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June 9, 2023

SCOTUS Voting Rights Win Will Impact Multiple States

Michael Li Brennan Center for Justice

A Supreme Court ruling in an Alabama gerrymandering case upheld a key provision of the Voting Rights Act, but challenges remain for communities of color.

June 9, 2023

“People’s Media” Network, but Pro-Russia and Pro-China

William Bredderman Daily Beast

Tech mogul Neville Singham’s vast dark money network has fueled BreakThrough News and a raft of other online outlets pushing Moscow and Beijing’s favorite narratives.

June 9, 2023

Who Gets To Try Trump First?

Darryl K. Brown The Conversation

Nothing in the U.S. Constitution or federal law dictates that federal criminal cases get priority over state cases, or that prosecutions proceed in the order in which indictments are issued.

June 9, 2023

How To Convict Trump

Norman Eisen, Andrew Weissmann and Joyce Vance The New York Times

The potential for conviction and actually winning a jury verdict are two very different things — particularly against the notoriously combative and slippery former president. To convict, Mr. Smith will have to overcome four significant hurdles.

The Canadian Village Incinerated by Record Temperatures

June 9, 2023

The small village of Lytton in British Columbia hit the global media when it smashed Canada's highest temperature ever recorded in June 2021, at 49.6 degrees centigrade.

Why Did Our Brains Shrink?

June 9, 2023

We've lost a lemon sized piece of brain. Here are three hypotheses that try to explain what happened.

George Santos' Lawyer Was Part of the J6 Mob

June 9, 2023

George Santos was at the J6 rally. His lawyer, as video evidence proves, was part of the mob that breached the Capitol.

How a 1968 Student Protest Fueled a Chicano Rights Movement

June 9, 2023

A massive protest by Mexican American high school students was a milestone in a movement for Chicano rights.

I Tracked Down My Anonymous Landlord... Here's What Happened

June 9, 2023

Chai Dingari tracked his anonymous landlord into the shadowy legal world where landlords use anonymity to exploit tenants.

June 9, 2023

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I Tracked Down My Anonymous Landlord... Here's What Happened. How a 1968 Student Protest Fueled a Chicano Rights Movement. Santos' Lawyer Was Part of the J6 Mob. Why Did Our Brains Shrink? The Canadian Village Incinerated by Record Temperature.