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UP NEXTNikole Hannah-Jones: GOP education assault is out of the fascist playbook12:03As political tensions rise, could outright violence soon follow?06:23Mehdi Hasan exposes hypocrisy behind the right’s free speech-focused ‘university’02:49SCOTUS to hear case on FBI Muslim surveillance program03:23Standing up against Trump doesn’t automatically make you a defender of democracy01:10How the GOP talks about racism without talking…Continue Reading

Now PlayingEducation Secy. on the culture wars being waged in schools11:21UP NEXTPandemic sees Black homeschooling boom08:24Jim Jordan admits to texting Meadows09:33Mary Trump reacts to uncle’s election subversion12:22KY factory worker gives first-hand account of tornado07:58Proud Boys target school board meetings10:28New focus on Republicans who texted Meadows14:59New urgency on filibuster reform for voting rights09:07Jill Wine-Banks picks apart…Continue Reading

Facing heightened calls to support voting rights legislation, conservative Democrat Kyrsten Sinema and her staff have resorted to empty words.The Arizona senator is a staunch supporter of the filibuster despite all the evidence — past and present — that it’s often used by racists to thwart civil rights legislation. Not wanting to be viewed as one…Continue Reading

When then-President Donald Trump was pressuring the Department of Justice to falsely announce fraud in the 2020 presidential election, he knew he wasn’t alone in his efforts. According to handwritten notes from one top DOJ official, Trump on one call ordered them to “just say the election was corrupt + leave the rest to me…Continue Reading

(George Frey/Reuters) A federal judge in Manhattan has rejected a roughly $4.5 billion settlement that would have shielded the Sackler family, the billionaire former owners of OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma, from future lawsuits over opioids. Judge Colleen McMahon of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on Thursday struck down the…Continue Reading

Then-Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) arrives for a press conference on Capitol Hill, December 9, 2019. (Loren Elliott/Reuters) The Senate parliamentarian has rejected Democrats’ third attempt to include immigration in their social-spending package, according to several reports. Democrats had hoped to use a technical procedure to provide temporary deportation protections and work permits to…Continue Reading

The FDA headquarters in White Oak, Md., August 29, 2020. (Andrew Kelly/Reuters) The Biden administration on Thursday permanently rescinded rules requiring women to obtain abortion drugs in-person, allowing patients to receive pills by mail instead of via specially certified health providers in-person. The FDA’s decision comes after it first announced it would temporarily suspend the…Continue Reading

A healthcare worker prepares a dose of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine in New York, May 12, 2021. (Carlo Allegri/Reuters) A CDC advisory panel on Thursday voted to recommend that adults 18 and over should give preference to the Pfizer and Moderna Covid-19 vaccines over Johnson & Johnson’s shot, citing dozens of cases of people…Continue Reading

A U.S. Border Patrol Agent escorts two asylum-seeking unaccompanied minors from Central America as others take refuge near a baseball field after crossing the Rio Grande river into the United States from Mexico on rafts in La Joya, Texas, March 19, 2021. (Adrees Latif/Reuters) The U.S. Department of Justice has pulled out of settlement talks…Continue Reading