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Top consumer brands, big banks linked to brutal palm oil worker abuses

September 24, 2020 By Margie Mason And Robin McDowell

Some of the brands you buy every week at the grocery store have links to brutal abuse of workers in Southeast Asia's palm oil industry.

Millions kicked off unemployment, but Senate Republicans still won’t renew $600

September 24, 2020 By Mark Gruenberg

Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., has killed the House-passed HEROES Act, which would have reinstated the $600 federal unemployment benefit and extended them through Jan. 31.

Ohio activist Morgan Harper didn’t make it to Congress, but she’s still fighting

September 24, 2020 By Anthony Parker And Anita Waters

Residents in Ohio's 3rd District hoped they might soon be represented in Congress by someone who endorses Medicare for All, the Green New Deal, and student debt relief. But they'll have to wait, for now.

Florida campaign underway to pay ‘poll taxes’ for the formerly incarcerated

September 24, 2020 By John Bachtell

Without Florida, Trump's re-election hopes are doomed. That's why GOP officials there are blocking the votes of as many people as possible.

Trump forever? President won’t commit to give up power if he loses

September 24, 2020 By John Wojcik

“Get rid of the ballots,” he said, “and there will be no transfer, there will be a continuation.”