#Legislation

Cory Doctorow

doctorow

40 years ago, a fabulist named Robert Bork dreamed up an imaginary history of US antitrust law in order to justify dismantling it. 1/ This Nixon co-conspirator - beloved of

Nick von Westenholz

nvonwestenholz

As the Agriculture Bill comes back (again!) to Parliament this week, some reflections on the issue of trade policy and food standards: **featuring** some myth-busting, some corrections of misconceptions, and

[E.R.I.C.] ن

JustBeingEric

Let's look at the role of Republicans in the History of abortion, shall we? Planned Parenthood started receiving funding in 1970 when Republican POTUS Richard M. Nixon signed into law

Jawad Mian

jsmian

1) Few Americans truly understand the racial schism separating white and black citizens. Let us consider America's biography.THREAD 2/3 2) The Reconstruction Act of 1867 granted voting rights to

Danny Cullenward

dcullenward

Thanks to @jtemple for including me in his story on the big news from Governor Newsom's new executive order, which sets a goal of 100% zero emission new car and

EMILY's List

emilyslist

Happy Mother's Day! We are so proud of all the pro-choice Democratic moms who have stepped up to run for office.Because when moms are in office, policy outcomes change for

Emma Caterine 🌹#CancelRent

EmmaCaterineDSA

The Supreme Court is and has always been a racist institution. With a couple of notable exceptions, the justices have been white men who upheld apartheid, discrimination, racist police brutality

🟢 Dave Hewitt

void_if_removed

Although, it will likely be a long time before we know the outcome, everybody that cares about employment rights should be paying attention to this hearing tomorrow.Should the original ruling

Dr Marie Tidball

MarieTidball

You can read the recommendations on our webpage in full but I'm going to tweet the rest here too so that there's no risk of people missing them. Let the

Tyler Shandro

shandro

I’m happy to explain again Bill 21 and the termination of the AMA Master Agreement. Thread First, the main point of the AMA Master Agreement was to give the

Scholars for a New Deal for Higher Education

SFNDHE

We are thrilled to endorse the #CollegeForAll bill introduced today by @SenSanders + @RepJayapal. This bill is a huge step for higher education in the United States. It addresses multiple

Francis Hoar

Francis_Hoar

I have been instructed in a judicial review of the International Travel (quarantine) Regulations. The Crowd Funding site is here: https://www.crowdjustice.com/case/end-the-quarantine/.The Grounds are here: https://static.crowdjustice.com/ca

Jane Ledwell

janeledwell

So much discussion of #PaidSickDays. Wonder how PEI ended up the 1st province with (limited) paid sick days (for workers with the same employer for 5 or more years)? 1/...

Independent SAGE

IndependentSage

Coming up any minute! Independent Sage answer all your questions about face masks. Join us here or on YouTube - and tweet us your questions!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QRhwcVMTZI Professor West: Policy on face

Tides of History

labour_history

#OTD 1970. The Equal Pay Act receives Royal Assent.After decades of campaigning, the bill enables women to make a claim for equal pay if they do the same job as

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Kontji

#BREAKING: The Tennessee Democratic Party Executive Committee just passed the vote to kick Memphis Representative John DeBerry out of the Democratic Party. DeBerry response: “The Tennessee Democratic Party has decided