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https://www.americanbazaaronline.com/2015/03/09/h4-visa-holders-can-start-a-business-after-getting-ead-sheela-murthy/ | Interview with noted immigration attorney Sheela Murthy of Murthy Law Firm.
WASHINGTON, DC: When Sheela Murthy started her law firm ‘Murthy Law Firm’ in 1994, she sought to establish a new kind of institution, one where immigration representation was married to humanitarian commitment.
With Murthy at the helm, the firm... | ['restrictive_migration_policy'] | neutral | neutral | neutral | neutral | neutral | neutral | neutral | oppose | 0 |
https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-lawmakers-no-tax-subsidies-for-wealthy-investors?source=FB-BP-FF-HL01-Image01-Blurb01-020520&fbclid=IwAR1nAY-lYyGBIJqkxuMot-_65WZmngJQwmMT3zJgzBAZuA2yo8nNp9GXyIE | We're making progress in limiting the damage to Oregon from the costly giveaway know as "Opportunity Zones" -- but we need your help.
House Bill 4010 is moving. The amended version of this bill pares back the "Opportunity Zones" tax break and shines the light on this tax subsidy program.
Even if you previously wrote to... | ['liberal_economic_policy', 'restrictive_financial_policy', 'expanded_environ_protection', 'expanded_social_welfare_state', 'liberal_society'] | neutral | neutral | neutral | support | neutral | neutral | oppose | neutral | 1 |
https://natashaforeman.com/2022/08/26/thought-of-the-day-is-there-really-a-war-on-drugs-violence-and-human-trafficking/ | Thought of the Day: Is There REALLY a War on Drugs, Violence, and Human Trafficking?
Yep, guns and drugs were dropped off in neighborhoods. They made their way, like a plague, to rural and impoverished areas.
You can call it a twisted “social experiment” and guess what? Many of us did exactly what was expected.
We pick... | ['law_and_order'] | neutral | neutral | support | neutral | neutral | neutral | neutral | neutral | 2 |
https://southfloridagaynews.com/Wilton-Manors-Gazette/wilton-manors-strategic-plan-innovating-and-adapting-for-our-future/Print.html | This is the last in a series of articles about the City of Wilton Manors Strategic Plan, and the success we’ve had in achieving the goals of that plan. The fourth and final priority area is Innovating and Adapting for the Future. How do we prepare for the future and grow responsibly?
We have to find ways to treat our e... | ['liberal_economic_policy', 'expanded_environ_protection'] | support | neutral | neutral | neutral | neutral | neutral | neutral | neutral | 3 |
https://www.cutimes.com/2019/05/08/how-about-leaving-fannie-mae-and-freddie-mac-alone/ | How About Leaving Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac Alone?
The Trump administration's plan of "recap and release" would most likely mean a vast windfall for private shareholders and put the burden on taxpayers.
People in Congress and the Trump administration keep repeating — lately with added emphasis — that something must be d... | ['restrictive_financial_policy', 'expanded_social_welfare_state'] | neutral | neutral | neutral | neutral | neutral | neutral | oppose | neutral | 4 |
https://openparliament.ca/debates/2012/3/13/fin-donnelly-1/ | House of Commons Hansard #95 of the 41st Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was rail.
Mr. Speaker, I will say that the hon. member goes to great lengths to try and make this question fall within the House rules of trenching on government business. I guess her im... | ['liberal_society'] | neutral | neutral | neutral | neutral | neutral | neutral | neutral | neutral | 5 |
http://groups.globaljustice.org.uk/reading/ | September has been a busy month for the Reading group. We have concentrated on the trade campaign, ‘Don’t let corporate courts block climate action’. Jean Blaylock gave us an interesting talk, ‘Is Climate on the Menu at Trade talks?’ We had three stalls at various local events as well as a short action near the station... | ['liberal_economic_policy', 'expanded_environ_protection'] | support | neutral | neutral | oppose | neutral | support | oppose | neutral | 6 |
https://www.ifp.org.za/our-2019-manifesto/environment/ | A healthy, sustainable environment is crucial to the achieving socio-economic development goals in a transitioning economy, both for current and future generations. South Africa needs authentic, courageous political leadership in the environmental arena to ensure that socioeconomic transformation is built on a sustaina... | ['liberal_economic_policy', 'law_and_order', 'expanded_environ_protection'] | support | neutral | support | neutral | neutral | neutral | neutral | neutral | 7 |
http://no-racism.net/article/2299/ | On 06. Oct 2007 exponents of several Organisations from Morocco, Espanol, France, Italy and Germany met in Oujda/Eat-Morocco during a conference on violations of human rights at borders. In a declaration they demanded basic rights for migrants, asylum seekers and refugees.
