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Transit Union says Maryland bus driver’s murder emphasizes need to protect workers

August 27, 2021 By PAI

Isaac Caldwell, an ATU Local 1764 member and bus driver, is the third Baltimore transit worker shot to death in the past year.

‘Civil War’: An American contest that has never come to an end

August 27, 2021 By Michael Berkowitz

That is one of the main takeaways from this project: Even historical fact has a hard time dislodging hardened, though discredited opinion.

Poor People’s car caravan demands Manchin junk filibuster, back voting rights

August 27, 2021 By Mark Gruenberg

Senator Manchin doesn’t even send some aides to listen to the demands of his constituents.

Right-wing Supreme Court throws out eviction moratorium

August 27, 2021 By C.J. Atkins

In response, Rep. Cori Bush declared: “If they think this partisan ruling is going to stop us from fighting to keep people housed, they’re wrong.”

EPA takes action to protect Pacific salmon from pesticides

August 27, 2021 By Olivia Rosane

Extreme heatwaves have made this a devastating summer for the endangered salmon species of the U.S. West Coast. In mid July, California wildlife officials warned that almost all of the young Chinook salmon in the Sacramento...