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Supreme Court Drives a Stake Through the Heart of the Voting Rights Act
The Supreme Court's decision to uphold two Arizona voter suppression laws sends a dangerous signal to other states.
Job Gains Driven by Growth in Sectors Hit Hard by Pandemic
Education, restaurants and hotels helped drive another solid jobs report, despite a small rise in unemployment.
Lethal Force Against Pipeline Protests? Documents Reveal South Dakota’s Plans.
Members of the South Dakota National Guard are being deployed to the U.S.-Mexico border on a GOP megadonor's dime.
DOJ Suspends Federal Executions — But Activists Say Biden Should Go Further
The moratorium on federal executions doesn't end the death penalty, which Biden campaigned on doing in 2020.
Mainstream Democrats Try to Crush Left Front-Runners in Buffalo and Cleveland
Progressive Black women poised to win elections are facing intense opposition from Democrats backed by corporate money.
Wages Are Rising Unequally — With Black Men and Latinas Seeing the Fewest Gains
Disparities in wage raises are the latest example of the pandemic's unequal impacts.
McConnell Wields a Cruelly Narrow Definition of Infrastructure Like a Bludgeon
Mitch McConnell has shown time and time again that he will gladly burn down the house to appease his right-wing funders.
Democrats Seek Workarounds to Republican Resistance on Medicaid Expansion
In the years leading up to the pandemic, states that expanded Medicaid cut their uninsured rates by half.
McCarthy Told GOP Lawmakers He’d Kick Them Off Committees Over Jan. 6 Commission
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi announced eight lawmakers who would serve on the committee, including Rep. Liz Cheney.
UN Report Calls for Reparations for Victims of Systemic Racist Police Violence
“Systemic racism needs a systemic response,” UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet stated.