U.S.
Fighting back against the homophobic religious right’s hateful misuse of sacred literature
June 6, 2023There is a pattern in the religious right to use—and to misuse—religious texts and traditions to support their revanchist, fascist agenda.
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Peoria library workers enter mediation
June 6, 2023“They won’t even make eye contact with us,” a library assistant says of Board of Trustees members.
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Watergate prosecutor Jill Wine-Banks on Trump: ‘I think he’s toast.’
June 5, 2023The expansion of the Georgia probe of Trump’s attempt to steal votes into a racketeering and conspiracy investigation could engulf top GOP lawmakers who participated in the coup attempt.
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Arkansas bans children’s books on LGBTQ topics and racism; librarians and booksellers sue
June 2, 2023Censorship law could see librarians and booksellers jailed.
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In historic step backward, the Supreme Court limits the right to strike
June 2, 2023Only one justice, Ketanji Brown Jackson, objected, saying the ruling could turn wage workers into indentured servants.
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