Open internet advocatesΒ Β that βweβre running out of timeβ to save the web from corporate control. The call to action came after United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chairperson Ajit PaiΒ Β his long-awaited plan to scrap net neutrality on November 21.
Jake Johnson
The United Nations High commission for Refugees (UNHCR) on July 19Β that an airstrike carried out by the US-backed Saudi-led coalition in Yemen killed 20 civilians β including women and children β who were fleeing violence in their home province.
The agency said in statement: βMost of those killed are believed to be from the same family.β
In a little-discussed move that could spell disaster for unions and workers, US President Donald Trump announced on June 27 the nomination of William Emanuel β a lawyer for a firm that represents large corporations β to fill a vacant seat on the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).
Emanuel is a member of the Federalist Society, an ultra-right-wing group of lawyers and donors. If Emanuel and Trumpβs other nominee β Washington attorney Marvin Kaplan β are confirmed by the Senate, Republicans will control the NLRB for the first time in nearly a decade.
After theΒ Β of the US Senateβs ββ healthcare bill β which would imposeΒ eliminate funding for Planned Parenthood and give huge tax breaks to the wealthy β an NBC New
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