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Federal Grand Jury Indicts Chauvin, 3 Officers Present at George Floyd’s Murder
The officers are charged with violating George Floyd’s constitutional rights and failing to provide medical care.
Less-Educated Workers Were Hardest Hit in Recession. That Hasn’t Changed.
Unemployment due to voluntary quits is still extraordinarily low.
Texas Democrats Fought GOP Voter Suppression Bill Through the Night
Democrats were able to remove language from the bill that was plucked straight from Jim Crow, but the fight isn't over.
GOP Lawmakers Are Trying to Overrule Voters on Everything From Medicaid to Weed
At least 125 bills would change the ballot measure process in 28 states.
Trump Loyalist Who Attacked the Capitol Blames Fox News
Six months after the 2020 election, 70 percent of Republican voters remain skeptical that Biden actually won.
Police in Brazil Kill Two Dozen in Deadliest Favela Raid in Rio’s History
Brazil suffers one of the highest rates of police-perpetrated killings in the world.
Rand Paul and ALEC Are Working Together to Suppress the Vote
Paul is recycling falsehoods about voter fraud that Trump and many GOP politicians perpetuated after the 2020 election.
Chomsky: Protests Unleashed by Murder of George Floyd Exceed All in US History
World-renowned scholar Noam Chomsky discusses the killing of George Floyd and how the U.S. fomented a “gun culture.”
McConnell Says Republicans’ Only Priority Is to Block Biden Administration
“One-hundred percent of our focus is on stopping this new administration,” the Senate majority leader said on Wednesday.
South Carolina Poised to Be Fourth State to Allow Death Penalty by Firing Squad
The state has 37 people on death row. Three are out of appeals and in line to be executed.