"Violations of Human Rights at Borders "
membe... | ['open_foreign_policy', 'restrictive_migration_policy'] | neutral | neutral | oppose | neutral | support | neutral | neutral | oppose | 8 |
https://www.government.se/articles/2016/05/prime-minister-attends-summit-with-president-obama/ | Today, 13 May, President Obama hosted the US-Nordic Leaders Summit in Washington DC. Talks were held at the White House with the Prime Ministers of Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Iceland, and Finland’s President. The talks resulted in a joint declaration that addresses a number of issues that are important for Sweden, ran... | ['open_foreign_policy', 'restrictive_migration_policy'] | neutral | neutral | neutral | neutral | neutral | support | neutral | oppose | 9 |
https://pressley.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-pressley-senator-harris-introduce-groundbreaking-bill-support-smallaimed | WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) released the below statement following release of the proposed FY 2021 Appropriations bill for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies.
WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) today applauded the House ... | ['restrictive_financial_policy', 'liberal_society'] | neutral | neutral | neutral | neutral | neutral | neutral | neutral | neutral | 10 |
https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/federal-covid-funds-to-help-mayor-wus-agenda/2666553/ | In many ways, the city of Boston is already subsidizing rent control.
Mayor Michelle Wu is moving forward on controversial rent stabilization -- another part of her progressive agenda, including free bus service, affordable housing and climate resiliency projects that are starting to happen despite her opponents claims... | ['liberal_economic_policy', 'restrictive_financial_policy', 'expanded_social_welfare_state'] | neutral | neutral | neutral | neutral | neutral | neutral | oppose | neutral | 11 |
https://pafarmersunion.org/2019/05/21/farmers-union-encouraged-by-first-step-to-address-climate-crisis/ | In written testimony, National Farmers Union (NFU) President Roger Johnson thanked the committee for addressing the deleterious effects of climate change on the agricultural industry and emphasized the need for federal policies that assist farmers with the implementation of practices that reduce greenhouse gas emission... | ['expanded_environ_protection'] | support | neutral | neutral | neutral | neutral | neutral | neutral | neutral | 12 |
https://gayiceland.is/2018/iceland-drops-to-18th-place-on-rainbow-map/ | Iceland has fallen even further behind several other European countries in terms of legal rights and protections for LGBTQIA+ people.
Unnsteinn Jóhannsson, the International Secretariat for the National queer organisation of Iceland, Samtökin ’78.
The 2018 annual review conducted by ILGA-Europe, an international NGO th... | ['restrictive_migration_policy', 'liberal_society'] | neutral | neutral | neutral | neutral | support | neutral | neutral | oppose | 13 |
http://www.vergenetwork.org/tag/poverty/ | For all of our compassion, we should be seeing some substantial positive changes in the lives of poor people and communities. The reality is that the poor are poorer. | ['expanded_social_welfare_state'] | neutral | support | neutral | neutral | neutral | neutral | neutral | neutral | 14 |
https://www.trandnews.com/eu-institutions-must-lead-societal-shift-on-racism-says-equality-commissioner/ | The European Commission will collect data on the ethnicity of its staff for the first time as part of an effort to make the workforce more diverse and lead an EU push to be “collectively anti-racist,” according to a new action plan to combat racism.
Helena Dalli, the equality commissioner, unveiled the EU executive’s p... | ['open_foreign_policy', 'law_and_order', 'restrictive_migration_policy', 'liberal_society'] | neutral | neutral | neutral | neutral | support | neutral | neutral | neutral | 15 |
https://www.theusconstitution.org/news/release-on-house-passage-of-the-justice-in-policing-act-of-2020/ | Constitutional Accountability Center congratulates the efforts of the protestors in the streets, leaders within the civil rights advocacy community, and legislators in the House for taking this important first step in providing accountability and justice. Now it is time for the Senate to rise to this historic moment an... | ['law_and_order', 'liberal_society'] | neutral | neutral | neutral | neutral | support | neutral | neutral | neutral | 16 |
http://manifesto.com.gr/?section=2146&page1541=2&language=el_GR | To all SELF-INTEREST AND UNHISTORICAL LEADERS & REPRESENTATIVES OF THE E.U AND U.S.A INSTITUTIONS!
