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While You’re Lighting Up on 4/20, I’m Serving Decades in Prison for Selling Weed
I was sentenced in 1998 to 40 years in prison for selling marijuana. Even as it is decriminalized, I remain behind bars.
Critics Say House GOP’s Debt Ceiling Legislation Would Benefit Rich Tax Dodgers
The Republican bill, which also targets key aid programs and climate investments, faces long odds in Congress.
Let This Conversation With Mariame Kaba Radicalize You
“Hope for me is in the doing of things,” says Mariame Kaba.
Homeless “Sweeps” Increase Mortality Rates of Unhoused People, Research Finds
“‘Sweeping’ people is not a solution to homelessness, but is rather a form of violence,” researchers say.
Trump Remains Most Likely to Win GOP 2024 Nod, as DeSantis’s Numbers Fizzle Out
Trump currently has 45 endorsements from Republicans in the House of Representatives while DeSantis has three.
Crisis in California Shows Why Housing Must Be Protected as a Human Right
The housing crisis is escalating, and it won’t be solved through symbolic pronouncements or toothless measures.
Fox News, Dominion Agree to $787.5 Million Settlement Over Election Lies
“Fox gets to duck full responsibility and avoid a head-on reckoning with its viewers,” one media law expert noted.
Poverty Is the 4th Leading Cause of Death in the US, Research Shows
“Poverty silently killed 10 times as many people as all the homicides in 2019,” says the lead author of a new analysis.
Officials Ignored Repeated Warnings About Migrant Children Being Used for Labor
“People were punished for bringing this to the attention of their supervisors,” says reporter Hannah Dreier.
What Would It Take to Defeat Big Oil? A Progressive Economist Weighs In.
To be successful, climate mitigation policies must not exacerbate global inequality, economist Gregor Semieniuk says.