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Human Rights Groups Sue to Block Biden’s “Unlawful” Asylum Ban
Biden has “chosen to resurrect and repackage illegal Trump-era policies,” one immigrant advocate said.
Florida Officials Reject 35 Percent of Social Studies Textbooks Submitted
Of the 66 books approved, nearly 50 were forced to undergo edits to sections on racial justice in order to be allowed.
GOP Megadonor Partnered With Hate Group “to Defund Trans Pediatrics” in Texas
A Republican donor took part in a massive pressure campaign to force a Texas hospital to turn away transgender patients.
New ICE Program Subjects Asylum Seekers to GPS Monitoring and Curfew
ICE is currently monitoring at least 250,000 people and forcing nearly 41,000 people to wear ankle bracelets.
Using Giant Nets to Clean Plastic Out of the Oceans Comes With Substantive Risks
Flashy ocean cleanup technology is not a silver bullet for our plastics problem.
Progressives Worry Biden Remarks May Signal Concession to GOP Spending Cuts
He showed openness to budget negotiations with House Republicans, who are using the threat of default to push for cuts.
Sanders Hosts Event Commemorating Palestinian Nakba After McCarthy Kicked It Out
“Let the headlines read ‘McCarthy tries to erase Palestine but fails,’” wrote Rep. Rashida Tlaib.
Even Some at CNN Viewed the Trump Town Hall as a Problematic “Spectacle of Lies”
“It's hard to see how America was served” by allowing Trump to have the platform, a CNN-published newsletter said.
Sanders, Omar Introduce Bill to Permanently Provide Free Meals in Schools
The bill would make permanent an early pandemic-era universal school meal program that helped feed 30 million children.
House Vote on Border Bill Is Just Anti-Immigrant Theatrics, Critics Say
Republicans deployed dangerous rhetoric about an “invasion” before passing an anti-immigration bill along party lines.