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Billionaires Spent More on 2022 Elections Than Any Year in History
A new report finds that their collective congressional campaign contributions topped $1 billion for the first time.
Research Reveals Staggering Rate of Premature Black Deaths in US
A higher mortality rate among Black Americans resulted in 1.63 million excess deaths over two decades.
Biden’s Carbon Capture Regulation Is Just What the Fossil Fuel Industry Wants
“Carbon capture and sequestration” isn’t proven to work and would exacerbate fossil fuel harms.
Profiteers of Holmesburg Prison’s Medical Experiments Have Yet to Redress Harm
Albert Kligman experimented on incarcerated men for more than 20 years. Survivors call the tests tortuous and unethical.
New Study Quantifies Fossil Fuel Companies’ Impact on Western Wildfires
The research could advance court cases that aim to hold polluters accountable for climate-fueled disasters.
Biden Admin Says Mountain Valley Pipeline Can Run Through National Forest
The Jefferson National Forest is home to threatened species, waterways and old-growth forest.
Border Industry Peddles Robot Dogs and AI Surveillance Amid End of Title 42
Blocks from a migrant camp in El Paso, execs at the Border Security Expo hawked dystopian tech designed to repress them.
Florida’s Latest Anti-LGBTQ Law Legalizes Medical Discrimination
LGBTQ advocates say that the “Protections of Medical Conscience” bill gives medical providers a license to discriminate.
Planned Parenthood Head Calls for Adding Justices to SCOTUS and More Reforms
“The courts have been used as a vehicle to advance a dangerous agenda,” the organization's president said.
Florida Teacher Under Investigation for Showing Disney Movie With Gay Character
The film, “Strange World,” is rated PG and features a character who is very briefly shown to be gay.