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Sanders: GOP Wants to Repeal Estate Tax, Give Elon Musk’s Family $83B Tax Break
If the estate tax were repealed, it would give $1.75 trillion in tax breaks to the 0.1 percent, he said.
CDC Finds Huge Racial Disparities in Access to COVID Treatment Paxlovid
Black patients received Paxlovid for COVID-19 infection 36 percent less often than white patients.
“This Is What Price-Gouging Looks Like”: Exxon Profits Break All-Time Records
Exxon has posted third-quarter profits of $19.7 billion — the highest ever posted by an international oil company.
Social Media Giants Systemically Fail on Hate and Disinformation, Report Says
The report warns that the platforms are not prepared to combat efforts that sow doubt about upcoming midterm outcomes.
Conservative Policies Are Associated with Early Death, Study Finds
The researchers found, if left-leaning policies were implemented nationwide, they may have saved 171,030 lives in 2019.
Wall Street Shrugs Off Biden and Reaffirms Commitment to Saudi Monarchy
Even as President Biden questions the U.S.-Saudi alliance, big banks in the U.S. are cozying up to the crown prince.
1 in 4 Americans Say Bible Should Take Precedence Over People’s Will in US Law
Polling also found that 45 percent of Americans say the U.S. should be a “Christian nation.”
Peace Talks Seek End to 2-Year War in Tigray That May Have Killed 800,000 People
Journalist Tsedale Lemma discusses the devastating conflict between Ethiopia’s government and rebel forces in Tigray.
Judge May Unseal Documents Showing Trump’s Attempts to Block Aide Testimonies
The secret court documents reportedly detail efforts to stop testimony on Trump's role in the events of January 6.
Ordeal Is Not Over for Criminalized Survivor Wendy Howard After Trial Verdict
Abuse survivor Wendy Howard was acquitted of murder, but the prosecutor may decide to bring her to trial again.