Not Everyone Is Feasting. Food Insecurity Is Much Higher Than Before COVID.
Because the COVID pandemic upended the financial system within the spring and summer time of 2020, tens of tens of millions of People misplaced their jobs and have become ever extra weak to starvation. In consequence, the nation’s community of meals banks noticed a sudden spike in utilization. Simply previous to, and firstly of the […]
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Tribe That Helped Pilgrims Survive First Thanksgiving Regrets It 400 Years Later
Plymouth, Massachusetts — Overlooking the chilly waters of Plymouth Bay, about three dozen tourists swarmed a park ranger as he recounted the history of Plymouth Rock — the famous symbol of Four centuries ago, the Pilgrims arrived in this area. Others waited nearby to see a replica Mayflower, which was the ship that transported the […]
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Enough Colonial Pageantry. Let’s Rally Behind Criminalized Water Protectors.
Local weather activist and Indigenous group members maintain a banner and flags throughout a rally and march in opposition to the Line 3 pipeline in Solway, Minnesota, on June 7, 2021. Kerem Yucel / AFP through Getty Pictures Proper-wing myths about stolen elections and vaccine conspiracies will little doubt complicate many dinners at present, as […]
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All Three Men Charged in Ahmaud Arbery’s Killing Found Guilty of Murder
A jury in Georgia found all three men responsible for Ahmaud’s murder, a 25 year-old Black man, guilty of murder. He was killed while jogging in February 2020. The three white men who killed Arbery — Greg McMichael, his son Travis McMichael, and their neighbor William “Roddie” Bryan — were charged with murder, aggravated assault, […]
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DOJ Files Emergency Brief Asking Court to Unblock COVID Vaccine Work Rules
The Department of Justice (DOJ), has requested that a federal court lift its suspension on rules from the Biden administration, which require businesses with more then 100 employees to adhere to certain standards during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals blocked rules published by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration(OSHA) earlier […]
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Health Sector Has Outspent All Others on Lobbying for Nearly 3 Years in a Row
HealthSector spending increased 5%The third quarter saw a continuation of a nearly three-year streak of Build Back Better negotiations. The Build Back Better Act, roughly $2 trillionPresident is a key part of the President’s social policy and climate bill Joe Biden’s domestic spending agenda, passed the House on Friday morning. The White House hailed the […]
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Rally Organizers Used Burner Phones to Talk With Trump Officials on January 6
Trump loyalists who planned the January 6 rally that preceded the attack on the U.S. Capitol building used “burner phones” to communicate with campaign and administration officials in the lead-up to the attack, according to sources speaking with Rolling Stone. Kylie Kremer, a top official in the March for Trump group that helped plan the […]
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Jury Finds “Unite the Right” Organizers Liable for $25.3 Million in Damages
On Wednesday, a federal jury found all defendants in a lawsuit stemming from the “Unite the Right Rally” — a violent demonstration led by white supremacists in Charlottesville, Virginia — guilty of violating a Virginia state conspiracy law. The plaintiffs argued that they had broken an 1871 bill to protect African Americans against vigilante terrorism. […]
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UN Human Rights Envoy Slams Racist Voter Suppression in US
A high human rights official on the United Nations has concluded that new voting restrictions pushed by conservatives in Texas and different states are diluting the political illustration of individuals of colour in the USA, the place human rights protections are “removed from complete” and “even incoherent.” “I conclude that there’s in reality what might […]
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CEOs Are Blaming Inflation for Price Hikes While Earning Record Compensation
Dollar Tree CEO Michael Witynski — who raked in around $11 million in total compensation last year — announced Tuesday that his company is raising prices to $1.25 at stores across the United States, pointing to the current “inflationary environment.” But observers weren’t buying Witynski’s explanation for the imminent price hike, which was publicized as […]
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