Minister denies public outrage over Sunak tax scandal
A minister attempted to downplay public outrage over revelations about tax status of the chancellor, his family, and his spouse. Yesterday evening it the chancellor wrote to Boris Johnson to request an independent review by Lord Geidt of his complete formal statements on his finances since joining the Cabinet in 2018. The letter comes after […]
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Neoliberalism Paved the Way for Book Banning to Take Hold in US Schools
The rising movement to ban booksInstall surveillance cameras in classrooms and delimit the boundaries acceptable language and ideasSchools across the United States are being forced to limit the intellectual autonomy and suppress critical thought. It is a glimpse at a future of fascist miseducation. Many of the local school districts’ attempts to ban books are […]
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New Book Explores Forgotten Heroes of Movement
Kim Kelly, a Philadelphia-based journalist, started out covering American heavy metal and has been a tireless organizer and independent journalist. Over the past decade, Kelly has developed a distinctive and radical voice reporting on labor politics, culture, and politics. Kelly’s revelatory new book, Fight Like Hell: The Untold History of American Labor,Expands on her reporting […]
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In an Ominous Pattern, People Are Dying Once Transferred to Louisiana Prison
On November 18, 2020, 37-year-old Javon Kennerson was transferred to Louisiana’s Catahoula Correctional Center, a prison that until recently was run by LaSalle Corrections, a private prison corporation. Less than one month later, after a series of mental health crises, hospitalizations and prison officials’ apparent failure to supervise and monitor him, Kennerson was dead. Across […]
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Outside Spending Jumps for Local Candidates Casting Doubt on 2020 Elections
Last Tuesday’s local elections in and around Green Bay, Wisconsin, were the focus of big spending by outside groups pushing narratives around election denial — claims that the 2020 presidential election was so marred by fraud that it came to the wrong result. Some of the messages being peddled accused local officials of misconduct in […]
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Life Expectancy in US Declined in 2021. Many High-Income Nations Saw It Recover.
Just over a Month into year three of the Covid-19 pandemic, research revealed Thursday that life expectancy in the United States declined again in 2021 — which followed a well-documented dropIn 2020, and contrasted with a recovery trend for other high-income nations. The paper, which is not yet peer-reviewed, shows that the U.S. life expectancy […]
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Trump Jr. Pushed Father’s Chief of State to Overturn Election, Texts Show
Text messages obtained by the House select committee that is investigating the January 6, 2021 insurrection revealed that people in former President Donald Trump’s closest circle — specifically his son, Donald Trump Jr. — were strategizing before the votes were even counted how they could overturn the results of the 2020 election and make sure […]
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Senate Cafeteria Workers Successfully Defend Jobs and Push Dems to Back Them
The workers, who formed with UNITE HERE late in the year, but do not have a formal collective agreement, were joined on picket line last week by a stellar cast of lawmakers representing both houses of Congress. “Just because we have a fancy title or wear a fancy pin doesn’t mean we can’t show solidarity […]
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IPCC Report’s Analysis of Fossil Fuel Industry Excluded From Policymakers’ Brief
The biggest elephant in the room, looming over the release was the fossil fuel industry and its influence on policy. third and final report, out this week, from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the world’s leading climate authority. The main point of contention is how can you talk about mitigating the effects of climate […]
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Texas Woman Charged With Murder for Self-Induced Abortion
Lizelle Herrera, 26, was arrested Thursday and charged with murder in relation to self-inflicted suicide. abortion. Herrera is currently being held on a $500 thousand bond in the custody of the Starr County Sheriff’s Office, according to local station KVEO-TV. A spokesperson for the sheriff’s office gave a statement to news outlets saying that Herrera’s […]
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