.wired.com)
After the only hospital in town closed, a North Carolina city directs its ire at politicians (apnews.com)
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In 'Abandonment of Public Education,' Louisiana to Allow Tax Dollars to Pay for Private Schools (www.commondreams.org)
The Central Bank of China will use $42 billion to buy back unsold new buildings, which will then be converted into affordable housing. (www.caixinglobal.com)
Video Game Execs Are Ruining Video Games (jacobin.com)
North Carolina lawmakers push bill to ban most public mask wearing, citing crime (abcnews.go.com)
Abbott grants Daniel Perry pardon in murder of Black Lives Matter protester | Republican Gov. Greg Abbott is pardoning Daniel Perry, the former Army sergeant convicted in the fatal shooting (wapo.st)
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Arizona accuses Amazon of being a monopoly and deceiving consumers with “dark patterns” (www.theverge.com)
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Former Far-Right Hard-Liner Says Billionaires Are Using School Board Races to Sow Distrust in Public Education (www.propublica.org)
When Your Rulers Ignore Voters But Are Terrified Of Protesters, That Tells You Something (caitlinjohnstone.com.au)
Belgian sex workers to get health insurance, pensions and maternity leave in world first (www.yahoo.com)
Argentina: government targeting rights, such as collective bargaining, that support greater fairness and equality, while threatening those who protest with repression and criminalisation (sh.itjust.works)
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Trinity to work towards total divestment from Israel in unprecedented win for BDS (trinitynews.ie)
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Seizure Data Suggests State-Legal Cannabis Market Has Significantly Curbed Demand for Mexican-Grown Marijuana (norml.org)
How Do I Prepare My Phone for a Protest? (themarkup.org)
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AIPAC Is Secretly Intervening in Portland’s Congressional Race to Take Down Susheela Jayapal, Sources Say (theintercept.com)
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