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UN to Launch Global Campaign Against Criminalization of Indigenous Peoples
The initiative aims to protect them from persecution, murder and imprisonment on falsified charges.
Trump’s Bank Appears Willing to Cooperate With Investigation Against Him
Deutsche Bank has reportedly started turning over Trump’s financial records to the New York attorney general.
Trump Administration Guts UN Resolution to End Rape as a Weapon of War
The resolution was weakened after the U.S. threatened to veto the measure altogether.
Only One Single-Payer Supporter to Testify at Medicare for All Hearing
Progressives worry that what is supposed to be a substantive discussion of Medicare for All could end up a “farce.”
Central American Women Experience More Trauma After Seeking Asylum
Detained asylum seekers are often subject to sexual assault and bullying from U.S. immigration authorities.
Trump’s Anti-Choice Agenda Is Killing Thousands in the US and Globally
A second federal judge has blocked a gag rule that would have stripped federal funding for Planned Parenthood.
Corporate Cash Leaks Into Democratic Campaigns Despite Anti-PAC Pledge
First quarter FEC filings reveal some of the self-declared “no-corporate-PAC” candidates took money from big business.
States Weigh Banning a Widely Used Pesticide Even Though EPA Won’t
Lawmakers in several states are trying to ban a widely used pesticide that the EPA is fighting to keep on the market.
History Shows Joe Biden 3.0 Is a Bad Idea
Biden is a bannerman for a failed Democratic Party experiment.
The Mueller Web of “Ongoing Matters”
Mueller’s report sets the stage for a multipronged legal strategy to establishing criminal conspiracy.