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Republicans in Congress are jamming through a sweeping bill to fund handouts to the rich.

Trump administration officials including RFK Jr want to add work requirements to Medicaid, arguing that there is a major scourge of able-bodied recipients refusing to get jobs. Their case dramatically overstates how many people in this group are not

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The supposedly unbeatable Republican mayor of Nebraska’s largest city used the GOP’s anti-LGBTQ+ playbook in her reelection bid. And suffered a resounding loss!

Colombian President Gustavo Petro introduced a referendum that would have asked voters to vote on shorter workdays and overtime pay on holidays. The Senate blocked his effort. Supporters are organizing popular support in favor of reform.

Even before President Trump was re-elected, the Heritage Foundation, best known for Project 2025, set out to destroy pro-Palestinian activism in the United States.

Trump's Plan to Render U.S. Citizens to Foreign Jails Seeks to Exploit Americans' Disinterest in the Rights of Prisoners.

The Supreme Court ruled unconstitutional a decades-old practice of taking every cent of people’s home equity over unpaid property taxes. Experts say Illinois lags behind other states with a segregation-era law that mostly affects Black communities.

A lot of American companies are asking the same question: We have fish here, we have canneries here, why can’t we do what they’re doing in Europe?