Ex lovely Mr. President, you have forgotten your origin and you have sold out your ideals. Now that you have fully prepared with the line of Mrs. Merkel and the IMF you all get ready to watch the flight of the butterfly! ... | ['open_foreign_policy'] | neutral | neutral | neutral | oppose | neutral | oppose | neutral | neutral | 17 |
https://www.socialistpartyni.org/tag/oppression/ | In recent years, huge strides have been made in both LGBTQ+ and women’s rights here. It was only the beginning of this year when we saw same-sex marriage introduced, and later abortion decriminalised up to twelve weeks. Most would think we are moving into a more progressive world, while others are still ready to fight ... | ['liberal_society'] | neutral | neutral | neutral | neutral | support | neutral | neutral | neutral | 18 |
https://humanrightsfirst.org/library/letter-from-veterans-urging-president-trump-to-reconsider-executive-order-barring-refugees-and-migrants/ | I am writing on behalf of approximately 2000 veterans of the U.S. armed forces who have banded together to continue to serve our nation by standing up for the ideals that motivated us to serve in uniform in the first place. Our nonpartisan group is called Veterans for American Ideals and we believe that honor, courage,... | ['restrictive_migration_policy'] | neutral | neutral | neutral | neutral | support | neutral | neutral | oppose | 19 |
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/18/euro-m18.html | For collective strike action against the end of the COVID-19 lockdown!
| ['liberal_economic_policy', 'law_and_order', 'expanded_social_welfare_state', 'liberal_society'] | neutral | neutral | neutral | neutral | neutral | neutral | neutral | neutral | 20 |
https://www.echolive.ie/nationalnews/arid-40947458.html | Disability Federation Ireland is stressing the urgent need to address services for the 643,000 people with disabilities in Ireland.
Disability Federation Ireland (DFI) is calling on the Government to increase core social protection rates by €20 per week in the upcoming Budget to keep up with inflation.
The organisation... | ['restrictive_financial_policy', 'expanded_social_welfare_state'] | neutral | support | neutral | oppose | neutral | neutral | neutral | neutral | 21 |
https://www.change.org/p/imran-khan-economic-justice-a5d1a426-3f09-440f-9186-4dd3d0ce2278 | The majority of Pakistan's population is living under the poverty level and the new Government, while promising economic success earlier, has broken promises for a broken economy. With rapid inflation, devaluaed currency and price hikes in recent weeks, the nations heads are forcefully shaved. Hence, this petition is b... | ['liberal_economic_policy', 'restrictive_financial_policy', 'expanded_social_welfare_state', 'liberal_society'] | neutral | support | neutral | neutral | neutral | neutral | neutral | neutral | 22 |
https://www.ktvu.com/news/san-francisco-supervisors-find-tax-break-recipients-didnt-reinvest-in-community | SAN FRANCISCO (BCN) - San Francisco supervisors on Thursday blasted a Mid-Market area tax break enacted eight years ago, known as the Twitter Tax Break, for failing to hold tech companies accountable for their investments back into the community.
At Thursday's hearing during the supervisors' Government Audit and Oversi... | ['restrictive_financial_policy'] | neutral | neutral | neutral | neutral | neutral | neutral | oppose | neutral | 23 |
https://www.globaldomainsnews.com/left-demand-more-protection-against-digital-violence | On Friday, general practitioner Lisa-Maria Kellermayr was found dead in her surgery in Seewalchen, Upper Austria. She left three suicide notes. The doctor recently closed her practice and justified this step by saying that she had been receiving threatening letters “from the Covid measures opponents and vaccination opp... | ['law_and_order', 'liberal_society'] | neutral | neutral | support | neutral | support | neutral | neutral | neutral | 24 |
https://kadakblogs.com/2021/03/05/our-america-women-forward-list-of-resources/ | WE relentlessly pursue fairness for girls within the workforce by effecting coverage change, increasing entry to academic alternatives, and advocating for truthful and inclusive workplaces to make the world a greater place for us all.
Are you aware your rights to paid and unpaid depart should you or a cherished one wil... | ['expanded_social_welfare_state'] | neutral | support | neutral | neutral | support | neutral | neutral | neutral | 25 |
https://www.manxforums.com/forums/index.php?/topic/64903-hrh-the-chief-minister-green-crusade-is-%E2%80%98hard%E2%80%99/page/8/&tab=comments | Business people, politicians and any other party that feels inclined to benefit from the legally sanctioned green bandwagon where it seems that prices only ever rise above inflation. In my opinion of course, so it is useless to argue 'cos it just a point of view.
The HRH thing definitely isn't funny.
Well it wasn't par... | ['liberal_economic_policy', 'expanded_environ_protection'] | oppose | neutral | neutral | support | neutral | neutral | neutral | neutral | 26 |
http://www.idlenomore.ca/the_canada_we_want_wake_up_canada | The Conservative conference has been rescheduled. Now it's our turn to stand up and make our voices heard.
