U.S.
Louisiana trans activists fight back against legislative attacks
June 7, 2022Copies of Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill and Alabama’s blockade on gender-affirming treatment for youth are on their way to the governor’s desk.
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Unions back Poor People’s Campaign, renew demand for Biden meeting
June 7, 2022“We no longer will accept a system built on workers’ backs while billionaires profit from the pandemic,” SEIU President Mary Kay Henry warned.
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Gun proliferation is a business concern in Detroit
June 3, 2022Shooting that happens as the city is crowded with revelers is “bad for business.”
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GOP efforts to torpedo democracy may backfire in Georgia
June 3, 2022Voters in Georgia are determined to defend democracy by beating back vote suppression.
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How America’s newest prison became one of its deadliest
June 2, 2022Fatal beatings. A “torture room.” Pairs of men held around the clock in tiny cells, tempers rising. “They’re literally afraid for their lives,” one lawyer said.
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