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Some headway on net neutrality... maybe

Roger Ross Williams cinematic tour de force proceeds to tell the story of racism through the colonial period up to today’s Black Lives Matter struggles against police brutality and more.

"House Republicans are using aid for Israel as a political pawn in order to slash taxes for their wealthy donors," said Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden.

I’m a historian of US foreign policy. The Biden administration’s effort to muddy the waters about the staggering human toll of Israel’s assault on Gaza is in keeping with Washington’s long history of atrocity denialism on behalf of allies.

How the gun became a cultural icon—and unmade America. A Review of American Gun, True Story of the AR-15 by Cameron McWhirter and Zusha Elinson

Given that Latinx people now outnumber non-Hispanic whites in Texas, the Republican Party’s move to pass anti-immigrant bills is a bold provocation. HB 4 is one of 3 bills that the American Civil Liberties Union identified as “ignorant and dangerous"

Recent union contract gains against a backdrop of decades of union decline, worsening wealth inequality and broken labor laws.

Records unearthed by a University of Virginia professor shed new light on states’ vocal opposition in the 1950s to tribes claiming their share of the river. Today, many are still fighting to secure water.

A coalition of churches has achieved some successes in resisting and mitigating against rent gouging and displacement after Hurricane Ian.

It took a while, but the FDA’s proposal on net and drained weight of tuna cans is a good thing; just how much tuna resides in any given can is a mystery.