You’ve Heard About Gerrymandering. What Happens When It Involves Prisons?
Counting people where they’re imprisoned takes political power away from cities and transfers it to rural areas. Source: Opinion |...
read moreCounting people where they’re imprisoned takes political power away from cities and transfers it to rural areas. Source: Opinion |...
read moreCareer diplomat Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley will be tasked with reversing the department’s record of big promises and little results....
read moreA constellation of Trump administration stars today will launch the America First Policy Institute, a 40-person nonprofit group with...
read morePolice used cruel crowd tactics Monday night to attack those protesting the police-perpetrated killing of Daunte Wright. Source:...
read morethe Israeli-controlled Jerusalem municipality recommended the Israeli courts to confiscate forty per cent of the land in the...
read more“A lot of authoritarian political movements are using trans people as their scapegoats.” She called the latest wave of...
read more“Businesses leaders have been calling for the federal government to support transition of our agricultural investment towards...
read moreOver the past few weeks, Democrats in New York have legalized marijuana, repealed a crooked corporate immunity law, and passed a...
read moreFormer intelligence analyst Daniel Hale is being prosecuted for blowing the whistle on America’s drone program. It’s the latest in...
read moreThe big-budget, runaway slave thriller was sold to Apple Studios in a deal reportedly valued at $120 million. Source: Will Smith...
read moreHiatt’s editorial board is ignoring the very real harm DeJoy’s cutbacks could bring to millions of people who rely on the...
read more“The Biden administration should place human rights at the center of its migration discussions and agreements with regional...
read moreRep. Ro Khanna says members of Congress are “assessing” whether a War Powers Resolution is needed to fully end U.S....
read more“Out of respect for the tragic events that occurred yesterday in Brooklyn Center, and following the additional details...
read moreSen. Angus King, meanwhile, has been “inundated” by supporters and opponents of the sweeping labor law reform. Source: Sen. Mark...
read moreMajority Action, has released a list of 30 corporate directors who are obstacles to climate progress—directors who should be...
read moreThe decision, expected to be publicly announced Wednesday, means thousands of soldiers will remain in the country beyond the current...
read morePresident Biden spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday and proposed that they meet for a summit “in a third...
read moreSenate Republicans are weighing whether to mount the first official filibuster of the new Congress — a move that would...
read moreGuy Frank had been caught in 2000 stealing two shirts from a Saks Fifth Avenue in New Orleans. Source: Guy Frank served 20 years in...
read more26% of Americans say they would not get a vaccine right now. Getting the country over the threshold of herd immunity means finding...
read moreKHN has put together an interactive tool of significant health policies implemented by the Trump administration using its own...
read moreAl Jazeera reports that Israeli analysts looking at satellite images find that substantial damage was done to the facility, including...
read moreA massive study unfolding at 20 college campuses aims to determine how well the Moderna coronavirus vaccine prevents...
read moreThe Republican refrain about everything but tax cuts for corporations and the wealthy has long been “But how can we afford it?”A...
read moreAfter winning narrow victories to take full control of the federal government in the 2020 elections, Democrats have a fleeting...
read more“We need the cooperation of the whole world and the elimination of all the barriers to the production and distribution of...
read moreThe White House is facing diverging pressure from two powerful allies — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Budget...
read moreOn the infrastructure bill, Manchin’s main complaint is the tax Biden seeks to levy on the ultra-wealthy in order to pay for it....
read more“Control of the White House and Senate allows Republicans who came to power on the backs of a White, conservative minority to...
read moreThe president’s new commission has a lot of fans — in the Federalist Society. Source: Biden’s Supreme Court Reform Commission...
read moreLast week, the Biden administration published its “skinny budget” proposals — essentially a wish list of the most important...
read moreTrump’s historically low refugee cap remains in place despite Biden’s promises to address ‘urgent’ crises. Source: Biden set to...
