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 |...
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State Department Taps Veteran Diplomat for Diversity Post
Career diplomat Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley will be tasked with reversing the department’s record of big promises and little results....
read moreEx-Trump officials launch nonprofit promoting America First ideology
A constellation of Trump administration stars today will launch the America First Policy Institute, a 40-person nonprofit group with...
read moreBrooklyn Center Police Use Tear Gas on Crowd 15 Minutes After Its Use Was Banned
Police used cruel crowd tactics Monday night to attack those protesting the police-perpetrated killing of Daunte Wright. Source:...
read moreAlert: Israelis to Evict Dozens of Native Palestinian families in Occupied East Jerusalem, plan Confiscation of 40% of Sheikh Jarrah
the Israeli-controlled Jerusalem municipality recommended the Israeli courts to confiscate forty per cent of the land in the...
read moreWhy Republicans are betting the farm on attacking transgender people
“A lot of authoritarian political movements are using trans people as their scapegoats.” She called the latest wave of...
read moreThe American Sustainable Business Council Endorses the Climate Stewardship Act
“Businesses leaders have been calling for the federal government to support transition of our agricultural investment towards...
read moreNY Democrats just made history with one of the most progressive policy victories in generations
Over the past few weeks, Democrats in New York have legalized marijuana, repealed a crooked corporate immunity law, and passed a...
read moreDaniel Hale Blew the Whistle on the US’s Illegal Drone Program. He’s a Hero, Not a Criminal.
Former intelligence analyst Daniel Hale is being prosecuted for blowing the whistle on America’s drone program. It’s the latest in...
read moreWill Smith movie ‘Emancipation’ abandons Georgia over voting restrictions
The big-budget, runaway slave thriller was sold to Apple Studios in a deal reportedly valued at $120 million. Source: Will Smith...
read moreWashington Post applauds sacrificing communities of color to the Postal Service austerity gods
Hiatt’s editorial board is ignoring the very real harm DeJoy’s cutbacks could bring to millions of people who rely on the...
read moreRights Advocates Concerned Over Biden Push to Increase Militarization of Borders in Central America
“The Biden administration should place human rights at the center of its migration discussions and agreements with regional...
read morePressure on Biden to End Yemen Blockade Builds With New Letter From Lawmakers
Rep. Ro Khanna says members of Congress are “assessing” whether a War Powers Resolution is needed to fully end U.S....
read moreMinnesota Twins, Timberwolves, Wild postpone games in wake of police shooting of Daunte Wright
“Out of respect for the tragic events that occurred yesterday in Brooklyn Center, and following the additional details...
read moreAlert: Sen. Mark Kelly Is Emerging as an Obstacle to the PRO Act
Sen. Angus King, meanwhile, has been “inundated” by supporters and opponents of the sweeping labor law reform. Source: Sen. Mark...
read moreWhen It Comes to the Climate Crisis, Those Responsible Should Be Held Accountable
Majority Action, has released a list of 30 corporate directors who are obstacles to climate progress—directors who should be...
read moreBiden seeks to withdraw all U.S. forces from Afghanistan by Sept. 11
The decision, expected to be publicly announced Wednesday, means thousands of soldiers will remain in the country beyond the current...
read moreBiden proposes summit, raises Ukraine escalation in call with Putin
President Biden spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday and proposed that they meet for a summit “in a third...
read moreDemocrats dare GOP to filibuster Asian American hate crimes bill
Senate Republicans are weighing whether to mount the first official filibuster of the new Congress — a move that would...
read moreAlert: Guy Frank served 20 years in jail for stealing two shirts under Louisiana habitual offender law
Guy 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 moreVaccine Hesitancy Is Preventing US From Achieving Herd Immunity
26% of Americans say they would not get a vaccine right now. Getting the country over the threshold of herd immunity means finding...
read moreThe Great Undoing: Which of Trump’s Policies Will Biden Reverse?
KHN has put together an interactive tool of significant health policies implemented by the Trump administration using its own...
read moreWith Cyber-Attack on Iran’s Natanz Nuclear Enrichment Facility, is Israel’s Netanyahu trying to derail Biden talks and Escape Jail?
