U.S.
Manchin upending entire Democratic agenda
June 7, 2021Voting rights, infrastructure, and more in danger of going nowhere unless action is taken in June.
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Will partisan politics squelch the strongest water advocate in Southern California?
June 4, 2021Climate change remains a thing and Los Angeles remains governed, as always, with intense political maneuverings surrounding that most vital elixir of them all—water.
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New Hampshire House kills ‘right to work’ (for less)
June 4, 2021New Hampshire joins Montana as the second state where, surprisingly, a state legislature with a Republican majority has killed proposed anti-union laws.
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Coalition wants Congress to end immunity for federal police, agents
June 4, 2021Support grows for curbing the arbitrary powers of not just police but now Border Patrol, the FBI, and other agencies that can violate civil rights.
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Republican governors yank unemployment aid even as jobs shortfall continues
June 4, 2021In a move that will slow the recovery, GOP-dominated states turn down $300 in weekly federal help for their unemployed workers.
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