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Posted inPolitics
A Guide to the GOP Convention’s Pretend Agenda
Talk of the real stuff (tax cuts and deregulation) has been muted, but these less-than-meets-the-eye policies have been foregrounded.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Farmers Reject Biden’s Pro-Corporate Rural Advisers
Heidi Heitkamp and Tom Vilsack are promoting a failed strategy for rural America. Biden would win support if he broke from that and took on Big Ag.
Posted inCoronavirus
Nebraska Meatpacking Workers Continue to Struggle During the Pandemic
Workers testified in the state legislature, supporting an amendment to set protective standards at plants across the state.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Washington Is Failing Rural America: We Need a Change
An Iowa Democrat is running for Congress on fighting the corporations keeping rural Americans down.
Posted inWorking in America
Trump’s Immigration Order: Fast Track to an Abusive Past
The president limits U.S. entry to farmworkers with no rights—a boon to both Big Ag and nativists.
Posted inCoronavirus
Meatpacking Workers at Risk
For weeks, large conglomerates ignored the threat of COVID-19. The new safety procedures they’ve finally instituted could be making things worse.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Monopolies in Meat: Endangering Workers, Farmers, and Consumers
Deregulation has led to Big Ag’s giant slaughterhouses, where COVID-19 is rampant and the supply chain grinds to a halt.
Posted inCoronavirus
Unsanitized: J.D. Scholten on How to Revitalize Our Broken Food Systems
Also, big banks can’t administer their core function. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for April 30, 2020.
