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Over 10 Million People Could Become Homeless When Eviction Moratorium Ends
Even before the pandemic, the U.S. as a country was failing to meet the basic housing needs of its residents.
Outrage in Kenosha as Cop Who Shot Jacob Blake Returns to Work
“Our demand is for him to be fired," says Jacob Blake Sr., father of Jacob Blake.
To Survive Next Pandemic, We Must Not Forget COVID Like We Forgot the 1918 Flu
The influenza epidemic of 1918-1920 had been dropped in a remarkable manner from U.S. memory until COVID came along.
Ocasio-Cortez: “Verdicts Are Not Substitutes for Policy Change”
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called out fellow Democrats for bolstering the problem of oppressive policing.
Next Week’s Census Numbers Could Impact the 2022 Midterm Races
Reapportionment isn't likely to impact future presidential races, but it could influence which party runs Congress.
Biden’s Waffling on Refugees May Leave Desperate Thousands in Limbo
The Biden administration’s tepid response to the refugee crisis makes political footballs out of desperate people.
The US’s Biggest County Jails Are Sites of Extreme Environmental Injustice
Patterns of incarceration lay bare the relationship between race, poverty and pollution.
Democrats in Congress Are Planning to Move Ahead on Expanding the Supreme Court
The legislation comes the same week President Joe Biden established a commission to examine changes to the High Court.
Biden Fulfills Campaign Pledge to Create Commission on Supreme Court Reforms
Changing the composition size of the high court would take a simple act of Congress.
More Than 3,600 US Health Care Workers Have Died in the Pandemic’s First Year
More than 400 U.S. health care workers have also died since the vaccine rollout began.