Join in Three Days of peaceful public action. This assembly coincides with the National policy convention of the federal Conservative party.
The Canada We Want is a three-day summit bringing together a coalition o... | ['expanded_environ_protection', 'liberal_society'] | support | neutral | neutral | neutral | support | neutral | neutral | neutral | 27 |
https://bluemassgroup.com/2011/04/an-open-letter-gilded-mouthpieces-for-big-business-shill-class-warfare-agenda-for-corporate-sugar/ | After that blatantly manufactured “statewide” report on municipal health insurance (“The Utility of Trouble, Municipal Health Plans: Gilded Benefits from a Bygone Era” 4/5/11) released by The Boston Foundation and Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation, Paul Grogan and Michael Widmer need to change the names of their organ... | ['liberal_economic_policy', 'restrictive_financial_policy', 'expanded_social_welfare_state'] | neutral | support | neutral | oppose | neutral | neutral | oppose | neutral | 28 |
https://en.topcor.ru/16560-polsha-i-pribaltika-pytajutsja-proglotit-belorussiju-i-podstavit-rossiju.html | In the feverish activity that Poland, which was more and more in line with Churchill's definition of the "hyena of Europe," and the flock of Baltic "jackals" rubbing around her, have recently developed a quite distinct motive. As you might expect - thoroughly mercantile and even, one might say, selfish.
What exactly is... | ['open_foreign_policy'] | neutral | neutral | neutral | neutral | neutral | oppose | oppose | neutral | 29 |
https://www.packaging-gateway.com/news/canada-ban-single-use-plastics/ | The Government of Canada is set to introduce a ban on single-use plastics by 2021 in a bid to reduce waste, support innovation, and promote the use of affordable and safe alternatives.
The ban will cover harmful single-use plastics such as bags, straws, cutlery, plates, and stir sticks.
As part of the ban, the governme... | ['liberal_economic_policy', 'expanded_environ_protection'] | support | neutral | neutral | neutral | neutral | neutral | oppose | neutral | 30 |
https://thepolicylass.org/2011/10/02/open-thread-7/ | If you’re anything like me, watching the recent spate of television ads about the Athabasca Tar Sands and fracking has you mad — Shirley Temple mad.
The recent move by Exxon to promote the tar sands and fracking as promoting energy security is a lesson in propaganda and as they say in PoMo 101, it hijacks the discourse... | ['expanded_environ_protection'] | support | neutral | neutral | neutral | neutral | neutral | oppose | neutral | 31 |
https://www.texasobserver.org/point-of-no-return/ | With thousands of legal residents locked up indefinitely, far from home, Texas' immigrant detention centers are boiling over.
On March 10, 2008, 39-year-old Rama Carty, who’d lived in the United States since he was a year old, became Alien #A30117515 in America’s booming immigrant detention system. At the time, Carty n... | ['restrictive_migration_policy'] | neutral | neutral | oppose | neutral | support | neutral | neutral | oppose | 32 |
https://sacredtribesjournal.org/hamilton-detention-center-vote-may-be-most-important/ | Next week’s primaries are packed with marquee races.
Two Republican – and one Democrat – fights that will help determine their party’s nominees for the US Senate. An intra-GOP kerfuffle over whether Governor Kevin Stitt deserves a second term. And battles for Attorney General, State Superintendent, Congress, District A... | ['law_and_order', 'liberal_society'] | neutral | neutral | oppose | neutral | neutral | neutral | neutral | neutral | 33 |
https://pmg.org.za/committee-meeting/9608/ | neutral | ['liberal_economic_policy', 'expanded_environ_protection', 'expanded_social_welfare_state', 'liberal_society'] | neutral | neutral | neutral | neutral | neutral | neutral | support | neutral | 34 |
https://www.varsity.co.uk/opinion/16536 | The UK is home to one of the most successful higher education sectors anywhere in the world. Despite representing less than one percent of the world’s population, it publishes 16% of the world’s highly cited research papers. More world leaders have studied in the UK than in any other country, and the UK regularly domin... | ['restrictive_migration_policy'] | neutral | neutral | neutral | neutral | neutral | support | neutral | oppose | 35 |
http://onenorthside.org/victory-for-the-mental-health-justice-team/ | Last week, the Illinois legislature finally passed a budget for our state. In the last few days, we have continued to analyze the 3 budget bills that were passed and are excited to announce that the Mental Health Justice Team has a significant victory!!
