AOC Calls for Student Loan Cancellation as Biden Is Expected to Extend Freeze
On Wednesday, President Joe Biden is expected announce that his administration will extend the student loan payment freeze. It is currently set to expire at the end of May. According to administration officialsBiden will only extend the suspension for three months. August 31 would be the new expiration date. Despite the fact that the action […]
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Illegal Fishing Is Pushing Ocean Ecosystems Toward Collapse
Satellite tracking allows you to track each fishing vessel as it searches the oceans in search of fewer and smaller fish. Each ship crosses the paths of others until the oceans start to resemble their fishing nets. Within this tangled web, the paths of two vessels caught the attention of the investigative team at my […]
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Sanders, Bush Unveil Bill to Use the Defense Production Act to Fund Clean Energy
While President Joe Biden is doubling down on fossil fuels amid high prices for gas, Democratic and Progressive lawmakers have introduced a bill that would allow them to invest in renewable energy instead to lower utility prices and increase energy independence in the U.S. The Energy Security and Independence Act introduced WednesdayBy Sen. Bernie Sanders, […]
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Women’s Delegation Urges US and Europe to Unfreeze Afghan Funds Amid Crisis
Women in Afghanistan are protesting against a variety of Taliban gender-based restrictions, including an order in march to close down public high schools for girls. U.S. officials cancelled talks with Taliban leaders in Doha and continue to freeze billions of Afghan assets, while Afghanistan spirals into economic disaster. We speak to Masuda Sultan, and Medea […]
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Will Big Tech, Big Media Ever Apologize for Censoring Hunter Biden Story?
President Joe Biden claims he never had business talks with his son. Maybe he didn’t. Hunter Biden might have been paid half-million dollars by the Ukrainian gas companies because he has unique business abilities that no one else notices. It’s possible. But unlikely. A Justice Department investigation could reveal whether Hunter Biden was a sleazy […]
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Arizona Supreme Court Rejects State GOP Lawsuit to Eliminate Mail-In Voting
On Tuesday, the Arizona state Supreme Court rejected a lawsuit from the state’s Republican Party that sought to completely eliminate mail-in voting. The Arizona Republican Party’s attempt to abolish or severely curtail mail-in voting in the state is part of a nationwide push by the GOP to place more restrictions on voting in response to […]
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Images From Bucha Remind Us That War Photography Can Be Resistance
The imagesThe sights and sounds of Bucha, Ukraine are almost surreal. A quiet residential street filledWith smashed and burnt war machines, one appears to have almost melted into pavement near a street sign pointing to the supermarket. Civilians searching desperately For those who have lost loved ones and don’t know how to start. In this […]
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GOP Threatens to Hold COVID Funding Hostage to Preserve Trump Immigration Policy
Tuesday, Senate Republicans Threatened to stop a new $10 billion coronavirus relief program unless Democrats allow a vote to preserve Title 42, a Trump era border expulsion strategy that the Biden administration is trying to end after months-long pressure from immigrant right groups. Late Tuesday, Republicans in Congress blocked a procedural attempt to start consideration […]
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Betsy DeVos Is Joining Michigan’s Far Right Militants in a Devious Campaign
Right-wing groups have launched an unusual political campaign in Michigan, uniting major Republican donors — including Betsy DeVos, Donald Trump’s former education secretary — with far-right militants in an effort to exploit the state’s petition rules and bypass the normal legislative process. If successful, this could lead to the veto-proof enactment of a series of […]
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Biden’s 2023 Budget Could Have Made Child Care Free. Instead, It Boosts Police.
Martin Luther King Jr. wasn’t speaking rhetorically when he urged the U.S. to “undergo a radical revolution of values.” In fact, he spoke quite plainly when he declared that “a nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death.” Fifty-five years […]
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