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'Perverse' Supreme Court Ruling 'Effectively Ensures That Innocent People Will Remain Imprisoned'

Jessica Corbett for Common Dreams Published May 24, 2022 - 10:52am

"This is radical. This is horrifying. This is extremely scary," said one public defender.


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Biden administration announces plan to increase the supply of affordable housing

Oliver Willis for The American Independent
May 18, 2022 - 11:01am

Pennsylvania, where a housing crisis was made worse by the COVID-19 pandemic, stands to benefit from the plan announced by the White House on May 16.


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The State Behind Roe’s Likely Demise Also Does the Least for New Parents in Need

Sarah Smith for ProPublica
May 16, 2022 - 9:47am

Mississippians on Medicaid lose coverage a mere 60 days after childbirth. “When women don’t have that coverage, what happens is they die,” says one expert.


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Significant Supreme Court cases remaining in current term

Scott Bomboy for Constitution Daily
May 12, 2022 - 3:20pm

With the Supreme Court approaching the start of summer, the justices will likely decide the court’s major remaining cases by late June.


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First Roe, Then Obergefell? Far-Right Activists Are Eager to Turn Back the Clock

Kristen Doerer for Right Wing Watch
May 9, 2022 - 2:01pm

Obergefell v. Hodges legalized same-sex marriage, and Lawrence v. Texas legalized same-sex relations.


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Robert Reich: The Democrat’s Secret Sauce to Win the Midterm elections

Robert Reich for Robert Reich
May 5, 2022 - 9:38am

The conventional view doesn’t account for the Trump factor, which gives Democrats a fighting chance of keeping one or both chambers.


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'Time to Take to the Streets': Mobilizations Planned as Supreme Court Targets Roe

Jake Johnson for Common Dreams
May 3, 2022 - 7:44am

The push by conservative justices to overturn Roe v. Wade, said one abortion rights advocate, "is giving us an opportunity to show them how ungovernable we will be if they follow through."


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The Times’ Tucker Carlson series is a triumph of explanatory journalism

Dan Kennedy for Media Nation
May 2, 2022 - 2:32pm

Carlson's Fox News program was dubbed — accurately — as “what may be the most racist show in the history of cable news.”


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'This Is Robbery': Chevron Profits Quadruple and Exxon's Double Amid Ukraine Crisis

Jake Johnson for Common Dreams
April 29, 2022 - 10:53am

"Big Oil is intentionally profiteering off the war in Ukraine," said one campaigner. "We need a Big Oil windfall profits tax."


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'Elon, There Are Rules': EU Says Twitter Must Comply With New Digital Services Act

Kenny Stancil for Common Dreams
April 27, 2022 - 8:18am

One day after Elon Musk took over Twitter, a top European regulator gave the world's richest man a "reality check" about how they will respond if he loosens the platform's content moderation policies.


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A new partnership aims to advance opportunities for Native American entrepreneurs

The Contributor Staff for Brown Venture Group
April 19, 2022 - 4:19pm

"Investors are missing out on innovative sustainable technology and business opportunities that have been informed by tribal culture and customs, that with an infusion of capital, have enormous potential," said Tahda Ahtone, a business consultant for tribal governments.


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Coronavirus

Fox News Falsely Claims Vaccine Mandate Will Let Inmates Go Free

Oliver Willis for The American Independent
December 17, 2021 - 8:11am
Fox News Falsely Claims Vaccine Mandate Will Let Inmates Go Free
Officials in Pima County, Arizona, have insisted they do not have the authority to release inmates from jails in response to staffing shortages.
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Moderna Slammed for 'Cheating US Taxpayers' in Covid-19 Vaccine Patent Dispute

Jessica Corbett for Common Dreams
November 10, 2021 - 10:00am
Moderna Slammed for 'Cheating US Taxpayers' in Covid-19 Vaccine Patent Dispute
Excluding federal scientists as co-inventors "could have important public health consequences," warned one expert.
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Environment

Your Free-Range Organic Chicken May Have Been Processed at a Large Industrial Poultry Plant

