New law in Tennessee will require drunk drivers to pay child support if a parent is killed in an accident
A Tennessee law will make drunk drivers more responsible financially for their children if they cause a fatal accident. Cecilia Williams thought up the bill after losing her son Cordell Williams, 30, her daughter-in-law-to-be Lacey Newton, 25, and her four-month-old grandson Cordell Williams, Jr., to a drunk-driving incident on April 13, 2021, in Missouri. Facebook […]
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6 Examples of Woke Pork Spending in Omnibus Spending Bill
The 2,700-page, $1.5 Trillion Omnibus Spending Bill was presented by congressional leaders this week. They made sure to feast on plenty of pork when they did so. After high-profile corruption cases were exposed, conservatives banned such so-called “earmarks” a decade ago. Members of Congress were then informed. lobbyists to prison, and after clear examples of […]
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Starbucks’s Multimillion-Dollar Anti-Union Effort May Have Backfired
Starbucks has seen a flurry of labor activism in the last two months. More than 100 Starbucks workers in 26 states have filed for union elections. In response, the company has bombarded workers with anti-union text messages; launched a slick anti-union website; forced workers to attend mandatory “captive audience” meetings; tried to pack bargaining units […]
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In Blatantly Fascist Move, Florida GOP Passes Bill to Form Election Police Force
The Republican-controlled Florida legislature passed a bill on Wednesday that would create a special elections police force meant to monitor elections at the behest of far right Gov. Ron DeSantis said that he would sign it into law. The bill would create an Office of Election Crimes and Security in the Department of State. It […]
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Georgia Republicans Propose Their Own Version of Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” Bill
Republicans in Georgia have proposed their own version of Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill, days before the deadline to submit new proposals in the legislature. Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill passed the state Senate this week. If Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican, will sign the bill. This will prohibit primary school teachers from discussing LGBTQ […]
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War in Ukraine Needs to Be Understood in Context of New Russia-China Alliance
Just as the relentless grinding of the earth’s tectonic plates produces earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, so the endless superpower struggle for dominance over Eurasia is fraught with tensions and armed conflict. Beneath the visible outbreak of war in Ukraine and the U.S.-Chinese naval standoff in the South China Sea, there is now an underlying shift […]
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The Proud Boys Gained 29 Chapters in the Year Since Capitol Attack
Even to casual observers, it’s clear that white supremacist groups and their cousins, the militias, have been in full swing for years. And it’s also clear that the departure of Donald Trump from the White House has not collapsed the far right. A newly released annual census of these groups by the Southern Poverty Law […]
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After Pulling COVID Relief, House Passes Package With $782 Billion for Military
The House of Representatives approved Wednesday’s $1.5 trillion government spending bill. It includes $782 billion in U.S. Military funding, the largest part of the must-pass Omnibus legislation. “Military, weapons, and detention contractors are the biggest winners in this budget,” the National Priorities Project (NPP) at the Institute for Policy Studies saidIn a statement. “In recent […]
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Far From “Denazifying” Ukraine, Russian Invasion May Empower Ukrainian Neo-Nazis
Russian President Vladimir Putin has claimed that he ordered the invasion of Ukraine to “denazify” its government, while Western officials, such as former U.S. ambassador to Moscow Michael McFaul, have called this pure propaganda, insisting, “There are no Nazis in Ukraine.” In the context of the Russian invasion, the post-2014 Ukrainian government’s problematic relations with […]
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MO Lawmaker Wants to Imprison Those Giving Abortion Meds for Ectopic Pregnancies
A Republican lawmaker in Missouri wants to forbid the transfer and prescription of abortion medications in the state, and to place severe penalties on anyone who helps another person use such drugs, even in cases where the pregnancy isn’t viable and could result in serious complications or death. Republican state Rep. Brian Seitz’s bill, HB […]
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