For the last year, the Mental Health Justice Team has been fightin... | ['restrictive_financial_policy', 'expanded_social_welfare_state', 'liberal_society'] | neutral | support | neutral | oppose | neutral | neutral | neutral | neutral | 36 |
https://grist.org/article/hope-against-slope/ | The Bush administration plans to open to drilling more than 400,000 acres of Alaska’s North Slope thought to be vital to migratory birds and caribou, after the Bureau of Land Management determined that drilling can be done with “minimum impact” on wildlife. Interior Secretary Gale Norton is expected to give a final go-... | ['expanded_environ_protection'] | support | neutral | neutral | neutral | neutral | neutral | neutral | neutral | 37 |
https://www.jasonclare.com.au/media/transcripts/4841-interview-with-kieran-gilbert-sky-news-thursday-20-may-2021 | KIERAN GILBERT, HOST: Labor has been out today spruiking the centerpiece of Anthony Albanese’s response to the Budget: to promise to establish a $10 billion future fund to build 30,000 low cost houses. I was joined earlier in the day by the Shadow Minister for Housing and Homelessness, Jason Clare from the Reverend Bil... | ['restrictive_financial_policy', 'expanded_social_welfare_state'] | neutral | support | neutral | oppose | neutral | neutral | oppose | neutral | 38 |
https://the-spark.net/np776801.html | Currently, El Salvador is one of two countries in all of North and South America to completely criminalize abortion, allowing no exceptions in the case of rape, incest or threat to the life of the mother. The other is Chile.
Since 1998, a woman having an abortion in El Salvador faces two to eight years in prison. Anyon... | ['liberal_society'] | neutral | neutral | neutral | neutral | support | neutral | neutral | neutral | 39 |
https://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0422/318018-mandate-union-advises-fiscal-treaty-no-vote/ | The Mandate trade union has said it will be advising its members to vote No in the forthcoming referendum on the proposed EU Fiscal Treaty.
Mandate, which is holding its biennial conference in Wexford, represents over 45,000 workers mainly in the retail trade.
During his address, Mandate General Secretary John Douglas ... | ['open_foreign_policy', 'liberal_economic_policy', 'liberal_society'] | neutral | neutral | neutral | oppose | neutral | neutral | neutral | neutral | 40 |
https://uia.org/s/or/en/1100024845 | Registered in accordance with Swiss Civil Code.
Sensitize the Swiss society to the challenges of African migration to prevent xenophobic or racist behaviour; strengthen social information, educate African migrants to the laws of Swiss society; foster communication and understanding in intercultural situations involving... | ['restrictive_migration_policy'] | neutral | neutral | neutral | neutral | neutral | neutral | neutral | oppose | 41 |
http://zenajevise.net/category/news/page/2/ | Unlike the sixth parliamentary convocation, which consisted of 20% of women, the 2011 election has resulted in the disappointing percentage of 19.8. Only 30 female representatives will take part in the new convocation, which is 10 representatives less than in the previous convocation. Awareness-raising activities carri... | ['liberal_society'] | neutral | neutral | neutral | neutral | support | neutral | neutral | neutral | 42 |
https://subversivefestival.com/sf16/ttip-ceta-and-how-to-stop-them/ | TTIP, CETA, and How to Stop Them?
TTIP (Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership) and CETA (Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement) are free-trade agreements about to be signed between the European Union and the USA, and the EU and Canada, respectively. The idea behind the agreements is the removal of trade a... | ['open_foreign_policy', 'liberal_economic_policy', 'restrictive_migration_policy'] | neutral | support | neutral | neutral | neutral | oppose | oppose | neutral | 43 |
https://www.cato.org/publications/foreign-policy-briefing/lets-make-national-missile-defense-truly-national | Not all proposals for deploying a national missile defense live up to their name. Many are for “international” missile defense systems that would also defend U.S. allies and “friends,” even though they are wealthy enough to build their own missile defenses. For example, some policymakers and analysts on both the left a... | ['law_and_order'] | neutral | neutral | oppose | neutral | neutral | oppose | neutral | neutral | 44 |
https://curious.earth/blog/clean-air-better-health-economy/ | New research, commissioned by the Clean Air Fund, has found that improving air quality in the UK could boost the economy by £1.6 billion each year.
This new study, conducted by CBI Economics, has found that by reducing premature deaths, sickness absence and lower productivity at work, there’s the potential to save the ... | ['liberal_economic_policy', 'restrictive_financial_policy', 'expanded_environ_protection', 'expanded_social_welfare_state'] | support | neutral | neutral | neutral | neutral | neutral | neutral | neutral | 45 |
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