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On Tuesday, organizations representing millions of people in the United States will deliver a letter calling on Sen. Mitch McConnell...
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The disparity is the highest in the 19 years the vehicle stops report has been conducted, Scott Decker, one of the people who...
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Nearly ten years after the publication of her book, it looked like Chua’s methods worked. Sophia, the oldest, graduated from Yale Law...
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A guerrilla art installation began showing up all over New York City today. Small cages with sculpted children, under thin foil...
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At least eight states either have policies in place or are pursuing policies related to PFAS chemicals. Source: Pennsylvania Bill...
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Marijuana dispensary sales taxes, business licensing fees and excise taxes brought in just over $1.01 billion from January 2014 to...
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In turning a satirical mirror on the news, we are used to facing attack, but this was a pompous and hypocritical decision Source: The...
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Under Commander Jon Burge, Black men endured torture and violence at the hands of Chicago police. Source: Chicago Police Tortured...
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Less than two weeks after joining forces for a bill that would ban members of Congress from becoming lobbyists, a most unlikely duo...
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Sara Netanyahu, the wife of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, agreed to a plea deal on Wednesday morning in a case...
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Gottlieb will become the first woman hired from the NCAA into the NBA, becoming an assistant coach for John Beilein in the 2020...
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Ash writes: Right now, the U.S. and the Saudis are pointing fingers at the Iranians. Perhaps – but it begs the question, why?...
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The study by the Institute for Justice, a libertarian legal advocacy group, also found that as unemployment goes up, so do civil...
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A number of economists have already dismissed Laffer’s signature supply-side economics theory as pure nonsense. For his dubious role...
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The organization has launched a campaign to get the New York State Teachers’ Retirement System (NYSTRS), the independent fund that...
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New officers in Paterson, New Jersey, are breaking historic ground at the first all-female class, including the first city officer to...
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he House Armed Services Committee on Wednesday rejected a series of Republican amendments aimed at preserving funds for the nuclear...
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A federal judge on Tuesday barred St. Louis jails from holding inmates simply because they can’t pay bail. She granted class...
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Residents of the US commonwealth have discovered an apparently illegal Navy strategy to help it construct Pacific bombing ranges....
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Latest Findings Come as Courts Levy More Than $2B in Judgements Against Bayer-Monsanto Over Cancer-Causing Glyphosate Source: In New...
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Canada is freeing Willy.In a landmark decision, the country’s lawmakers have made it illegal to breed whales and dolphins...
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The ruling elite have no interest in making sure our voices are heard. If they sought to have our voices heard, we would have paper...
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“The conflicts of interest arise from more than the campaign contributions he is receiving from voting machine...
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“A majority of Americans, even the 1% of us, know that our inequality is out of control and we need to make some big changes if...
read moreJust as Franklin Roosevelt’s democratic socialist program helped defeat rising authoritarianism in the aftermath of the Great...
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John Dean, the former White House counsel to President Richard Nixon, testified before Congress today, making 6 key comparisons...
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Kavanaugh and his fellow partisans may come to regret taking partisan gerrymandering challenges off the table. After ten years of...
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“This is a brazen violation of Americans’ right to free speech,” Foundation for Middle East Peace president Lara Friedman writes at...
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The new law, set to take effect July 1, 2020, would require Internet service providers to get permission from their customers before...
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The House voted Tuesday to grant new legal powers to a key committee investigating the Trump administration, handing Democrats...
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Nearly 200 pages of Drug Enforcement Administration contracts with producers were obtained through the Freedom of Information Act....
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Israeli war crimes must not go unpunished; Israel’s judicial system is untrustworthy and the ICC has the legal right and moral duty...
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After the disaster of 2016, the 2020 election race represented an opportunity for the press to win back some credibility. The fastest...
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Given the massive financial advantage the health industry has over advocates, the country depends on an adversarial media to confront...
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In a memo obtained by CNBC, Emily Seidel, CEO of the Koch-affiliated political-action committee Americans for Prosperity, announced...
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A massive archive exclusively provided to The Intercept confirms long-held suspicions about the politicized motives and deceit of...
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“It feels as though history can’t yell any louder than this.” Source: ‘This Is Sick’: Horror as Trump...
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Assange is currently serving a 50-week sentence in a London jail for skipping bail when he fled to the Ecuadorean embassy in 2012....
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US Sec. of State Mike Pompeo was caught promising a group of British Jewish leaders that the US would act behind the scenes to...
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Chelsea Manning and Julian Assange exposed what we on the ground already knew to be true. My platoon and hundreds just like it, spent...
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While social media platforms are increasingly giving users the opportunity to appeal decisions to censor their posts, very few...
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With Juan Guaidó’s parallel government attempting to take power with the backing of the U.S., it is telling that the top political...
read moreThis transaction will give the Saudis access to U.S. technology to produce its own version of these high-tech bombs. The Trump...
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Since late April, teachers and medical workers have been demonstrating across Honduras against the privatization of education and...
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Andom Ghebreghiorgis is, as of Wednesday, the latest young, left-leaning Democrat to challenge an incumbent member of Congress in a...
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The House Oversight Committee has voted 24-15 to hold Attorney General William Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in contempt...
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“We’re not giving up—and we’re not settling for soundbites. We demand action.” Source: ‘We...
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Activists fighting against efforts to Judaise the Old City of Jerusalem and the Aqsa Mosque compound have found themselves in the...
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Southern Baptist teaching prohibits women from holding the position of pastor but does not bar women from preaching in front of men....
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Jon Stewart may have left “The Daily Show” behind several years ago but he continues to serve as an unofficial ombudsman of American...
