Pregnant women held for months in Alabama jail to "protect" fetuses from drugs
The Republican war on women is birthing new horrors on the regular. Several pregnant women and new moms accused of exposing their fetuses to drugs have been held for weeks or months inside the Etowah County Detention Center in Alabama under special bond conditions that require rehab and $10,000 cash.
Take Action: Call on Congress to ban police from using phone data to spy on pregnant women!
VIDEO OF THE DAY: Trump’s own cabinet member issues bad news for Trump on air
Former Attorney General Bill Barr no longer works for the kingpin of Mar-a-Lago, and he's speaking freely and none-too-kindly about Trump's disastrous stolen classified documents scandal.
Take Action: Call on President Biden and Congress do everything possible to combat white nationalism!
The prison sentence Trump could face for stealing classified documents...
No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen: Wow.
California school district asks families to rent rooms to teachers
Late-stage capitalism is absolutely crushing it, folks. Not only can we not provide enough pay for our hard-working teachers to afford housing, there's also no housing for them to live in because it's all been purchased by short-term rental companies owned by Wall Street!
Take Action: Demand Congress stop the crisis in public schools
Four dead, three injured in Memphis shooting rampage; suspect in custody
A 19-year-old man was arrested Wednesday night after multiple shootings and carjackings across Memphis left four people dead and three injured in a violent rampage — some of which was streamed on Facebook Live — that lasted for hours, officials said.
Take Action: Tell Facebook to crack down on dangerous Republican lies about the IRS!
Barack and Michelle Obama return to the White House for unveiling of official portraits
President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden welcomed the Obamas back for their first joint return to the White House since leaving office in early 2017. The history-making portraits of the Obamas stand in contrast to those of other US presidents and their spouses on display at the White House, depicting the first Black president and first lady through the perspectives of contemporary artists working outside many of the conventions of traditional political portraiture.
Take Action: Hold corporations accountable for exploiting working people!
Government can't mandate coverage for drugs that prevent HIV infections because The Bible, federal judge rules
A federal judge in Texas — appointed by George W. Bush — ruled that a provision of the Affordable Care Act that mandates free coverage of certain life-saving drugs that prevent HIV infections violates the religious beliefs of a Christian-owned company. America, where one person's right to believe in a book trumps another person's right to live.
The huge win in Kansas shows that abortion rights can WIN in red states!
OD Action Partner: Midwestern states are on the front line in the fight for a woman's right to choose — and the referendum in Kansas is proof that organizing rural America can produce transformative victories! Will you donate to help elect more pro-choice rural Democrats and keep our momentum going?
Dr. Oz: Uninsured Americans have no "right to health" in resurfaced clip
The New Jersey carpetbagger running for Senate in Pennsylvania was speaking at the 2013 National Governors Association on the topic of “personal and governmental responsibility” when he explained his apparent belief that “health” is only a right for those who can afford insurance.
US soldier kicked out of Army after FBI says he enlisted to become better at killing Black people
Prosecutors say neo-Nazi Killian M. Ryan communicated frequently with white supremacists and far-right extremists through various social media accounts, where he boasted about joining the military to become "more proficient in killing n***ers."
Nevada politician arrested over reporter’s stabbing death
Clark County Public Administrator Robert Telles was arrested on suspicion of murder Wednesday evening in the fatal stabbing of Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter Jeff German, whose investigate coverage of the politician contributed to his primary election loss in June.
Republican Party caught telling Michigan poll workers to break Election Day rules
The evening before Michigan's state primary last month, Wayne County GOP leaders held a Zoom training session for poll workers and partisan observers, warning them about "bad stuff happening" during the election and encouraging them to ignore local election rules barring cell phones and pens from polling places and vote-counting centers.
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Today’s Action: Tell President Biden to decriminalize marijuana!
President Biden has been on a roll lately — delivering desperately needed student debt relief, a bipartisan infrastructure bill, and the biggest investment in climate change mitigation in history. It’s already paying off in the polls — but to make sure it pays off at the ballot box, we need to keep the momentum going! A hugely impactful and easily achievable next step would be to deschedule marijuana and end the flow of American citizens into the meat grinder of the industrial prison complex for minor, nonviolent drug crimes.
Over half of the country has legalized marijuana for medical use, and 18 states have legalized it recreationally, while inmates — human beings with families and stories and grieving communities — lose precious years of their lives “atoning” for nonviolent drug offenses. And the glaring racial disparities in marijuana-related arrests are well documented; a Black person is anywhere from four to fifteen times more likely to be jailed for weed than a white person in our country. Decriminalization is a clear-cut matter of justice.
Write President Biden and urge him to decriminalize marijuana at the federal level!
Marijuana has already been decriminalized in 31 states and fully legalized for recreational use in 19. Thirty-seven states have legalized medical marijuana, including red states like Florida, Alabama, and Mississippi. More than two-in-three Americans across the country support legalizing marijuana.
We’re long overdue for a national overhaul of our marijuana laws, if only for how our government and police forces have historically weaponized them to target our most vulnerable and oppressed communities, and the majority of the country agrees.
Write President Biden and tell him it’s past time to decriminalize marijuana!
