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11.12.2020 15:00

In These Times

The Electoral College Needs to Go. Here’s How States Can Bypass It. - Hillary Clinton and Al Gore both won the popular vote, but lost the election. It’s time for the people to choose who becomes president.

Na•tion•al Pop•u•lar Vote In•ter•state Com•pact

noun

1. A state-level agreement that would ensure the national popular vote (not the Electoral College) determines the presidency

“Due to severe racial disparities in certain states, the Electoral College effectively weighs white voters over voters of color, as opposed to a ‘one person, one vote’ system where all our votes are counted equally.” — Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.)

Remind me: Why doesn’t the national popular vote matter already? Читать дальше...

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11.12.2020 02:36

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What Biden’s Housing Pick Says About How He’ll Approach the Crisis - By nominating Rep. Marcia Fudge, Biden is indicating he’ll treat HUD as an afterthought. That’s the opposite of what we need right now.

The United States was already facing a housing crisis before the pandemic, and now it’s only getting worse. Experts predict that 40 million tenants could be evicted come January, at the same time America is seeing a rise in foreclosures and an unprecedented spike in homelessness. This stands to exacerbate the ongoing health crisis, as recent research finds that evictions have caused as many as 433,700 excess cases of Covid-19 and 10,700 additional deaths between March and September. Even the most... Читать дальше...

11.12.2020 01:06

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Warehouse Workers Are on the Front Lines of the Covid Crisis. They're Worried They'll Be Passed Over for the Vaccine. - Low-wage warehouse workers, many of whom are temporary, are demanding access to the vaccine.

As Halloween approached, Ronald Jackson spent his days at a Chicago-area warehouse for the Mars candy company “getting Halloween candy to America.” After co-workers got Covid-19, Jackson complained to management about a lack of safety precautions. Rather than improving precautions, he said, the company fired Jackson for an alleged infraction that occurred months ago.

Новости за 11.12.2020

The Electoral College Needs to Go. Here’s How States Can Bypass It. - Hillary Clinton and Al Gore both won the popular vote, but lost the election. It’s time for the people to choose who becomes president.

What Biden’s Housing Pick Says About How He’ll Approach the Crisis - By nominating Rep. Marcia Fudge, Biden is indicating he’ll treat HUD as an afterthought. That’s the opposite of what we need right now.

Warehouse Workers Are on the Front Lines of the Covid Crisis. They're Worried They'll Be Passed Over for the Vaccine. - Low-wage warehouse workers, many of whom are temporary, are demanding access to the vaccine.

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