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SCOTUS Will Hear Starbucks Case Arguing Against Key Labor Law Enforcement Tool
“Starbucks just expanded its war on its own employees to a war on all U.S. workers,” the union said.
Idaho GOP Pushes Bill That Could Ban Library Books With Same-Sex Handholding
The homophobic content ban would allow right-wing parents to sue libraries over any content they deem “obscene.”
IRS Funding Targeted by GOP Has Allowed Agency to Recover $500M From the Rich
Democrats said the IRS’s successes have made it clear that the GOP is trying to protect their wealthy benefactors.
UN Office Warns AL Nitrogen Execution May Violate International Ban on Torture
A planned execution at Alabama's Holman Correctional Facility on January 25 may breach two human rights treaties.
Top Trump Attorney Withdraws Ahead of E. Jean Carroll Defamation Trial
Joe Tacopina's departure came just one day before jury selection is set to begin in New York.
Poll: Most Voters Would Back SCOTUS Action to Bar Trump From Office in Some Way
Only 39 percent of Americans want the court to rule that Trump is eligible or that states can't bar him from running.
Mother and Children Drown in Rio Grande as Texas Blocks Agents From Aiding Them
“The Texas governor’s policies are cruel, dangerous, and inhumane," said a spokesperson for Homeland Security.
Inside the Nearly Decade-Long Fight Against the Mountain Valley Pipeline
Facing arrests and lawsuits, activists continue to resist the project, which is over budget and behind schedule.
We Must Apply MLK’s Fierce Critique of Apartheid to Israel’s War on Palestine
MLK's struggle against apartheid and for global justice lives on in the movement for a free Palestine.
Black Residents Liken Mississippi’s New Court System to Modern Day Slavery
An appeals court says Mississippi can move forward with its state-run court system in the majority-Black capital city.