Andrea Suozzo, Maryam Jameel, Michael Grabell and Bernice Yeung for ProPublica
December 28, 2021 - 2:28pm
 Your Free-Range Organic Chicken May Have Been Processed at a Large Industrial Poultry Plant
To help us make sense of the opaque poultry supply chain, hundreds of ProPublica readers sent in details about their chickens and turkeys. Here’s what we learned.
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These 10 Imperiled Species in US Are Hanging by a Thread in Face of Climate Threat

Kenny Stancil for Common Dreams
December 15, 2021 - 4:10pm
These 10 Imperiled Species in US Are Hanging by a Thread in Face of Climate Threat
"Plants and wildlife are going extinct at an unprecedented rate, and it's way past time for our elected leaders to take bold action to protect our planet and all its inhabitants."
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Opinion

Robert Reich: The Democrat’s Secret Sauce to Win the Midterm elections

Robert Reich for Robert Reich
May 5, 2022 - 9:38am
Robert Reich: The Democrat’s Secret Sauce to Win the Midterm elections
The conventional view doesn’t account for the Trump factor, which gives Democrats a fighting chance of keeping one or both chambers.
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Robert Reich: Putin and Trump Have Convinced me I was Wrong about the 21st Century

Robert Reich for Robert Reich
March 17, 2022 - 10:06pm
Robert Reich: Putin and Trump Have Convinced me I was Wrong about the 21st Century
I used to believe several things about the twenty-first century that Putin’s invasion of Ukraine and Donald Trump’s election in 2016 have shown me are false.
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POTUS

Republican attacks on Biden's Ukraine response aren't working

Emily Singer for The American Independent
March 9, 2022 - 8:23am
Republican attacks on Biden's Ukraine response aren't working
Recent polls show President Joe Biden's approval rating is up, despite Republican criticism of his response to the Russian invasion.
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Immigration

Republican Voters Side With Biden on How to Handle Immigration

Amy Lieu for The American Independent
April 30, 2021 - 1:55pm
Republican Voters Side With Biden on How to Handle Immigration
An overwhelming 87% of Republican voters back the way President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris have approached immigration.
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International

The Ukraine Invasion Issue We Aren’t Talking About

David Cay Johnston for DCReport
March 7, 2022 - 1:14pm
The Ukraine Invasion Issue We Aren’t Talking About
Putin's invasion points to a serious issue we're completely ignoring.
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War

How Ukrainian Civilians Are Resisting Military Force

Daniel Hunter for Yes! Magazine
March 2, 2022 - 8:15am
 How Ukrainian Civilians Are Resisting Military Force
Unarmed Ukrainians changing road signs, blocking tanks, and confronting the Russian military are showing their bravery and strategic brilliance.
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Disasters: Relief & Updates

Red Cross CEO Dodges Congressional Questions About Cuts Around the Country

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Justin Elliott for ProPublica
February 25, 2016 - 9:58am
Red Cross CEO Dodges Congressional Questions About Cuts Around the Country
The American Red Cross has failed to answer a congressman’s questions about deep cuts the charity has made to staff and local offices. Rep. Bennie Thompson, the ranking member of the House homeland security committee, sent the charity a long list of questions after ProPublica recently revealed the cuts and detailed how they have eroded the Red Cross’ ability to respond to even modest disasters.
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Media

The Times’ Tucker Carlson series is a triumph of explanatory journalism

Dan Kennedy for Media Nation
May 2, 2022 - 2:32pm
The Times’ Tucker Carlson series is a triumph of explanatory journalism
Carlson's Fox News program was dubbed — accurately — as “what may be the most racist show in the history of cable news.”
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Scandal aside, Zucker gave us Trump and presided over a ratings collapse at CNN

Dan Kennedy for Media Nation
February 3, 2022 - 2:41pm
Scandal aside, Zucker gave us Trump and presided over a ratings collapse at CNN
Something doesn’t make sense about Jeff Zucker’s sudden departure from CNN.
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Fact Check

Factcheck: Examining the claim that Medicare, Social Security will soon go ‘bankrupt’

Eugene Kiely for FactCheck.org
March 30, 2022 - 7:56am
Factcheck: Examining the claim that Medicare, Social Security will soon go ‘bankrupt’
In promoting his plan to “rescue America,” Sen. Rick Scott went too far in claiming that Medicare and Social Security will go “bankrupt."
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Factcheck: Judge Jackson and Critical Race Theory