Al Jazeera reports that Israeli analysts looking at satellite images find that substantial damage was done to the facility, including...
read moreA vaccine study in college students will help determine when it’s safe to take masks off
A massive study unfolding at 20 college campuses aims to determine how well the Moderna coronavirus vaccine prevents...
read moreTime for a corporate tax plan that ‘ends U.S. participation in the race to the bottom’
The Republican refrain about everything but tax cuts for corporations and the wealthy has long been “But how can we afford it?”A...
read moreWith a difficult midterm looming, Democrats have a short window to ban gerrymandering
After winning narrow victories to take full control of the federal government in the 2020 elections, Democrats have a fleeting...
read moreAs Rich Countries Shield Pharma Monopolies, Just 0.2% of Covid Vaccine Doses Have Gone to Poor Nations
“We need the cooperation of the whole world and the elimination of all the barriers to the production and distribution of...
read moreBiden faces pressure from Pelosi, Sanders over whether to double down on Obamacare or expand Medicare
The White House is facing diverging pressure from two powerful allies — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Budget...
read moreManchin’s Objection to Infrastructure Bill May Be Motivated by Corporate Donors
On 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 moreThe GOP’s ‘structural welfare’: Why the next 2 years will determine the fate of US democracy
“Control of the White House and Senate allows Republicans who came to power on the backs of a White, conservative minority to...
read moreBad News: Biden’s Supreme Court Reform Commission Won’t Fix Anything
The president’s new commission has a lot of fans — in the Federalist Society. Source: Biden’s Supreme Court Reform Commission...
read moreBiden’s Domestic Spending Plan Is Welcome, But More Military Spending Isn’t
Last week, the Biden administration published its “skinny budget” proposals — essentially a wish list of the most important...
read moreAlert: Biden set to accept fewest refugees of any president, including Trump, report says
Trump’s historically low refugee cap remains in place despite Biden’s promises to address ‘urgent’ crises. Source: Biden set to...
read moreRevealed: the Facebook loophole that lets world leaders deceive and harass their citizens
Facebook has repeatedly allowed world leaders and politicians to use its platform to deceive the public or harass opponents despite...
read moreWhich States Are Taking on Police Reform After George Floyd?
Lawmakers in 16 states have introduced bills to improve police oversight and accountability. Source: Which States Are Taking on...
read moreLegal correspondent explains how a party that can’t win elections is using the courts to drive a hard-right agenda
Mitch McConnell spent Trump’s presidency cramming as many judges as he could onto the federal bench, working until the last...
read moreAlert: The Terrible Deal Between Corporate America and the GOP Is Alive and Well
Corporations can and should bankroll much of what America needs. But they won’t as long as corporations keep bankrolling...
read moreFor True JCPOA Re-entry, Biden must Tear down this Sanctions Wall
President Joe Biden must muster the political will to tear down the “sanctions wall” his predecessor put in place for the sole...
read moreWhat the Cops Off Campus Movement Looks Like Across the Country
When we talk about police divestment, these students argue, we have to remember campus cops, too. Source: What the Cops Off Campus...
read moreAlert: Biden’s Covid vaccine plan still forgets incarcerated population
Some Americans still struggles with Covid vaccine skepticism. But inside some prisons and detention centers, getting a vaccine isn’t...
read moreWhat’s Really Behind the Opposition to a $15 Minimum Wage
Fifty-seven senators from both parties are determined to preserve an economic system that rewards the rich and punishes the poor....
read morePentagon campaign to recruit Vietnam as military ally against China exposed delusions of US war strategy
After convincing itself Vietnam would grant it access for missile bases against China, the Pentagon got a hard dose of reality....
read moreNational Review comes out against democracy, explicitly.
In the last week-plus, the nominally intellectual right-wing publication National Review has run three separate articles arguing that...
read moreMinnesota National Guard Deployed After Protests Over a Man’s Death Following a Police Shooting During a Traffic Stop
Hundreds of people protested Sunday night after a Black man in Minnesota was shot by a police officer and died following a traffic...
read moreMozambique: AFRICOM’s Newest Misadventure
The whole US intervention in Mozambique seemingly has all of the usual post-9/11 ingredients for the forever war recipe: it’s...
read moreMarking Two Years Since Assange’s Arrest, Press Freedom Advocates Demand Biden DOJ Drop All Charges
“Shame on the U.S. and U.K. It’s time to free Assange!” Source: Marking Two Years Since Assange’s Arrest,...
read more‘Tragic Combination’: Millions Go Hungry Amid Brazil COVID Crisis
19 million Brazilians have gone hungry during the pandemic, new study finds, as food insecurity is also on the rise. Source:...
read moreLeaked video reveals a GOP plan to intimidate Black and brown voters in Houston
As revealed Thursday by Common Cause Texas, the Republican Party in Harris County — which contains Houston and is the third...
read moreLegal reporter reveals how the Supreme Court ‘radically altered’ a key part of US law in the dark of night
A 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 moreDemocrat Blanche Lincoln Is Helping Big Business Avoid Paying Taxes
Blanche Lincoln, a former two-term “Blue Dog” conservative Democrat from Arkansas, is lobbying against increases in the corporate tax...
