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NationofChange Itâs a myth that presidents welcome movement pressureâand Biden is no different Rather than directing constituents to take to the streets, it is far more common for elected officials to fear the disruptive possibilities of a mobilized base. Image Credit: Joe Brusky In early 2009, as Barack Obama prepared to move into the White House, a particular historical anecdote rapidly gained in popularity, repeated in dozens of talks and articles as a parable for how supporters should respond to the new president taking office. The story related a New Deal-era encounter between Franklin Delano Roosevelt and a group of ....
The former North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) contained a chapter on investment that allowed foreign investors to sue governments in international arbitration. The owner of Keystone XL TC Energy (previously TransCanada) used NAFTA to launch a US$15 billion lawsuit in 2016 after President Barack Obama cancelled the project. At the time, some legal experts thought the company had a reasonable chance of winning. We will never know, because the case was dropped when President Donald Trump indicated he was willing to let the project proceed. This time may be different if TC Energy chooses to proceed with a claim. NAFTA has been replaced by a new agreement the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). Unlike NAFTA, USMCA does not permit Canadian investors to sue the U.S. government (or American investors to sue the Canadian government). ....
Wisconsin Examiner Report finds benefits for economy, health in universal paid sick leave Helping workers stay home when they’re sick or exposed to COVID-19 could reduce the pandemic’s spread, analysis finds While vaccines have been slowly rolling out for COVID-19 and state lawmakers are debating whether to throw out Wisconsin’s statewide mask requirement, a new report points to another tool that could help curb the spread of the coronavirus: Money. Not just money for public health departments or money to invest in medical prevention, treatment or cures money in workers’ pockets. Paid sick leave and workers’ compensation coverage when employees contract COVID-19 on the job could encourage more workers to safely stay in quarantine or isolation so they avoid spreading the virus, according to the report ....
Native women win major award for ‘Water Protectors’ book Wednesday, January 27, 2021 Indianz.Com Growing up in Nebraska, Carole Lindstrom’s favorite novel series was “The Little House” series by Laura Ingalls Wilder about a young woman’s life as a settler on the Great Plains in the late 19th Century. But while she loved reading about Wilder’s adventures, Lindstrom couldn’t help but feel frustrated by how the author depicted her people. “I just remember being so torn and not understanding why this book that I loved so much could talk about me so badly, as a savage and as a wild Indian,” she said. “I wasn’t those things. My mother wasn’t those things. My grandmother wasn’t those things. Our people are not those things.” ....