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Manchin Obstructs Climate Progress as His Family Is Hit by “Unbelievable” Storms
Manchin’s hometown of Farmington has been threatened by worsening rains and floods over the past years.
Students in GA Protested Against Racism. Only the Black Pupils Were Punished.
Students planned a protest in response to white students flying a Confederate flag and using racial slurs.
It’s Joe Manchin vs. the World, and Manchin Is Winning
For the time being and the foreseeable future, Manchin and his corporate sponsors hold the top cards.
Lead Pipes Leave Benton Harbor, Michigan, With Toxic Water
Since 2018, tap water in the predominantly Black city has contained lead levels up to 60 times the federal limit.
US Billionaires Became $2.1 Trillion Richer in 19 Months of Pandemic
Over 700 billionaires now hold $5 trillion in collective wealth.
Colin Powell, Who Helped George W. Bush Lie Nation Into Iraq War, Dies
In 2003, Powell claimed that the Iraqi government was hiding a secret chemical weapons program.
DOJ Will Ask Supreme Court to Place Stay on Texas’s 6-Week Abortion Ban
“It’s an incredible long shot” that the Supreme Court would agree to an injunction on the law, one legal scholar said.
Corporate Democrats’ Toothless Drug Pricing Alternative Is a Coup for Big Pharma
Pain, suffering, health complications and even death are the costs people in our country pay for Big Pharma's greed.
Biden Has Outpaced Trump’s Use of Title 42 to Expel Asylum Seekers
President Joe Biden has used Title 42 to expel migrants over a remote border crossing between Guatemala and Mexico.
Report Predicts Flooding Due to Climate Crisis Will Displace Millions
Even if carbon emissions are curbed today, flooding will displace hundreds of millions.