International
Military Budget Hike for 2023 is 3,200 Times the NLRB Increase
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If a budget reveals what we value, this one should give us pause: extravagant spending for the war machine, scraps for workers.
Disabled Minnesotans Are Facing a Home Care Crisis. Workers Are Calling on Democrats to Change That.
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Home care workers are negotiating their contract in hopes that the state will allocate some of the $17.6 billion surplus to improve pay and benefits—a test of the state’s Democratic trifecta’s political will to solve a worsening crisis for disabled people and their caregivers.
International
As Afghans Suffer, U.S. Stalls on Plan to Return Central Bank Funds
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In September, the U.S. created a foundation that was supposed to unfreeze Afghanistan’s foreign assets. Yet, interviews with trustees reveal that, in three months, no funds have been disbursed—or concrete plans made—to help the Afghan people.