AZ Republicans Introduce Bill Allowing Legislature to “Reject” Election Results
Arizona Republicans opened the legislative session this month with a slew of new voting bills, including legislation that would allow the GOP-led state legislature to “reject” election results. Arizona Republicans already approved several new voting restrictionsMany of the last year’s finalists were reelected. GOP’s conspiracy theories about Donald Trump’s election loss into legislation even after […]
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Manchin Received Record Donations While Killing Democrats’ Signature Legislation
This article was created byY Sludge, an independent investigative news site that covers money in politics. Click here to support Sludge. Senator Joe Manchin (D.W.Va.), worked tirelessly to kill last year’s Build Back Better Act. He was cheered by corporate PACs that donated hundreds of thousands of dollars. Manchin raised over $1.57 million in the […]
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Leonard Peltier Has COVID. Will Biden Finally Consider Freeing Him?
Jailed 77-year-old Native American activist Leonard Peltier has examined constructive for COVID-19 lower than per week after describing his jail situations as a “torture chamber.” Peltier was convicted of aiding and abetting the killing of two FBI brokers throughout a shootout on South Dakota’s Pine Ridge Reservation in 1975 whereas a member of the American […]
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New Puerto Rico Debt Plan Is a False “Solution” Crafted to Benefit Capitalists
On January 18, Judge Taylor Swain of New York’s Southern District confirmed Puerto Rico’s eighth amended Plan of Adjustment (POA), setting into motion the closure of the largest municipal debt restructuring deal in the history of the United States. The POA modifies approximately $33 billion of the central government’s debt as part of Title III […]
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All States Need Expanded Medicaid Access. Gerrymandering Prevents It.
My job at Mississippi NAACP is protecting civil rights in my state and fighting for current and future generations. When I think about the challenges facing Mississippi, they come down to the “haves” and the “have-nots.” It’s about power — who has it, who’s working to maintain it, and who lacks it. Two policy issues […]
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Mexico Auto Workers Are Set for Landmark Union Vote at General Motors Plant
This article was first published on Labor Notes. Workers at a massive General Motors plant in central Mexico will vote in a landmark election this week to decide which union will represent the plant’s 6,500 workers. A victory by the independent union there would be a big step toward breaking the stranglehold of the employer-friendly […]
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Afro-Colombian Women Lead Search for Disappeared
A motorboat’s wooden benches were filled with 18 Afro-descendant women in white T-shirts. A woman held a white flag around her neck and held a thin stick. Its edges fluttered in the wind above her head as they sped down the Yurumanguí River in Buenaventura, on Colombia’s Pacific coast. More women followed closely behind, their […]
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Pro-Highway, Pro-Car Public Transportation Policy Is Fueling Inequality
Over the decades, about a billion dollars have been allocated by the federal government. four times as much fundingas much to roads as it does to public transit like buses and subways. This policy choice has repercussions for the environment, racial justice, and the environment. Here, we focus only on the racial and economic justice […]
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Breyer’s Retirement Is Likely to Spark More Dark Money Spending in 2022 Midterms
Justice Stephen Breyer is retiringPresident Joe Biden the first Supreme Court pick of his presidency and likely sparking even more “dark money” spending in the leadup to 2022 midterm elections. Even before Breyer announced that he was retiring this week, secret donors from both parties had already begun to weigh in about the impending vacancy. […]
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Tracking Religious Objectors to Vaccine Mandates
Editor’s note: The Daily Signal’s audience continues to respond to our reporting on the Biden administration’s tracking of federal employees who apply for an exemption from its COVID-19 vaccine mandates. Here’s a sampling from the mailbag at [email protected]—Ken McIntyre Dear Daily Signal We as Americans should all be disturbed by this trend reported by Sarah […]
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