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The Stimulus Payments’ Big Delivery Snafus Need to Be Addressed — Now
The poorest households, which need the money the most, had significant problems getting their $1,200 and $600 payments.
DOJ Expects to Make At Least 100 Additional Charges Related to Capitol Attack
The additional charges are on top of the more than 300 already made by the department.
Bernie Sanders Calls Jeff Bezos to Testify Before Senate About Income Inequality
The hearing will feature testimony from a pro-union Amazon employee as Alabama Amazon workers vote on union formation.
Biden Condemns Racist Violence Against Asian Americans in Prime-Time Speech
Advocates say, however, that Biden’s empowerment of the Justice Department is not the answer to rising hate crimes.
GOP-Run States Saw Higher COVID Death Rates, Study Shows
Republican governors' partisan actions may have “influenced the spread of the virus,” one of the study's authors said.
Yemeni Youth Are Still Starving to Death Due to US-Backed Saudi Blockade
The World Food Programme warns that Yemen is headed toward the biggest famine in modern history.
USPS’s DeJoy Gives Himself an “A” and Asks for More Funds to Further Slow Mail
An inspector general found Postmaster General Louis DeJoy imposed policy changes without considering potential impacts.
Wealth Gained by Billionaires Amid COVID Could Pay for Two-Thirds of Relief Bill
The wealthiest 657 billionaires in the U.S. are $1.3 trillion richer than they were last March.
New Federal and State Programs Set to Address Broadband Inequality
At least 21 million Americans lack access to high-speed internet, with some estimates doubling that number.
White Supremacist Christianity Drives Trump’s Loyal Mob. We Must Scream It Down.
Rabbi Abraham J. Heschel said true prophets don’t allow for indifference and “scream in the night” against oppression.