2021-05-26: News Headlines

Matt Sedlar (2021-05-26). Ripping Away Enhanced Unemployment Benefits Will Disproportionately Harm Working-Class Moms. cepr.net MarketWatch See article on original site All but a handful of Republican-led states have announced their intent to withdraw from the federal government's supplemental unemployment benefits program. Doing so will reduce benefits for jobless residents in these states by $300 per week. Republicans have blamed the more generous benefits for labor shortages and sluggish recovery …

David Cooper (2021-05-26). There Is Zero Justification for GOP Ending $300 Federal Unemployment Boost. commondreams.org There Is Zero Justification for GOP Ending $300 Federal Unemployment Boost | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/unemployment_sanders_coronavirus_1_0.jpg

Ellen Brown (2021-05-26). How America Went From Mom-and-Pop Capitalism to Techno-Feudalism. zcomm.org The crisis of 2020 has created the greatest wealth gap in history. The middle class, capitalism and democracy are all under threat. What went wrong and what can be done?

Staff (2021-05-25). Warren Proposes Drastic IRS Budget Increase to Crack Down on Wealthy Tax Cheats. truthout.org Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts) unveiled legislation on Monday that would drastically increase the budget for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to reduce tax enforcement inequities and ensure the agency goes after wealthy tax evaders. | The Restoring the IRS Act of 2021 would provide the IRS with $31.5 billion a year in mandatory funding, over 2.5 times higher than its 2021 appropriated budget of

Staff (2021-05-25). Florida Becomes 23rd GOP-Led State to Slash Jobless Benefits. truthout.org Florida's Republican-led government announced Monday that it will soon cut off a $300-per-week federal boost to unemployment benefits, the The…

Sarah Anderson (2021-05-25). Poor People's Campaign and House Progressives Call for a 'Third Reconstruction'. counterpunch.org Amidst partisan haggling over President Biden's infrastructure proposal, the Poor People's Campaign joined progressive House members on Capitol Hill on Thursday to lay out a comprehensive moral vision for the nation. "It's unforgiveable that 250,000 people die every year in this country from poverty and inequality," said Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) during a press conference

CA Poor People's Campaign & PPC National (2021-05-25). Monday 5/24: Rally to Demand End to Poverty & Starvation Wages in U.S. w/ PPC. indybay.org Online via livestream…

Jeffrey D. Sachs (2021-05-25). A Third Reconstruction Is Pragmatically Achievable and Could End American Poverty. commondreams.org "The U.S. ranks lower than many socially inclusive economies on every key dimension of life, with a lower life expectancy, higher poverty rate, no guaranteed paid sick leave, longer working hours per year, and, yes, less happiness." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/poverty_5_0.jpg

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