read moreVirginia Gov. Ralph Northam calls for probe into Caron Nazario pepper-spray incident
When Caron Nazario told police he was “honestly afraid to get out” of the car, an officer replied, “Yeah, you should be!” Source:...
read moreHow the supreme court became an existential threat to US democracy
A Republican supreme court will fundamentally alter the structure of the American system of government” and “is likely to build a...
read moreAlert: Despite Pandemic Shutdowns, Carbon Dioxide and Methane Surged in 2020
Carbon dioxide levels are now higher than at anytime in the past 3.6 million years. Source: Despite Pandemic Shutdowns, Carbon...
read moreIn Wake of Amazon Union Vote, Progressives Urge Action on Filibuster and PRO Act
Endorsed by President Joe Biden and passed by the House of Representatives last month, the Protecting the Right to Organize Act has...
read more‘They just can’t stop telling on themselves’: Cops’ thin blue line flag spurs outrage after civilian killing
A police officer in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota shot and killed 20-year old Daunte Wright Sunday afternoon. The Brooklyn Center police...
read more‘Our dignity has been lifted by passing this fund’: New York hunger strikers break fast after win
After 23 days of fasting, hunger strikers won after New York state lawmakers this week reached an agreement on a historic $2.1...
read morePolice: Officer who shot Daunte Wright accidentally pulled gun instead of taser
The shooting, which sparked protests and unrest across the Twin Cities Sunday night, has inflamed tensions in a community already on...
read moreCritics Warn $15 Billion Merger of Global Water Giants Would Create ‘Dangerous Corporate Monopoly’
“Veolia’s plan to dominate public water services all across the globe is becoming a terrifying reality.” Source:...
read more‘Retire, Breyer’: Progressive Group Joins Growing Call for SCOTUS Justice to Step Down
“We cannot afford to risk Democrats losing control of the Senate before a Biden nominee can be confirmed,” asserted...
read more‘White Lives Matter’ rallies flop as hardly anyone shows up
The poor turnout underscores how the country’s unpopular and disorganized extremist movements have been driven underground....
read moreCDC Identifies Racism As ‘Serious Public Health Threat’
The nation’s leading public health agency launched Racism and Health, a new initiative aimed at combating health inequities caused by...
read moreThe Pandemic Has Ended the Myth of Central Bank Independence
For decades, monetary policy has been treated as technical, not political. The pandemic has ended that illusion forever. Source: The...
read moreHow would a global minimum tax work and why is it needed?
The Biden administration wants to end profit-shifting to tax havens by big tech firms and other multinationals Source: How would a...
read moreN.J. releases data showing every time cops hit, tackled or shot suspects on groundbreaking new website
New Jersey authorities on Tuesday unveiled a trove of data on every use of physical force by officers statewide, providing a level of...
read moreAlert: US-NATO provocation in Ukraine to stop Russian pipeline
Rebels seized parts of the Donetsk and Luhansk region in April 2014, and the Kremlin says Russian “volunteers” have been...
read morePentagon and Tax Cheats Already Cost Taxpayers Far More Than Biden’s Job Plan
A $2.3 trillion jobs plan only seems remarkable because the federal government has grown stingy toward real investment. Source:...
read moreCoronavirus: US midwest sees signs of a new wave as hospitalisations soar
“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 moreAs Amazon Election Spotlights Rigged System, Senate Dems Urged to Nuke Filibuster and Pass PRO Act
“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 moreCan Global Financing End the Pandemic?
A new allocation of up to $650 billion worth of the IMF’s reserve asset, special drawing rights, would ensure that governments have...
read moreMore CO2 in our Atmosphere now than any time since 3.6 mn Years Ago, when Oceans were 90 feet higher (that’s our fate)
In a scientific shocker, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has found that despite the slowdown in carbon dioxide...
read moreCongress Urged to Reject Biden’s Pentagon Budget Increase
Analysts and antiwar critics say any increase in the Defense Department’s bloated budget would be unacceptable. Source:...
read moreBad News: Biden’s new Supreme Court commission is a win for the Federalist Society
The president’s new commission won’t fix anything Source: Biden’s new Supreme Court commission is a win for the Federalist Society...
read moreThe US Dollar’s Hegemony is Looking Fragile
The modernisation of China’s exchange-rate system could deal the currency a painful blow. Source: The US Dollar’s Hegemony is Looking...
read moreBiden wants to end gun-maker liability protections. That could sink the industry, advocates say.
