Leaked Memo: Amazon Knows Its Workers Resort to Urinating in Bottles

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Ken Klippenstein

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A former Syngenta scientist calls the failures to heed his warnings about the deadly pesticide “a conspiracy within the company to keep this quiet.”

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Andrew Cuomo’s Infamous Opsec Avoids Paper Trails. Will It Be Enough?

Nick Pinto

The New York governor never uses email and communicates through lieutenants, but the wall of silence around him is crumbling.

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As concerns grow about a global “vaccine apartheid,” watchdogs worry that the Biden administration is primed to favor profits over people.

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Cuomo’s Covid-19 Vaccine Passport Leaves Users Clueless About Privacy

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A New York state system for proving that you’ve been vaccinated uses overhyped blockchain technology — and leaves many privacy questions unanswered.

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Chuck Schumer Tells Labor Leaders PRO Act Gets a Floor Vote With 50 Co-Sponsors

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The PRO Act is the most comprehensive workers’ rights bill to gain traction in Congress in decades.

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The Border Patrol Is Dropping Migrant Families in Arizona Desert Towns With Little Capacity to Receive Them

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Nina Turner’s Campaign Gets a Boost From Congressional Progressive Caucus PAC

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Jim Crow Tactics on Full Display in Georgia as Black Legislator Arrested for Knocking on a Capitol Door

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Behind that door, Gov. Brian Kemp, alongside six white lawmakers, signed what critics say is a new era of voting restrictions.

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Asylum-Seekers Expelled by Biden Administration Say They Feel Deceived

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Central American families arrived in Mexico’s Ciudad Juárez disoriented and disconsolate; many didn’t realize they were being expelled from the U.S.

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Memo: Party Boss Asked Progressive Philadelphia Judicial Candidate to Drop Out

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Thursday, March 25, 2021

47 journalists were just laid off at the award-winning news site HuffPost. On March 9, 47 journalists at the award-winning news site HuffPost were suddenly laid off after the site was bought by

Yes, Blame Christian Fundamentalism for the Atlanta Murders

Wednesday, March 24, 2021

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Saturday, March 20, 2021

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