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Solitary strike: Texas prisoners refuse food to protest harsh confinement practices
January 11, 2023Hundreds of prisoners may participate in the protest beginning Tuesday, the first day of the state’s legislative session. Texas often keeps prisoners in solitary confinement for years or decades.
Read moreHouse approves revenge panel to settle Trump scores and defend insurrectionists
January 11, 2023All Republicans, including so-called “moderate” ones, get on board with Jim Jordan’s campaign to stop investigations of those behind the coup plot and probe Biden
Read moreBlack D.C. youth, 13, shot dead; ‘homeowner’ vigilante identity protected by police
January 10, 2023The shooting comes as the heightening hysteria and continued backlash against the Black Lives Matter movement reaches a crisis point with no true response to police and community violence.
Read more‘Democracy Bowl’ rally pits ‘Team Freedom’ against ‘Team Fascism’
January 10, 2023Team Freedom is ahead of Team Fascism, but just barely.
Read moreWashington, D.C.’s last Burger King closes, firing workers without notice
January 9, 2023Some workers have been here for 17 or 18 years, toiling at minimum wage with no benefits.
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