Sanders Introduces Medicare for All as Solution to “Dysfunctional” Health System
For the first-time since 2019, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, reintroduced his plan to establish Medicare for All (the United States), the only wealthy country without universal health insurance. Sanders introduced the legislation with 14 cosponsors on Thursday “to guarantee health care in the United States as a fundamental human right to all,” according to his […]
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Explained: The Northern Ireland Protocol
After a deadlock with negotiations with the European Union, the UK government is expected to unilaterally end the Northern Ireland Protocol. Following Sinn Fein’s historic election victory last week, DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson says the party will only return to govern alongside Sinn Fein when the Protocol is removed. What is the Protocol? And […]
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Indian Boarding Schools Were Part of “Genocidal Process” Carried Out by the US
The Interior Department has documented the deaths more than 500 Indigenous children who died at Indian boarding schools that were run or supported in part by the federal government of the United States. These schools operated between 1819 and 1969. The death toll is likely to be much higher. The report also identified 53 burial […]
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Zelenskyy Calls for Direct Talks With Putin as Russia Pulls Back From Kharkiv
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Thursday that he is prepared to hold direct talks with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin amid mounting fears that Moscow’s invasion and the West’s response have spiraled into a dangerous proxy war between nuclear-armed powers. “We must find an agreement,” Zelenskyy saidInterview with an Italian media outlet. As the fighting […]
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Jan. 6 Committee Subpoenas 5 GOP Members of Congress — Including Kevin McCarthy
The House select committee investigating January 2021’s attack on the U.S. Capitol Building has issued five subpoenas to Republican legislators in the House, including Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R.California). In addition to McCarthy, the select committee is sending subpoenas to Reps. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), Mo Brooks (R-Alabama), Scott Perry (R-Pennsylvania) and Andy Biggs (R-AZ) — individuals […]
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Slashing 91,000 civil service jobs ‘perfectly reasonable’ says Rees-Mogg
The Brexit opportunities and efficiency minister has said that axing 91,000 civil servants is “perfectly reasonable”. Jacob Rees-Mogg, the MP for North Somerset, told Sky News that Whitehall had “taken on extra people for specific tasks… but now we’re trying to get back to normal”. He said cuts would be made from arms-length bodies and […]
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Refurbish school uniforms to ease family budgets
Nearly 2,500 years ago the Greek politician and general Pericles said: “Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn’t mean politics won’t take an interest in you” and in my time as a politician I have learnt that, alas, there is virtually nothing that escapes politics and regulation. This is the case […]
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House Republicans Allege FBI Targeted Concerned Parents
According to a letter from the House Judiciary Committee, Whistleblowers provided evidence to the House Republicans that the FBI targeted parents who raised concerns regarding local education issues through its counterterrorism division. The FBI’s Counterterrorism Division opened “at least dozens of investigations” into concerned parents through an EDUOFFICIALS “threat tag,” according to a letter from Republicans on […]
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DeSantis’s Congressional Maps Deemed “Unconstitutional” by Judge He Appointed
A judge from Florida’s state circuit court is going to block the congressional maps that Gov. Ron DeSantis (R), finding that they improperly and illegally diminished Black voters’ voices. In a statement on Wednesday regarding a lawsuit seeking to block the maps, Leon County Circuit Judge Layne Smith — who was appointed by DeSantis himself […]
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The End of “Roe” Will Lead to More Family Separation and Child Disappearance
“The household policing system’s punitive design that’s focused on the most politically marginalized communities is deeply rooted in a historical past of state violence,” says writer Dorothy Roberts.Catherine McQueen / Second / Getty Photos “This technique of constructing fetal safety extra necessary than the lives and freedom of girls and different pregnant individuals started with […]
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