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Putin Threatens to Escalate War If Ukraine Receives Long-Range Missiles
The threat was made after Russia launched at least five airstrikes on Ukraine's capital Kyiv early Sunday morning.
Trump Allies Concocted Plan to Seize Voting Machines With Armed Contractors
A newly undisclosed letter sought to allow three companies to send armed workers to seize machines and election data.
Landmark California Task Force Calls for “Comprehensive Reparations” for Slavery
The task force's report backs wide-ranging reforms to redress the harms of state-sanctioned white supremacy.
Getting Formula Was a Strain for Many Low-Income Families Before Shortages
The formula shortage has caused tremendous stress for families who rely upon federally funded food assistance programs.
Mass Shootings Are Evidence of a Deep Rot in Our Society
Horrific gun violence is more than just a failure of policy and misplaced faith in policing.
GOP Wants to Blame Biden for Inflation. What About COVID and Capitalism?
COVID! Come on, you can say it, the monster is still under the bed, no sense pretending otherwise.
US Approved Weapons Sale to Nigeria Months After It Bombed Civilians
Obama blocked military sales to Nigeria, but Trump let them resume. Congress now needs to ask tough questions of Biden.
Federal Grant May Help Pay for Razing of School Where Uvalde Shooting Took Place
“I would never ask, expect, a child to ever have to walk in those doors ever, ever again,” Mayor Don McLaughlin said.
Sanders Calls for Expanding Social Security Benefits by Taxing the Rich
The popular program isn't broke and can be expanded by making the rich “pay their fair share,” Sen. Bernie Sanders said.
Migrants Died on Her Watch Under Trump. Then She Ran a Shelter Under Biden.
The former Border Patrol Chief under Trump ran an emergency shelter in Texas for migrant children in early 2021.