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GOP Senators Trigger Nuclear Option to Confirm Far-Right Judge Neil Gorsuch
Neil Gorsuch has been confirmed to the Supreme Court in a final Senate vote today.
Boycotting Bill O’Reilly: More Than 50 Advertisers Pull Ads From Fox Show Over Sexual Harassment Scandal
Meanwhile, a third Fox News employee has joined a lawsuit charging the network with racial discrimination.
Fighting Criminalization in All Its Forms, Powerful Coalition Builds Toward May Day
Momentum for May Day is building as immigration activists meet with Black, Arab, Muslim and LGBTQ groups.
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Press Conference
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Westinghouse Bankruptcy Leaves Costly Nuclear Mess for Southern Utility Customers
Federal and state officials who oversee nuclear power can't say they weren't warned.
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Louisiana’s Bayou Bridge Pipeline Is One Permit Closer to Reality as Groups Plan Continued Resistance
“We are not protesters, we are water protectors.”
The Koch Caucus Continues Its Assault on Health Care
It's time to start calling the extremist crew that wants to throw Americans under the bus, the Koch Caucus.
Census Declines to Collect Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation Data
This comes as a huge blow to the fight for LGBTQ equality, as demographic data can be a tool for social change.
Resurrecting the Unholy Trinity: Torture, Rendition and Indefinite Detention Under Trump
It should come as no surprise to anyone who paid attention to the election campaign of 2016 that Trump has a passionate desire to bring back torture.
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“Liberty Was Reserved for Other People”: Dreaming of the Underground Railroad
This excerpt from the highly acclaimed novel “The Underground Railroad” describes how the protagonist's grandmother was enslaved and brought to a Georgia plantation.