More Than a Dozen HBCUs Faced Bomb Threats on First Day of Black History Month
More than a dozen Historically Black Colleges and Universities across the U.S. were forced to lock down and postpone classes on Tuesday, the first day Black History Month. They had received bomb threats. According to CNN, at least 13 HBCU campuses reported receiving bomb threatsIn total. In most if not all cases, the lockdowns or […]
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Organizers in Appalachia Are Building a Green New Deal Blueprint for Themselves
The Green New Deal proposal represents one of the few effective, widely recognized paths to address the climate crisis. It also addresses its economic and social repercussions. It is technologically feasible and economically sustainable. Although the Green New Deal project has been implemented in some way in several states, it is not yet being scaled […]
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Trump’s Comments This Week Made it “Very Clear What He Was Up To,” Raskin Says
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Maryland), a member of the House select committee investigating the January 6 Capitol attack, suggested on Tuesday that recent comments by former President Donald Trump “said the criminal part out loud” regarding his attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 election. Trump made this announcement earlier in the week. wrongly claimed […]
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46 Senators Wage Campaign to End “Global Gag Rule” Restricting Abortion Access
On Monday, 46 senators, led by Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D.New Hampshire), sent a letter to Democratic leaders requesting a permanent abrogation of the global gag rule, also known under the Mexico City Policy. “The Mexico City Policy undercuts access to voluntary and comprehensive family planning and reproductive health services,” the lawmakers wrote in their letterTo […]
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DeSantis Press Secretary Suggests Dems Staged Recent Nazi Rallies in Orlando
Christina Pushaw, Florida Gov.’s press secretary. Ron DeSantis (R), suggested on Sunday — contrary to all evidence — that the white supremacist rallies held in Orlando over the weekend were staged. Saturday neo-Nazis gathered on a street in a suburb of Orlando and on an interstate overpassHolding up anti-Semitic signs, displaying Nazi symbolism, and shouting […]
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Labor Board Says Amazon Illegally Threatened Workers in Union-Busting Campaign
Amazon was accused by the National Labor Relations Board of (NLRB), in a Thursday complaint, of illegally monitoring, interrogating, and threatening unionization employees at its Staten Island warehouse. The NLRB foundA company representative had made a racist remark to union organizers, calling them “thugs” who were destined to fail. According to the complaint, security guards […]
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Mayoral Candidate Faces Backlash After Saying She Wants to “Eradicate” Islam
A far right candidate for mayor in Oklahoma City has been spewing hateful and dangerous rhetoric regarding Islam, stating in a debate last week that she wants to “get rid” of the religion entirely. Carol Hefner, a conservative woman who is trying to unseat Republican Mayor David Holt claimed during a debate in January that […]
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Inflation Policies Must Deal With Impact of Rising Food Prices on the Poor
In 2021, consumer prices rose 7 percent over the previous year. This was the largest rise in consumer costs in a 12-month period of time since 1982. Why are prices increasing, especially in relation to global food prices? Is the current inflationary episode linked with the pandemic Is aggressive monetary policies the main culprit for […]
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More Than 100 Antiwar Groups Call on Biden to End Brinksmanship With Russia
More than 100 advocacy groups representing millions of Americans demanded Tuesday that the Biden administration immediately take steps to defuse tensions between Russia and the United States, as the two nuclear-armed countries remain dangerously close to war over Ukraine. “We call upon President Biden to end the U.S. role in escalating the extremely dangerous tensions […]
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Climate Groups Urge Biden Not to Fight Ruling Against Oil and Gas Lease Sale
Because the fossil gas business clamors for an attraction, the Biden administration on Tuesday confronted stress from environmentalists to stick to a decide’s decision blocking a large oil and gasoline lease sale within the Gulf of Mexico, the positioning of the catastrophic Deepwater Horizon spill. “We urge you to adjust to the courtroom’s ruling and […]
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