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Biden concedes Build Back Better breakup; unions campaign to save key pieces

January 25, 2022 By Mark Gruenberg

Said one union leader: “Working people need to see their elected leaders fighting to get something done—and calling the question on the issues that matter—so we can hold these politicians accountable in November.”

U.S. government pays big money for bad news about Cuba

January 25, 2022 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

An array of NGOs receives hefty payments from the U.S. for dishing dirty propaganda about Cuba’s economic and social problems.

Texas’ ‘maternity deserts’ grow as staff shortages close rural delivery units

January 25, 2022 By Eleanor Klibanoff

Only 40% of Texas’ rural hospitals offer labor and delivery services, forcing some patients to drive hundreds of miles to give birth. With nurses in short supply, more hospitals are considering cutting those services entirely.

Boric de Chile incluye a comunistas en gabinete de mayoría femenina

January 25, 2022 By Steve Sweeney

"Los comunistas seguiremos luchando por la dignidad del pueblo de Chile."

Biden gives 70K federal workers an immediate raise, to $15/hour

January 24, 2022 By Mark Gruenberg

AFGE reports that the raise is in a Jan. 21 executive order.