PHILADELPHIA In all the justified angst and worry over the right-wing/white supremacist-nationalist threat to the future of U.S. democracy, the everyday actions of rank-and-file citizens may be a secret weapon against it.
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CHICAGO - Organizing Amazon against its ever-expanding reach and the radical right extremist threat to democracy are two main challenges confronting Letter Carriers and all unions in coming years, union President Fredric Rolando said at his union’s convention here this week.
WASHINGTON It was a far cry from what Democratic President Joe Biden and progressives originally sought, and it included some late giveaways to Big Pharma, Wall Street and the fossil fuel industry, but senators approved the $739 billion Inflation Reduction Act, on August 7.
Congress allowed the restrictions first put in place in 1994 to expire a decade later, unable to muster the political support to counter the powerful gun lobby. President Joe Biden has urged passage.