In the Face of Israel’s Violence, Being a Good Parent Means Fighting Colonialism
What does it mean for a parent to be a victim of colonial violence and protect their children? Parents around the world work together in unwavering efforts to protect their children and provide the environment they need to thrive. Parents who live in a society built on settler colonialism are constantly deprived of the ability […]
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Industrial action: a summer of discontent?
Speculation that the UK will be ‘halted’ by strike action this summer is raising the question of whether we will be taken back to the 1970’s. The public sector was experiencing a malaise at the time, which led to a wave of industrial actions, which left rubbish on the streets, the dead unburied, and trains […]
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Nadine Dorries heckled after claiming Johnson was ousted by ‘coup’
Culture secretary Nadine Dorries has argued that Boris Johnson was “removed via a coup”. Dorries, a supporter of Liz Truss bid for the party leadership, was quizzed by Sky News this morning over whether she blamed former chancellor Rishi Sunak for Johnson’s downfall. “It is not a secret that things happened that shouldn’t have happened […]
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Truss and Sunak must offer more than tax cuts
Tax, tax, and more tax: This is a fair summary so far of the Tory leadership race. As a former HMRC civil servant and a bit of a tax nerd, I’ve rather enjoyed it. But talking about tax without discussing the other side of the equation – what those taxes are spent on – means […]
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Conservatives Urge Senators to Reject House’s Same-Sex Marriage Bill
Conservative leaders call on senators not to pass the House-passed legislation Respect for Marriage Act, which aims to codify into federal law the Supreme Court’s 2015 legalization of same-sex marriage in Obergefell v. Hodges. “The Act, which was suddenly rushed through the House without any public hearings or input, is an attack on millions of Americans, […]
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Cassidy Hutchinson Is Cooperating With the DOJ’s Jan. 6 Trump Inquiry
Cassidy Hutchinson, a former White House staffer who worked under former President Donald Trump, is reportedly cooperating with the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) investigation into Trump’s actions and conversations relating to attempts to overturn the 2020 election and the attack on the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. Hutchinson’s cooperation with the DOJ was first […]
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Merrick Garland’s January 6 Investigation Appears to Be Zeroing In on Trump
Interview with Lester Holt on Sunday NBC NewsAttorney General Merrick Garland gave his best impression of Sam, the hyperpatriotic all-businessman. eagleFrom The Muppet Show. “We pursue justice without fear or favor,” said Garland. “We intend to hold everyone, anyone who was criminally responsible for events surrounding January 6, or any attempt to interfere with the […]
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Democrats Introduce Bill to Place 18-Year Term Limits on Supreme Court Justices
In reaction to the recent onslaught of extremist rulings by far right Supreme Court justices, a group of Democrats introduced a bill on Tuesday that would place term limits on the Supreme Court in order to “restore legitimacy” to the institution. The bill introduced byRep. Hank Johnson, a Democratic from Georgia, in the House and […]
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Hundreds of Thousands of Incarcerated People Are in Danger Amid Scorching Heat
This summer is expected to be one of the hottest ever recorded, with heat waves melting roads across Europe. thousand-acre fires in Texas California, scorching peopleAll the globe. People behind bars feel as if they are melting or being cooked alive in high temperatures across the country. Temperatures in parts of Texas have soared to […]
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CDC Confirms Massive Racial Disparities in Overdose Deaths
Three weeks before the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) would calmly confirm massive racial disparities in a nationwide database tracking fatal drug overdoses, a team of researchers working under a federal grant program published a groundbreaking study concluding that “traditional” encounters with police do little to prevent drug-related crime. In fact, The study concluded these […]
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