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Exxon-Influenced Senators Carved Climate Out of Infrastructure Almost Entirely
The latest infrastructure negotiations cut about $29 billion from the previous draft, taking most from climate funding.
Judges Rule in Favor of a School’s Use of Shock Therapy That UN Calls Torture
A private school is once again allowed to use shock therapy on students with developmental and emotional disabilities.
Biden Promotes $100 Incentives to Encourage Unvaccinated to Get Their Shots
Presently, 97 percent of all people hospitalized for coronavirus in the U.S. are unvaccinated.
EPA Approval of PFAS for Fracking May Spell a New Health Crisis for Communities
The presence of “forever chemicals” (PFAS) in fracking fluids is an indictment of the industry and regulators alike.
Democrats Make Last-Minute Push to Extend Eviction Moratorium
The effort faces long odds despite warnings about the potentially devastating public health impacts of mass evictions.
Biden Furthers Trump Immigration Policy With Expedited Deportations of Families
Asylum cases can now be decided by the whims of Border Patrol agents acting as both prosecutor and judge.
Just Two Days Before It Expires, Biden Announces Eviction Moratorium Will End
The eviction moratorium is set to end on July 31, which housing experts say will cause a wave of evictions.
FL Counties Impose Mask Mandates Despite Threat From DeSantis to Invalidate Them
More than 350 Floridians have died because of coronavirus in the past seven days.
GOP’s Kinzinger Tells CNN “Nobody Actually Believes the Election Was Stolen”
“Nobody actually believes the election was stolen … but a lot of them are happy to go out and say it was,” he said.
Analysis Shows GOP Can Take Control of Congress by Gerrymandering Just 4 States
Rather than legitimately courting voters, Republican-run states could simply redraw maps to “win” Congress.