Turning Up the Heat on Global Warming

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Note: As of press time, the government shutdown continues. In addition to today's workout on climate change, we also recommend that you keep pushing on DACA and CHIP with phone calls, ResistBot, and protests. 

2017 was one of the hottest years on record, marked by patterns of extreme weather. While the science of hurricanes is complicated, climate experts have found clear links between the severity of hurricane-related flooding and climate change. Global warming can moreover be held responsible for devastating wildfires in California and heatwaves worldwide. These are not issues to be chill about.

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Protecting Protected Status

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The administration’s war on immigrants continues, with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) targeting those in the U.S. with Temporary Protected Status (TPS). TPS allows immigrants fleeing civil wars, natural disasters, or other dangerous situations to remain in the United States and work and travel. An estimated 437,000 people from 10 countries—many of which Trump has described in nasty, racist terms—are protected by TPS. Last week, DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen decided to terminate TPS for over 200,000 immigrants from El Salvador, effective September 2019 (a similar move to terminate TPS status for Haitian immigrants was announced in November).

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Support Your Local Service Worker

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It’s January, the least lucrative month of the year for the estimated 2.5 million of us who work in tipped industries. But the difficulties of a career as a server, bartender, or other tipped worker go beyond unstable profits and irregular work hours. One of the country’s fastest-growing industries, hospitality is notorious for sexual harassment. 90% of female tipped workers report incidents of harassment from management, coworkers and/or customers; over half report enduring harassment at least weekly. Support workers in tipped industries by fighting harassment, protecting workers’ right to earnings, and making minimum wage a living wage.

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