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The Slowly Bending Arc of Justice: Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson

The arc, 400 years long, is bending towards justice.

Amy Goodman ·


Consumer Rights Groups Applaud EU Passage of Law to Rein in Tech Titans

The new law "will put an end to some of the most harmful practices of Big Tech and narrow the power imbalance between people and online platforms."

Brett Wilkins ·


Former Amazon Worker Leads Thousands of Warehouse Employees in Historic Union Vote

"You make Amazon $638 million a day!" Christian Smalls, who leads the independent Amazon Labor Union, told workers this week. "It's time we get paid our fair share."

Julia Conley ·


Jayapal Rebukes GOP Over 'Baseless and Frankly Racist' Attacks on Judge Jackson

"Even as America applauds how Judge Jackson endured the hearings with fortitude and grace under fire," said Rep. Pramila Jayapal, "she should not have been subjected to this treatment in the first place."

Kenny Stancil ·


QAnon Arrives in the US Senate

Cruz and Hawley are Republican presidential prospects for 2024, and the pedophilia theme panders to an increasingly large GOP constituency: QAnon followers.

Steven Harper ·


March-in Opponents Are Wrong: The US Government Can Protect the Public From Unreasonably High Drug Prices

Making prescription drugs available to the public on reasonable terms, as federal statute mandates, surely must mean making them available at a reasonable price.

Peter S. Arno ·


This Pandemic Should Teach Us That Grotesque Inequality Was a Pre-Existing Condition

And we should not go back to that kind of "normal."

Domenica Ghanem ·


Arizona Senate Passes GOP Bill That Could Spark 'Most Extreme Voter Purge' in US

"This is a recipe for chaos, not election integrity, and it would likely cut the state's electorate in half overnight," warned one observer.

Jake Johnson ·


NY Prosecutor Who Resigned Believes Trump Is 'Guilty of Numerous Felony Violations'

In his resignation letter, Mark Pomerantz wrote that the new Manhattan DA's decision not to prosecute the ex-president "is misguided and completely contrary to the public interest."

Jessica Corbett ·


Calls for Senate to Act Grow as Idaho Governor Signs 'Heinous' Anti-Choice Law

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said that President Joe Biden "again calls on Congress to act and send a bill to his desk to shut down these radical steps."

Brett Wilkins ·

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