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WEBThe Slick September 6, 2024 Elliott Woods. Texas Is the King of Greenhouse Emissions. It’s Also in the Path of the Climate Change Storm. From hurricanes to wildfires to droughts, every region of Texas is threatened by man-made climate change, vulnerability index shows. Latest News September 5, 2024 Larry Buhl.
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WEBCOLUMNS THE ARC Erin Aubry Kaplan examines the persistent barriers to racial justice and opportunities for progress in an era of receding black presence
Ten Ways Project 2025 Could Undermine Workers’ Rights
WEB1 day ago · Project 2025 calls for rolling back the Biden administration rule that raised the salary threshold to $58,656 and expanded the protection to 4.3 million more workers. Project 2025 calls for returning to the Trump-era threshold, which would mean millions fewer workers would be eligible for overtime. Another proposal to let employers calculate ...
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WEBSep 10, 2024 · Capital & Main is an award-winning nonprofit publication that reports from California on the most pressing economic, environmental and social issues of our time. Capital & Main has had stories co-published in more than 30 media outlets, from The Atlantic, Time, Reuters, The Guardian and Fast Company to …
Would Environmental Justice in California Survive a Second Trump …
WEB2 days ago · Often, the EPA declines to get involved in environmental justice cases. When advocates challenged the state’s cap and trade program in 2012, they argued the program would perpetuate pollution in communities of color by allowing refineries to use credits instead of actually reducing emissions. The EPA said the claims were “speculative” since the program had yet to launch and declined to ...
Striking Back Series
WEBAug 2, 2024 · A novel partnership among three labor unions to organize tens of thousands of airline workers could set a national example. “Striking Back” — How Workers Across a Polarized U.S. Are Challenging Economic Inequality. Danny Feingold August 30, 2023. A new Capital & Main series explores rising labor unrest in a nation of extreme disparities.
Despite Recent Pay Hikes, Many American Workers Are Still a Long …
WEBApr 25, 2022 · “Low unemployment is a primary reason” for the movement in wages, Mishel says. “And that didn’t happen magically. It was policy.” But all of this progress is sure to be fleeting unless Washington implements a host of other policies aimed at giving workers more power on a sustained basis. Wage growth has already started to show signs of moderating in recent months.
“Striking Back” — How Workers Across a Polarized U.S. Are …
WEBAug 30, 2023 · This two-year series explores how American workers across political, geographic, and racial lines are challenging an increasingly unequal status quo. Americans have taken note of the country’s stark imbalance of economic power. A 2021 Gallup poll found that almost 70% support unions — the highest mark in …
Inside the Fight to Make Banks Benefit Their Communities
WEBFeb 7, 2022 · At a time when big banks get easy approval for profitable mergers, some California community groups are saying not so fast. Dozens of them are seeking to block U.S. Bank’s bid to acquire Union Bank unless the former sets aside $90 billion for lending and charitable giving to the state’s lower income areas and communities of color.. The $8 billion merger, announced Sept. 21, 2021, would ...
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