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February 23, 2023

Top News

Poor People's Campaign, Families Demand DOJ Probe of Over 100 West Virginia Jail Deaths

"Poverty or a prison sentence should not be a death sentence," asserted campaign co-chair Bishop William J. Barber II after relatives of inmates who died last year told their loved ones' stories.

Brett Wilkins

Tennessee, Mississippi GOP Move to Ban 'Lifesaving' Healthcare for Trans Youth

"Legislators are risking trans young people's health, well-being, and safety with this dangerous legislation," said an ACLU of Tennessee staff attorney, urging the governor to veto the bill.

Jessica Corbett

US Strike Activity Surged in 2022 as SCOTUS Workers' Rights Ruling Looms

"The right to strike is a critical source of worker power, but that right could be under further threat from the Supreme Court," warned one expert.

Julia Conley

NTSB Report Suggests Overheated Wheel Bearing May Have Derailed Toxic Train in Ohio

The preliminary report came as U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg—under pressure to boost rail safety rules—visited East Palestine, the site of the Norfolk Southern train derailment.

Jessica Corbett

Groups Launch World's First-Ever Climate Lawsuit Against a Commercial Bank

The French bank BNP Paribas "continues to write new blank checks to the largest fossil fuel companies without setting any conditions for an oil-free, gas-free ecological transition," said one campaigner.

Jake Johnson

Moderna's 2022 Windfall a 'Scandalous' Result of Pandemic Profiteering, Campaigners Say

One advocate said Moderna's windfall was a "direct result of the company’s refusal to share vaccine technology with the Global South, even when it was clear that global shortages would be deadly."

Jake Johnson

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Seattle Becomes First US City to Ban Caste Discrimination With Kshama Sawant Ordinance

In 'Extremely Rare' Ruling, SCOTUS Orders Resentencing of Arizona Prisoner

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Opinion

Expanding Social Security Is Winning Policy and Politics for Democrats

Biden is right to highlight Republican attacks on Social Security. He should also propose a plan to expand it.

Nancy J. Altman

Can an Apartheid State Have a 'Crisis of Democracy'?

Sure, there is democracy in Israel—but it is more similar to the one that existed among whites in apartheid South Africa than it is to the democracy that currently exists in the United Kingdom or France.

Neve Gordon

Ron DeSantis Carves Out a Brand as a Book-Burning, Anti-LGBTQ+, Racist Authoritarian

Playing the wannabe tough guy, he wants to troll his way to the White House as America's premiere culture warrior.

Dan Dinello

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