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The Secret Service Has Spent $2 Million at Trump Properties, CREW Says
The funds spent to protect Trump at his own properties “directly benefited him financially,” the organization said.
Texas GOP Sets Sights on Banning Companies From Helping Workers Get Abortions
The threat is the latest in Republicans’ quest to manipulate laws to wrest bodily autonomy from their constituents.
Ginni Thomas Told Arizona Republican Lawmakers to Overturn 2020 Election Outcome
Thomas cited a faulty reading of the U.S. Constitution to urge lawmakers to illegally defy the will of Arizona voters.
NLRB: Starbucks Must Recognize Union in Store After Violating Law Over 200 Times
Requests for bargaining orders are rare, and the move is a show of how egregious Starbucks’s union busting has been.
School Board Considers Reverting School Names Back to Confederate Generals
The schools' names were originally changed after the police murder of George Floyd and the uprisings that followed.
New Laws Make It Hard for Some Educators to Discuss Buffalo Shooting in Class
In some states, laws now limit how teachers can discuss race, “divisive concepts” or current events.
One Billionaire Has Been Created Every 30 Hours During Pandemic, Oxfam Says
Inequality “literally kills,” says a new Oxfam International report, which calls for taxing billionaires.
Child Hunger Has Skyrocketed Since Manchin, GOP Killed Expanded Child Tax Credit
The first month that eligible families stopped receiving monthly payments, 3.7 million kids were thrown into poverty.
Whistleblower Warns Development Threatens Louisiana’s Sacred Black History Sites
Plans to build a $400 million grain elevator would disrupt Black burial grounds and educational sites about slavery.
Advocates Urge Civilian Protections as Biden Sends Troops Back to Somalia
One monitor group says U.S. drone strikes have killed at least 68 and as many as 143 Somali civilians since 2007.