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Sanders Introduces Bill to Combat “Legalized Tax Dodging” for Corporations
Over the next decade, the bill would allow the federal government to collect an additional $2.3 trillion in tax revenue.

Activists: Biden Risking Student Debt Relief Plans by Continuing MOHELA Contract
Sticking with the servicer at the center of the SCOTUS debt relief case threatens current forgiveness plans, they say.

2 AZ Justices Who Enacted 1864 Anti-Abortion Law Are Up for Election This Fall
Arizona voters will get to decide whether the two right-wing justices should continue serving or be replaced.

Biden Levies Strongest Criticism of Israel Yet as He Continues to Fund Genocide
“I don’t agree with [Netanyahu’s] approach,” Biden said, after months of granting full U.S. support to the genocide.

Dispatch From a Missouri Execution: A Microcosm of the US Death Penalty Fight
The state-sponsored execution of Brian Dorsey on April 9 marked the fifth death row killing in the US this year.

Biden Hints He’ll Soon Issue Order to Restrict Asylum Seekers From Entering US
Critics have noted that such an order would echo the xenophobic policies of Donald Trump and would likely be illegal.

Israel Must Allow Foreign Journalists Entry to Gaza, UN Secretary General Says
“Denying international journalists entry into Gaza is allowing disinformation and false narratives to flourish.”

In Win for Cancer Alley Residents, EPA Finalizes Rule Targeting Toxic Polluters
However, a Trump electoral victory could threaten the new air pollution standards for 200 hazardous chemical plants.

TN Senate GOP Passes Bill Allowing Teachers to Carry Concealed Guns in Schools
Gun control advocates, including families of mass shooting survivors, condemned the legislation.

AZ Supreme Court Upholds 1864 Territorial Statute Banning Nearly All Abortions
Arizona Democratic lawmakers are urging state residents to support a pro-abortion amendment in this fall's election.