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Consultants say 60% will be grown in vats or plant-based products that taste like meat Source: Most ‘meat’ in 2040 will...
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The Equal Access to Justice for Victims of Gun Violence Act would end special legal protections for firearm manufacturers, sellers...
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When I talk to friends, family, and colleagues about Medicare for All, sometimes someone asks, “but don’t people like their...
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He teaches at Virgie Binford Education Center, in Richmond, Virginia. The school is inside a juvenile detention center. That’s a...
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Chemical fingerprinting research and map-making can be time consuming, but when citizen scientists help gather data, it’s not...
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Joe Biden thinks Republicans “know better.” But Mitch McConnell’s venality goes back well before Donald Trump...
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The “deepfake,” a term used to describe sophisticated computer-altered videos, was uploaded to Instagram and appears to show...
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“Standing by is not an option,” Theresa May, who will soon be replaced as prime minister, said late Tuesday. Source: UK Unveils Plan...
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“In here is everything you want to talk about. Done. It’s done. It’s all done.” Source: Trump Waves Around Folded Piece of Paper He...
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In many ways, the 17-year-old McDonald’s death mirrors several other high-profile recent killings of young African Americans by...
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East West Market hopes humorous bags like ‘Wart Ointment Wholesale’ will persuade shoppers to shun single-use plastic bags Source:...
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“While we might not have millions of dollars from fossil fuel barons or wealthy elites, we have thousands of grassroots...
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The resolution authorizes House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler to “initiate or intervene in judicial proceedings to enforce...
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Today, NIAC Action, Win Without War, MoveOn, J Street, Daily Kos, and CODEPINK delivered 249,000 petition signatures to the House...
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It aids the ambitious children of low-income families in rural and urban areas to lift themselves above their circumstances Source:...
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The debates are scheduled for two nights, June 26 and 27th, and the DNC will cap the number of candidates at 20. Candidates have...
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The presidential race is better with her in it. Source: Elizabeth Warren Is Proving Her Doubters...
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Willingness to impeach Trump for climate terrorism is an almost infallible CURRENT litmus test for serious GND support. Source:...
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But with the exception of Bernie Sanders, the leading contenders couldn’t muster the nerve to offer any substantive criticism of...
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“With voters from across the political spectrum overwhelmingly united in support of an open internet, it’s only a matter...
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Kushner thinks he is capable of arranging the future of the Palestinian people without the inclusion of the Palestinian leadership...
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he Democratic chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, Rep. Jerry Nadler of New York, said on Monday he has reached a deal with the...
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The Quinnipiac Poll showed the top Democratic candidate, former Vice President Joe Biden, leading Trump by a double-digit margin in a...
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His character assassination was championed by the Democratic Party establishment after WikiLeaks published 70,000 hacked emails...
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The hearing held on Monday by the House Judiciary Committee was titled, “Lessons From the Mueller Report.” It should have been...
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Capitalism is the root cause of the disinformation campaign against the DPRK, because the existence of the DPRK represents a threat...
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A “gaping loophole” in federal law, Levy explains, could “allow substantial foreign spending on the 2020 presidential election, fully...
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NPR, like every other major US media outlet, is towing Donald Trump’s line, perpetuating propaganda, half-truths, and outright lies...
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Now a new Harris poll conducted for the show “Axios on HBO” reveals 40% of Americans would take socialism over capitalism. Perhaps...
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Elites who divorce climate policy from social justice are almost as out of touch as those who deny climate science altogether Source:...
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With Sanders, Warren, and Biden all running for the nomination and the Progressive vote divided, the policies the voters are most...
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So-called “experts” tell us that Americans love this system and it would be too costly or too complicated to change it....
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Withdrawing from the Iran nuclear deal was a top campaign priority for President Trump, one he accomplished in 2018. Source: This Is...
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While participating in the first ‘Battle of Fallujah’ in early 2007, by Hunter’s own account he and his fellow...
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The bills McConnell is blocking would subject the voting machine vendors to new cybersecurity regulations and could reduce their...
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Kim Jong-nam, the half-brother of the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, was a CIA informant before he was assassinated in Malaysia in...
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In this video, former WHO employee, Olga Sheean, exposes WHO’s cover-up of the truth about wireless radiation—from WiFi, cell...
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Sen. Marco Rubio is one of the biggest beneficiaries. Source: How for-profit prisons have become the biggest lobby no one is talking...
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Only two states in the country allow incarcerated people to vote: Sanders’ home state of Vermont and its neighbor, Maine. Sanders is...
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“We have only followed international law, especially the law of the sea, where the highest priority is to save people from...
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The breakthrough device is called Brain Talker and allows a person to control a computer with just their brainwaves. Source: China...
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The new law requires the procedure for anyone convicted of sex crimes with children under 13 as a condition of parole. Source:...
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“The data should serve as a wake-up call for law enforcement officials, who have spent years lobbying against efforts to combat...
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Under lucrative arrangements, states are increasingly leasing prisoners to harvest food for American consumers at a rate not seen...
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The disputed role of religion in Israel doomed Netanyahu’s coalition. Will it imperil the nation? Source: In Israel,...
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“The Supreme Court can no longer be trusted to enforce due process. If Congress doesn’t put a stop to this...
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Press freedom groups are sounding the alarm over a pair of police raids on journalists. On Wednesday, Australian federal police swept...
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The United States “continues to be the only advanced economy that does not guarantee its workers paid vacation.” Source: Paid...
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An attack on a Florida yoga studio offers a chilling window into the world of male supremacy and its ties to other hate groups....
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Republican Rep. Justin Amash was one of the founders of the Freedom Caucus, the ultra-conservative faction of the GOP best known for...
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