“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 moreBiden’s pitch that the economy ‘will create 19 million jobs’ if infrastructure is passed
The president used finely-tuned language that sometimes leaves the wrong impression — and which other administration officials...
read moreJohn Oliver Explains the National Debt
John Oliver discusses how national debt works, and why it might be more helpful that you think. Source: The National Debt | John...
read more‘A turning point’: Thousands in Pa. prisons will be offered COVID-19 vaccine
Public information about the vaccine rollout in the facilities is limited, after the Department of Corrections failed to meet its own...
read morePoor Nation’s of the Earth Host Millions of Refugees as US Refuses to Host Just a Few Thousand
The factors that drive displacement are often complex, but welcoming refugees isn’t. Source: Opinion | Poor Nation’s of...
read moreNobel Peace Prize Winner Jody Williams Slams Biden Admin for Claiming Landmines Are a “Vital Tool”
The Biden administration is facing criticism from human rights groups after it announced this week it will leave in place a Trump-era...
read moreAlert: Florida GOP Wants To Take On ‘Cancel Culture’ By Secretly Recording Professors
The bill would also require faculty to complete annual surveys on their political beliefs. Source: Florida GOP Wants To Take On...
read moreMaryland becomes first state to repeal police Bill of Rights, overriding Hogan veto
The 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’?
Are we finally ending the Reagan-Thatcher era of ‘government is evil’ that we’ve lived under for the past 40 years?...
read moreJim Clyburn On Joe Manchin: ‘How Would He Have Me Compromise’ On Voting Rights?
The third-highest ranking Democrat on Capitol Hill said he’s “insulted” by Sen. Joe Manchin’s calls for bipartisanship on voting...
read moreAlert: Despite Pledges on Tribal Relations and Climate, Biden Declines to Shut Down Dakota Access Pipeline
“If Biden wants to be a climate leader on the world stage, he needs to start at home.” Source: Despite Pledges on Tribal...
read moreFirst Black Man to Lead EPA Reveals Personal Challenges of Environmental Racism
he Biden administration has given the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) a much-needed “clean slate,” said Michael Regan, the...
read moreHow the Supreme Court Gave Cops a License to Kill
Derek Chauvin’s defense team is hoping that the 1989 Graham v. Connor ruling will be his ticket to acquittal. Source: How the Supreme...
read moreIn Ecuador, a Presidential Election With Global Reach
The runoff this Sunday will determine not only who will be president—Andrés Arauz or Guillermo Lasso—but also whether Ecuador will...
read moreAs Activists’ Hunger Strike Reaches Day 13, Calls Mount for Biden to End US Complicity in Starvation of Yemen
“My pain cannot amount to that of Yemenis under siege,” said one hunger striker. “I am starving, but I am not being...
read moreWisconsin Supreme Court rules voters who may have moved don’t need to be purged from rolls
The controversial voter rolls case has worked its way through the court system since late last year, with the Supreme Court deciding...
read moreReversing Trump, Biden Restores Aid to Palestinians
The move will once again make the United States a leading donor to the United Nations agency that assists about 5.7 million...
read moreTrump Officials Bragged About Pressuring CDC to Alter COVID Reports, Emails Reveal
Congressional investigators released emails and documents Friday that show Department of Health and Human Services appointees under...
read moreMedical examiner who ruled George Floyd’s death a homicide blames police pressure for his death
“My opinion remains unchanged,” said Dr. Andrew Baker, who ruled George Floyd’s death a homicide. “It’s...
read moreHow Cuba beat the pandemic: From developing new vaccines to sending doctors overseas to help others
Cuba has heavily invested in its medical and pharmaceutical system for decades, in part because of the six-decade U.S. embargo that...
read moreAlternatives to Calling the Police for Domestic Violence Survivors
In most cases, calling the police on abusers is unhelpful at best, and at worst makes survivors feel less safe: “It’s really time...
read moreHouse Ethics Committee announces investigation into Florida Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz
The probe will look at allegations of sexual misconduct, illicit drug use and displaying images of nude women on the House...
read moreClarence and Virginia Thomas have an impressively corrupt activist/judge scheme going
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and his wife, far-right activist Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, have quite the scheme going. She...
read moreBlack Army Lt. pulled over, terrorized, and beaten even though police knew he’d done nothing wrong
Last 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 moreAnti-Defamation League chief says Tucker Carlson ‘must go’ after endorsing neo-Nazi conspiracy theory
“‘Replacement theory’ is a white supremacist tenet that the white race is in danger by a rising tide of...
read moreJohn Boehner wants us to forget he was taken down by the Frankenstein monster he helped create
John Boehner is clearly worried about his legacy. The former Republican speaker of the House is on a mission to rehabilitate his...
read moreNew Mexico Is the Second State to Ban Qualified Immunity
Lawmakers passed the New Mexico Civil Rights Act on Wednesday. Source: New Mexico Is the Second State to Ban Qualified...
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