A Key Founder of Critical Race Theory Discusses the Right-Wing Panic Over It
In conservative circles in the United States, critical race theory (CRT), has become a new bogeyman. Right-wing groups use the term indiscriminately and inaccurately as a catchall buzzword to represent everything they oppose, even any discussion about systemic racism in schools. Gary Pellar is a critical race theorist recently pointed out, CRT, an academic discipline […]
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Pharma-Backed Group Hosted Dem Staffers at Resort Before Build Back Better Vote
This article was written by Sludge, an independent investigative news site that covers money in politics. Click hereSupportSludge. In mid-November, as House Democrats were putting the finishing touches on their most substantial legislative package in at least a decade, the Build Back Better Act, dozens of Democratic House staffers traveled to the luxurious Salamander Resort […]
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Israel’s Hard-Line Position Is Sabotaging US-Iran Negotiations
After a five month hiatus, indirect negotiations between Iran and the United States resumed last week in Vienna to try to revise 2015 Iran nuclear agreement (formally known as JCPOA or Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action). The outlook isn’t good. Within a week of the start of negotiations, Britain, France and Germany were already at […]
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Just Go Away, Brian Williams
Brian Williams, dismissed as “NBC Nightly News” anchor in 2015 for serial embellishment and lying, has decided to walk away from his MSNBC show “The 11th Hour.” CNN’s Brian Stelter, from a competing network, previewed the last show: “There’s no word on what the Thursday finale will entail, but here’s hoping for a sendoff befitting […]
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Sanders, Ocasio-Cortez Celebrate Starbucks Workers’ Historic Union Victory
Progressive lawmakers are celebrating after Starbucks workers in Buffalo triumphed over nearly insurmountable odds to form the company’s first-ever union on Thursday, a sign that the reawakening U.S. labor movement is growing stronger. Workers at ElmwoodBuffalo voted 19 to 8 in favor of forming a union. One store, Camp Road voted against joining a union. […]
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Press Freedoms Threatened as British Court Rules Assange Can Be Extradited to US
This is a rapidly developing area. news story… Check back for possible updates… Friday was ruled by a British court WikiLeaksJulian Assange, publisher and founder of the magazine, can be extradited by the United States to face accusations of violating Espionage Act. This decision is considered a grave threat to freedoms of expression worldwide by […]
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How Big Oil Rigs the System to Keep Winning
This text is revealed as a part of Covering Climate Now, a worldwide collaboration of reports retailers strengthening protection of the local weather story. Regardless of numerous investigations, lawsuits, social shaming, and laws courting again many years, the oil and gasoline business stays formidable. In spite of everything, it has made consuming its merchandise appear […]
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Manchin Takes the Teeth Out of Democrats’ Plan for Seniors’ Dental Care
Sharon Marchio misses having enamel for consuming, talking and smiling. For the previous few years, after the final of her enamel have been extracted, she’s used dentures. “My dentist calls them my floating enamel as a result of irrespective of how a lot adhesive you utilize, if you happen to eat one thing sizzling or […]
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Appeals Court Deals a Blow to Trump’s Privilege Claims Over January 6 Docs
On Thursday, a federal court docket denied an enchantment from Donald Trump, ruling that the previous president’s govt privilege claims — which he used to justify his refusal to launch paperwork requested by the January 6 choose committee — are unwarranted and improper. The three-judge panel of the U.S. Court docket of Appeals for the […]
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Calls Grow to Keep Student Loan Moratorium
As calls develop for Biden to increase the moratorium on pupil debt, we converse with the Debt Collective’s Astra Taylor and have her new movie for The Intercept, “Your Debt Is Somebody Else’s Asset,” animated by artist Molly Crabapple. The $15 trillion in U.S. family debt is “a type of wealth switch” from the poor […]
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