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North Carolina to Duke Energy: Don’t raise rates to clean up your mess!

July 19, 2017 By Emery P. Dalesio

The nation’s largest electric company wants to force consumers to pay nearly $200 million a year to clean up the toxic byproducts of burning coal to generate power.

Federal judge hands a partial defeat to Trump’s travel ban

July 18, 2017 By Al Neal

U.S. District Judge Derrick Watson of Honolulu, Hawaii, handed challengers of President Trump’s travel ban a legal victory.

Trumpcare dies in the Senate, the people fight on

July 18, 2017 By Mark Gruenberg

““We’ll do everything we can to keep the pressure on. Our fight is not over yet."

For 16 years she persisted: Lee’s win on endless war matters

July 18, 2017 By Teresa Albano

Congress handed the president a “blank check” to wage an endless war on terror; for 16 years, Rep. Barbara Lee argued that Congress needs to cancel it.

The great awakening of New England labor

July 18, 2017 By Donald Donato

The outcome of these struggles heavily depends on labor’s ability to organize effective workplace and political action.