Tag: Memorial Day
Why workers Memorial Day is a national call to action
“The goal for every one of our team members is to ensure all of our brothers and sisters go home safely to their families each and every day.”
Memorial Day: Why veterans are particularly vulnerable to the coronavirus pandemic
Here are eight ways the pandemic threatens veterans.
End this hidden risk to military families
As we honor those who made the ultimate sacrifice, let’s ensure service members and their families are no longer required to relinquish their rights in the name of freedom.
‘A message that America will tolerate war crimes’: Trump poised to...
“It was important that the perpetrators of those horrific offenses were brought to justice. Now Trump, in a twisted, grotesque ‘celebration’ of Memorial Day, wants to pardon these and other murderers?!
The pawns of war
Memorial Day is here again, and it seems ‘The Dogs of War’ are at it as always.
The people’s Memorial Day
On this Memorial Day let us contemplate the moral injury we do to our nation every day in the never ending wars of the 21st Century.
Wars: In Memoriam
“America must bear the stigma of being the only nation in the world to have unleashed an atomic holocaust....and has never apologized.”
Preparing for the Next Memorial Day
In the aftermath of the Memorial Day military parades and with a new administration looming on the horizon, a critical task for the coming year is to build a renewed, more vibrant, interracial, and multi-generational peace movement that will pressure the next administration.
A New Memorial Day Tradition — Burning The Confederate Flag
"Burn and bury" kits that allow people to print out their own Confederate flag at home, suitable for burning.
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More than 770,000 children are no longer receiving SNAP benefits after Trump changes Federal...
Republican backers of Trump’s signature domestic policy bill repeatedly claimed that revisions to the food benefits program wouldn’t affect the most vulnerable. But reports from a dozen states show children are losing access.
The persistence of ‘Israel First’
Trump’s Middle East record reveals the short life of “America First.”
The Trump administration aims to penalize disabled adults who live with their families
A rule change pushed by White House officials would slash benefits or end support for as many as 400,000 Supplemental Security Income recipients.
Report: State textile laws spark massive drop in apparel PFAS levels
"No PFAS, No Problem: Product Testing Reveals Success of CA and NY PFAS Textile Laws" found that 80 percent of tested consumer products are now in compliance with newly enacted restriction.
How agave agroforestry can restore drylands and strengthen climate resilience
The agave-powered agroforestry and livestock management system is an example of how native desert plants, cultivated as part of an agroforestry system, can regenerate drylands and provide inexpensive animal feed, taking pressure off overgrazed rangelands.