July 23, 2021

26 Jul July 23, 2021

Top News

• Infrastructure vote fails as senators try to salvage bipartisan deal. Politico
• Democrats’ Deadline for $3.5 Trillion Budget, Tax Deal to Slip. Bloomberg
• Pelosi says other Republicans “expressed their interest” in January 6 select committee. CBS News
• The return of superstar cities. Axios
• The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics. Politico

Energy & Natural Resources

• Smoke from the Western wildfires is so widespread, it reached New York City. CNN
• Democrats lay out vision for Civilian Climate Corps. The Hill
• House Passes Broad Action Addressing PFAS Chemicals. JD Supra
• Climate change goals and oil production are clashing in the U.S. National Geographic
• A snapshot of warming’s effect on energy use. Axios

Indian Affairs

• Lost Lives, Lost Culture: The Forgotten History of Indigenous Boarding Schools. New York Times
• Universities have held onto sacred Indigenous remains and items for decades — and have been slow to give them back. CNN
• The Untold Stories of Wes Studi. GQ
• US churches reckon with traumatic legacy of Native schools. ABC News

Labor 

• Organizing a Union in the Disorganized World of Small Restaurants. New York Times
• U.S. Unemployment Benefit Rolls Shrink as States Exit Pandemic Programs. Wall Street Journal
• ‘WE ALL QUIT’: How America’s Workers Are Taking Back Their Power. Motherboard
• Will Congress finally end the subminimum wage for workers with disabilities? Fast Company
• US Federal Labor Viewpoints – Week of July 12, 2021. National Law Review

Taxation & Trade

• Some big companies quietly complain about potential tax hikes, while preparing to profit from infrastructure deal. Washington Post
• Yellen Says China Trade Deal Has ‘Hurt American Consumers’. New York Times
• Democrats Propose Border Tax Based On Carbon Emissions To Raise Up To $16 Billion Annually. Forbes
• China rejects US backing for Australia in trade disputes. Reuters
• Biden’s global minimum tax may hurt American workers, U.S. economy, Republicans warn. Fox Business

Technology 

• How China Transformed Into a Prime Cyber Threat to the U.S. New York Times
• Biden stacks his administration with yet another tech foe. Vox
• Senators introduce bill requiring some critical groups to report cybersecurity incidents. The Hill
• Big Tech Spent Millions on Lobbying Amid Antitrust Scrutiny. Bloomberg
• Biden backs away from his claim that Facebook is ‘killing people’ by allowing Covid misinformation. CNN

Transportation & Infrastructure 

• Infrastructure private equity fund exec optimistic on legislation. Axios
• The pandemic sank mass transit use. Data show its slow recovery. NBC News
• Cities are turning to supercharged bus routes to more quickly and cheaply expand transit services. Washington Post
• As Free Transit Gains Momentum Across U.S., It’s A Big Boston Mayoral Race Topic. WBUR
• AC Transit releases its first Zero-Emission Transit Bus Technology Analysis study. Mass Transit

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