Wednesday, December 3, 2014

RSN: Conservative Lobby Group ALEC Plans Anti-Environmental Onslaught, Chicago Raises Minimum Wage to $13 an Hour




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Chicago Raises Minimum Wage to $13 an Hour
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Katie Lobosco, CNN
Lobosco reports: "In another victory for low-wage workers, Chicago became the latest city to raise its minimum wage Tuesday."
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This Is Why the Middle Class Can't Get Ahead
Nick Hanauer, PBS
Hanauer reports: "Only Americans who make less than $23,660 a year are automatically eligible for time-and-a-half pay after working 40 hours a week. Today, that's only 11 percent of salaried workers."
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UN Resolution: Israel Must Renounce Nuclear Arms
Alexandra Olson, Associated Press
Olson reports: "The U.N. General Assembly overwhelmingly approved an Arab-backed resolution Tuesday calling on Israel to renounce possession of nuclear weapons and put its nuclear facilities under international oversight."
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French Parliament Recognizes Palestine as a State
Al Jazeera America
Excerpt: "French lawmakers have voted 339 to 151 in favour of a symbolic motion to recognise Palestine as a state."
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Darren Wilson Is Not an Outlier: Why Cops Are Almost Never Indicted for Shooting Someone
Josh Voorhees, Slate Magazine
Voorhees writes: "It took jurors less than three days to decide that there wasn't enough to convince them to indict Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson. That result would have been exceedingly rare if Wilson were a regular citizen. Because he was a cop the outcome was close to inevitable."
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Conservative Lobby Group ALEC Plans Anti-Environmental Onslaught
Suzanne Goldenberg, Guardian UK
Goldenberg reports: "The battle lines of Alec's newest attack on environmental and climate measures will be formally unveiled on Wednesday, when the group begins three days of meetings in Washington DC."
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