Robert Farley for FactCheck.org
March 24, 2022 - 10:04pm
Factcheck: Judge Jackson and Critical Race Theory
The issue of critical race theory has been raised repeatedly in the Supreme Court confirmation hearings for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, specifically her passing mention of it in a 2015 speech on federal criminal sentencing.
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'Perverse' Supreme Court Ruling 'Effectively Ensures That Innocent People Will Remain Imprisoned'

Jessica Corbett for Common Dreams
May 24, 2022 - 10:52am
'Perverse' Supreme Court Ruling 'Effectively Ensures That Innocent People Will Remain Imprisoned'
"This is radical. This is horrifying. This is extremely scary," said one public defender.
0
  • Read full story

Biden administration announces plan to increase the supply of affordable housing

Oliver Willis for The American Independent
May 18, 2022 - 11:01am
Biden administration announces plan to increase the supply of affordable housing
Pennsylvania, where a housing crisis was made worse by the COVID-19 pandemic, stands to benefit from the plan announced by the White House on May 16.
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  • Read full story

The State Behind Roe’s Likely Demise Also Does the Least for New Parents in Need

Sarah Smith for ProPublica
May 16, 2022 - 9:47am
The State Behind Roe’s Likely Demise Also Does the Least for New Parents in Need
Mississippians on Medicaid lose coverage a mere 60 days after childbirth. “When women don’t have that coverage, what happens is they die,” says one expert.
0
  • Read full story

First Roe, Then Obergefell? Far-Right Activists Are Eager to Turn Back the Clock

Kristen Doerer for Right Wing Watch
May 9, 2022 - 2:01pm
First Roe, Then Obergefell? Far-Right Activists Are Eager to Turn Back the Clock
Obergefell v. Hodges legalized same-sex marriage, and Lawrence v. Texas legalized same-sex relations.
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'Time to Take to the Streets': Mobilizations Planned as Supreme Court Targets Roe

Jake Johnson for Common Dreams
May 3, 2022 - 7:44am
'Time to Take to the Streets': Mobilizations Planned as Supreme Court Targets Roe
The push by conservative justices to overturn Roe v. Wade, said one abortion rights advocate, "is giving us an opportunity to show them how ungovernable we will be if they follow through."
0
  • Read full story

'This Is Robbery': Chevron Profits Quadruple and Exxon's Double Amid Ukraine Crisis

Jake Johnson for Common Dreams
April 29, 2022 - 10:53am
'This Is Robbery': Chevron Profits Quadruple and Exxon's Double Amid Ukraine Crisis
"Big Oil is intentionally profiteering off the war in Ukraine," said one campaigner. "We need a Big Oil windfall profits tax."
0
  • Read full story

'Elon, There Are Rules': EU Says Twitter Must Comply With New Digital Services Act

Kenny Stancil for Common Dreams
April 27, 2022 - 8:18am
'Elon, There Are Rules': EU Says Twitter Must Comply With New Digital Services Act
One day after Elon Musk took over Twitter, a top European regulator gave the world's richest man a "reality check" about how they will respond if he loosens the platform's content moderation policies.
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A new partnership aims to advance opportunities for Native American entrepreneurs

The Contributor Staff for Brown Venture Group
April 19, 2022 - 4:19pm
A new partnership aims to advance opportunities for Native American entrepreneurs
"Investors are missing out on innovative sustainable technology and business opportunities that have been informed by tribal culture and customs, that with an infusion of capital, have enormous potential," said Tahda Ahtone, a business consultant for tribal governments.
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Military

Veterans Groups Condemn Trump Over Reports He Called Fallen Soldiers 'Losers' and 'Suckers'

Jake Johnson for Common Dreams
September 4, 2020 - 9:38am
Veterans Groups Condemn Trump Over Reports He Called Fallen Soldiers 'Losers' and 'Suckers'
"Donald Trump does not respect our men and women in uniform. He does not respect their families. He does not respect veterans."
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Labor

Big Union Victory in Anti-Union Texas

Bill Schleicher for DCReport
October 23, 2019 - 8:23am
Big Union Victory in Anti-Union Texas
Minimum wage workers in Houston show how to win better pay.
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