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The Texas Ruling on Obamacare Is on Shaky Legal Ground
A Texas judge has ruled that the Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional.
First Step Act Has Sinister Implications for the Poor and Marginalized
The Senate passed the sentencing reform bill on Tuesday night in an 87-12 vote.
Mapping Femicides in Mexico: One Woman’s Quest
In Mexico, an average of nine women are believed to be murdered every day.
Why Are These Labor Unions Opposing Medicare for All?
Unions are reluctant to give up their strongest selling point: members' access to quality health care.
Facebook Let Corporate Partners Read Users’ Private Messages
A new report details how Facebook gave tech corporations access to users' data without their consent.
Ex-Oil Lobbyist Expected to Replace Ryan Zinke: Here’s What’s at Stake
As Zinke's deputy, David Bernhardt was behind the largest rollback of federal land protections in US history.
A Canadian Yemeni’s Struggle to Shed Light on the War on Yemen
Will Canada listen and be willing to give up its $15 billion arms deal with Saudi Arabia?
DeVos’s Response to School Shootings? Make School More Like Prison
Trump and DeVos are using gun violence to justify rolling back civil rights and militarizing public schools.
The First Step Act Opens the Door to Digital Incarceration
The First Step Act would increase the use of “digital prisons” — technologies that turn people's homes into jails.
181 Nations Voted to Help Refugees. Only Hungary and US Voted “No.”
The United States was an outlier at the UN General Assembly in rejecting a framework to coordinate aid to refugees.