read moreFacebook has repeatedly allowed world leaders and politicians to use its platform to deceive the public or harass opponents despite...
read moreLawmakers in 16 states have introduced bills to improve police oversight and accountability. Source: Which States Are Taking on...
read moreMitch McConnell spent Trump’s presidency cramming as many judges as he could onto the federal bench, working until the last...
read moreCorporations can and should bankroll much of what America needs. But they won’t as long as corporations keep bankrolling...
read morePresident Joe Biden must muster the political will to tear down the “sanctions wall” his predecessor put in place for the sole...
read moreWhen we talk about police divestment, these students argue, we have to remember campus cops, too. Source: What the Cops Off Campus...
read moreSome Americans still struggles with Covid vaccine skepticism. But inside some prisons and detention centers, getting a vaccine isn’t...
read moreFifty-seven senators from both parties are determined to preserve an economic system that rewards the rich and punishes the poor....
read moreAfter convincing itself Vietnam would grant it access for missile bases against China, the Pentagon got a hard dose of reality....
read moreIn the last week-plus, the nominally intellectual right-wing publication National Review has run three separate articles arguing that...
read moreHundreds of people protested Sunday night after a Black man in Minnesota was shot by a police officer and died following a traffic...
read moreThe whole US intervention in Mozambique seemingly has all of the usual post-9/11 ingredients for the forever war recipe: it’s...
read more“Shame on the U.S. and U.K. It’s time to free Assange!” Source: Marking Two Years Since Assange’s Arrest,...
read more19 million Brazilians have gone hungry during the pandemic, new study finds, as food insecurity is also on the rise. Source:...
read moreAs revealed Thursday by Common Cause Texas, the Republican Party in Harris County — which contains Houston and is the third...
read moreA perfect example of how much Justice Amy Coney Barrett has moved the U.S. Supreme Court even more to the right came late Friday...
read moreBlanche Lincoln, a former two-term “Blue Dog” conservative Democrat from Arkansas, is lobbying against increases in the corporate tax...
read moreWhen Caron Nazario told police he was “honestly afraid to get out” of the car, an officer replied, “Yeah, you should be!” Source:...
read moreA Republican supreme court will fundamentally alter the structure of the American system of government” and “is likely to build a...
read moreCarbon dioxide levels are now higher than at anytime in the past 3.6 million years. Source: Despite Pandemic Shutdowns, Carbon...
read moreEndorsed by President Joe Biden and passed by the House of Representatives last month, the Protecting the Right to Organize Act has...
read moreA police officer in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota shot and killed 20-year old Daunte Wright Sunday afternoon. The Brooklyn Center police...
read moreAfter 23 days of fasting, hunger strikers won after New York state lawmakers this week reached an agreement on a historic $2.1...
read moreThe shooting, which sparked protests and unrest across the Twin Cities Sunday night, has inflamed tensions in a community already on...
read more“Veolia’s plan to dominate public water services all across the globe is becoming a terrifying reality.” Source:...
read more“We cannot afford to risk Democrats losing control of the Senate before a Biden nominee can be confirmed,” asserted...
read moreThe poor turnout underscores how the country’s unpopular and disorganized extremist movements have been driven underground....
read moreThe nation’s leading public health agency launched Racism and Health, a new initiative aimed at combating health inequities caused by...
read moreFor decades, monetary policy has been treated as technical, not political. The pandemic has ended that illusion forever. Source: The...
read moreThe Biden administration wants to end profit-shifting to tax havens by big tech firms and other multinationals Source: How would a...
read moreNew Jersey authorities on Tuesday unveiled a trove of data on every use of physical force by officers statewide, providing a level of...
read moreRebels seized parts of the Donetsk and Luhansk region in April 2014, and the Kremlin says Russian “volunteers” have been...
read moreA $2.3 trillion jobs plan only seems remarkable because the federal government has grown stingy toward real investment. Source:...
read more“It’s almost a race between getting people vaccinated and this surge that seems to want to increase,” Anthony Fauci, Joe Biden’s top...
