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Advocates for Racial Equity on Campus Say SCOTUS Ruling Won’t Deter Their Fight
Civil rights leaders said a “colorblind” society is a conservative fantasy and schools must lift up students of color.
Right-Wing Think Tank, Walmart Heirs Behind Latest Attack on Arkansas Teachers
SB 473 caps decades of efforts by the right to eviscerate teachers’ unions.
DeSantis Transferred $92 Million to Project Helping Developer Who Donated to Him
One newspaper questioned whether the revelations demonstrated a “too-cozy” relationship between DeSantis and his donors.
Hiroshima Survivors Denounce Move to Equate Pearl Harbor With Atomic Bombing
An estimated 237,000 people were killed from radiation poisoning, cancer and injuries in the five years after the bomb.
On the Cusp of Cleaning Up “Cancer Alley,” the EPA Caved to GOP Pressure
This week, the Environmental Protection Agency abruptly terminated three of its highest-profile civil rights complaints.
Supreme Court Kills Student Debt Relief, 1 Day After Slashing Affirmative Action
The decision comes as the student debt payment pause is slated to end, yanking away a chance at relief for millions.
SCOTUS Sides With Website Creator Seeking to Discriminate Against LGBTQ People
The 6-3 decision fell along partisan lines, with all six conservatives siding with a business's “right” to discriminate.
Anti-LGBTQ Petitioners Apparently Made Up Gay Couple Cited in Major SCOTUS Case
The wedding website designer who brought the case has also never once made a wedding website.
Historians Condemn Philly Museum for Hosting Right-Wing Moms for Liberty Event
Moms for Liberty aims “to obstruct the professional responsibilities of historians,” one historians' group said.
Corporate Donors Fund Dark Money Push for Third Party Presidential Challenger
Of the 36 disclosed by the IRS, only two are not corporate executives, retired corporate executives or their spouses.