Indigenous Nations Allege New Maps in North Dakota Violate Voting Rights Act
Two Native American nations are suing North Dakota for alleged redistricting by Republican legislators that dilutes their voices and violates the Voting Rights Act. The state legislature, which is controlled in part by Republicans, approved new maps. GOP Gov. Doug Burgum signed the maps into law shortly afterward. In their lawsuit Turtle Mountain Band of […]
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2021 Saw Over 3 Million Strike Days With 140K Participants
Workers waged hundreds of work stoppages in 2021, marking millions of total “strike days” over the course of the year that saw a resurgence of the U.S. labor movement but a decline in overall union membership. According to a new reportCornell University researchers found that 140,000 workers went on strike last year, or participated in […]
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‘Media Need to Start Showing Up’ on Spying Allegations, Rick Scott Says
It’s past time for the dominant media to “show up” and report on a special counsel’s court filings alleging political espionage targeting Donald Trump before and after he became president and instigated by the Hillary Clinton campaign, Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., says. “The media just went along with the Democrat narrative [claiming collusion between Trump […]
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GOP Candidates in MI AG Race Say They Oppose Precedent on Right to Birth Control
Three Republican candidates for attorney general in Michigan, vying to win their party’s primary so they can attempt to oust the current Democratic incumbent, indicated support for undoing a landmark Supreme Court decision from over half a century ago that lifted restrictions to accessing birth control. The former speaker of the state House, Tom Leonard, […]
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Over 100 Starbucks Locations Have Filed for Unionization
Starbucks Workers United announced Monday that they had officially exceeded their goal. 100 locationsAlthough the company is increasing its union-busting efforts, filing for union representation marks a significant milestone. “It’s official – we reached the 100 store mark,” the union tweeted. “103 stores (to be exact) have filed petitions with the NLRB to join the […]
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Mask Mandates Lift While Uncertainty About New Subvariant BA.2 Hangs in the Air
The world is waiting in terror for the next round of hell at the Russia/Ukraine border. Some seem to have forgotten that COVID-19 has not ended. In the United States, there have been over 28,000 COVID-related deaths in the last two weeks and more that 1.2 million new infections within the same time frame. This […]
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Ocasio-Cortez Calls Out Tucker Carlson for His Dangerous “Libelous Harassment”
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York), called out on Saturday Fox News host Tucker Carlson for his role in spreading what the lawmaker says is dangerous “libelous harassment” on his show. “I genuinely want to know why Tucker Carlson is allowed/paid to engage in clear, targeted, libelous harassment that endangers people and drives so many violent […]
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Redistricting Tactics Threaten to Suppress Black Representation in Louisiana
The Louisiana Senate recently continued the state’s long history of racial oppression by voting down Sen. Cleo Fields’s congressional redistricting map. What’s more, the Louisiana House voted down Rep. Randal Gaines’s congressional redistricting map. Gaines, a veteran civil rights attorney who represents one the hardest hit areas by Hurricane Ida (river Parishes), and Fields, an […]
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Amendment to Florida “Don’t Say Gay” Bill Would Force Teachers to Out Students
Legislation aimed at curtailing conversations relating to LGBTQ issues in Florida classrooms may become more restrictive than originally planned, as the bill’s author has placed an amendment on the proposal that would require teachers to “out” their students to their parents if they discover their sexual orientation is anything but heterosexual — even if doing […]
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“War Between Nuclear-Armed Powers Is Not an Option”: Experts Urge Diplomacy
The urgency of diplomatic steps to avert a war in Eastern Europe reached new heights Tuesday following Russian President Vladimir Putin’s move to recognize two breakaway regions in Ukraine as independent and deploy troops — described as “peacekeeping” forces — to the Donbas, heightening fears of an all-out military conflict. In a statement late Monday, […]
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