read more“In most states, it is easier to buy an AR-15 than it is to join a union.” Source: As Amazon Election Spotlights Rigged...
read moreA new allocation of up to $650 billion worth of the IMF’s reserve asset, special drawing rights, would ensure that governments have...
read moreIn a scientific shocker, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has found that despite the slowdown in carbon dioxide...
read moreAnalysts and antiwar critics say any increase in the Defense Department’s bloated budget would be unacceptable. Source:...
read moreThe president’s new commission won’t fix anything Source: Biden’s new Supreme Court commission is a win for the Federalist Society...
read moreThe modernisation of China’s exchange-rate system could deal the currency a painful blow. Source: The US Dollar’s Hegemony is Looking...
read more“He wants to drive us out of business,” said Mark Oliva, a director at a firearm industry trade group. Source: Biden wants to end...
read moreThe president used finely-tuned language that sometimes leaves the wrong impression — and which other administration officials...
read moreJohn Oliver discusses how national debt works, and why it might be more helpful that you think. Source: The National Debt | John...
read morePublic information about the vaccine rollout in the facilities is limited, after the Department of Corrections failed to meet its own...
read moreThe factors that drive displacement are often complex, but welcoming refugees isn’t. Source: Opinion | Poor Nation’s of...
read moreThe Biden administration is facing criticism from human rights groups after it announced this week it will leave in place a Trump-era...
read moreThe bill would also require faculty to complete annual surveys on their political beliefs. Source: Florida GOP Wants To Take On...
read moreThe state’s now-repealed police Bill of Rights covers due process for officers accused of misconduct. Source: Maryland becomes first...
read moreAre we finally ending the Reagan-Thatcher era of ‘government is evil’ that we’ve lived under for the past 40 years?...
read moreThe third-highest ranking Democrat on Capitol Hill said he’s “insulted” by Sen. Joe Manchin’s calls for bipartisanship on voting...
read more“If Biden wants to be a climate leader on the world stage, he needs to start at home.” Source: Despite Pledges on Tribal...
read morehe Biden administration has given the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) a much-needed “clean slate,” said Michael Regan, the...
read moreDerek Chauvin’s defense team is hoping that the 1989 Graham v. Connor ruling will be his ticket to acquittal. Source: How the Supreme...
read moreThe runoff this Sunday will determine not only who will be president—Andrés Arauz or Guillermo Lasso—but also whether Ecuador will...
read more“My pain cannot amount to that of Yemenis under siege,” said one hunger striker. “I am starving, but I am not being...
read moreThe controversial voter rolls case has worked its way through the court system since late last year, with the Supreme Court deciding...
read moreThe move will once again make the United States a leading donor to the United Nations agency that assists about 5.7 million...
read moreCongressional investigators released emails and documents Friday that show Department of Health and Human Services appointees under...
read more“My opinion remains unchanged,” said Dr. Andrew Baker, who ruled George Floyd’s death a homicide. “It’s...
read moreCuba has heavily invested in its medical and pharmaceutical system for decades, in part because of the six-decade U.S. embargo that...
read moreIn most cases, calling the police on abusers is unhelpful at best, and at worst makes survivors feel less safe: “It’s really time...
read moreThe probe will look at allegations of sexual misconduct, illicit drug use and displaying images of nude women on the House...
read moreSupreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and his wife, far-right activist Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, have quite the scheme going. She...
read moreLast December, Army Lieutenant Caron Nazario was on his way home with a new SUV when the lights of a police car appeared behind him....
read more“‘Replacement theory’ is a white supremacist tenet that the white race is in danger by a rising tide of...
read moreJohn Boehner is clearly worried about his legacy. The former Republican speaker of the House is on a mission to rehabilitate his...
read moreLawmakers passed the New Mexico Civil Rights Act on Wednesday. Source: New Mexico Is the Second State to Ban Qualified...
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