DeSantis’s Attack on Disney Shows Desperation of Right-Wing Culture Warriors
Even as the far right has consolidated its power, rallying sizable numbers to attack fundamental civil and human rights, it’s nevertheless noticeable how, in mainstream popular culture, certain norms of representation have shifted dramatically over the last four decades. It’s striking that when scanning the commercials on an average TV network in 2022, no matter […]
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Nursing Home Owners Are Fighting New York Law That Prioritizes Patient Care
The COVID-19 pandemic forced public attention somewhere it doesn’t often go: nursing homes. Since March 2020 more than 200,000 deathsResidents and staff at long-term care facilities across America have reported COVID-19. While congregate living spaces are inherently dangerous in a pemic — especially ones full of medically vulnerable people — COVID’s spread through these homes […]
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The Republican Party Is Still Doing Donald Trump’s Bidding
If someone doesn’t know what questions to ask, they’ll never get answer. If they don’t know Who The challenge is even greater when you ask. But an even worse error is to decide on an answer before even asking the question — and then refusing to hear any answers that don’t confirm what they’ve already […]
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Although Macron Won French Election, Far Right Le Pen Increased Her Vote Share
French President Emmanuel Macron won a second five-year term on Sunday, but the neoliberal incumbent’s victory over far-right challenger Marine Le Pen was significantly closer than it was in 2017 — portending an ominous future for the country in the absence of far-reaching egalitarian reforms. Macron received a projected 58% of the vote to Le […]
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How America Became La La Land
America has been a dystopia for the last 14 months. It is becoming partly the world of George Orwell’s “1984,” and partly the poet Homer’s land of the Lotus-Eaters. Nothing seems to be working. No one seems to care. The once secure border of 2020 has disappeared. In the past 12 months, more than two […]
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Florida’s Gerrymandered Map Is Now Law — Practically Guaranteeing GOP Victories
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed into law a gerrymandered electoral map. This gives Republicans four more seats in Congress and likely reduces the number of Black Democrats elected. Although the measure passed along party lines on Thursday, it was delayed by a sit-in protest by Black Florida lawmakers. “Republicans cannot continue to disenfranchise Black voters,” […]
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GOP States Gutting Unemployment Didn’t Bring Workers Back Faster, Study Shows
A new study has revealed that Republican-run states prematurely ending unemployment benefits last year did not have a significant impact on getting people back to work, as GOP lawmakers claimed it would — but it did result in financial hardship for millions of Americans. In the summer of 2021, as many areas of the country […]
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Dark Money Networks That Attacked Justice Jackson Are Also Attacking Schools
Right-wing groups spent untold millions from undisclosed sourcesDuring her confirmation hearings in March and April, Jackson, who is moderate enough to have the support of her Senate nominee Ketanji Jackson Jackson, was opposed to her. a police unionProminent GOP legal figures. Jane Mayer’s The New Yorker exposéRecently, it was revealed that the American Accountability Foundation […]
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DeSantis Ban on Math Books Financially Benefits Another Anti-CRT GOP Governor
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) recently rejected the use of a number of math books in Florida public schools because they supposedly contain material relating to critical race theory — but closer inspection of who benefits from the rejection of the textbooks reveals that another Republican governor is set to profit from the decision. This […]
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Warren Warns Democrats They’ll Lose Midterms If They Don’t “Get Up and Deliver”
In interviews on Sunday, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts) warned Democrats that they need to make moves to protect and uplift the American people if they want to have a chance at winning in this year’s midterm elections, including taking steps like canceling student debt. On CNN CBS, Warren said that Democrats need to “get up […]
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