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WEBAug 26, 2024 · Democrats Sue to Block Georgia Election Board Rule on Hand Counting Ballots. “This rule is unproductive and unlawful,” a Democratic spokesperson said. Just as in Gaza, the displaced are “in schools, mosques, churches, community centers,” a journalist in Beirut says. “The rules were that you guys weren't going to fact check,” Vance ...
No, Black People Can’t Be “Racists” - Truthout
WEBOct 20, 2021 · No, Black People Can’t Be “Racists”. The term “racism” must be understood within the context of an anti-Black American polity. The attacks waged against everything deemed “critical race theory” constitute a new form of McCarthyism that spreads fear of a future in which Black professors may again be labeled by the state as ...
6 Years After Standing Rock, Native Tribes Still Fight ... - Truthout
WEBOct 9, 2023 · The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ordered the Army Corps to prepare an EIS for the Standing Rock portion of the pipeline on March 25, 2020, because the pipeline’s “ effects on the quality of the human environment are likely to be highly controversial.”. It has taken the Army Corps more than three years to produce the ...
Biden’s Racism Is More Veiled Than Trump’s — But No Less Real
WEBMar 15, 2020 · When it comes to race, Joe Biden’s record and rhetoric reflect the broader hypocrisy of U.S. politics. While Biden rightly criticizes Donald Trump’s racism, he then praises himself for his own ability to work with overt white supremacist Dixiecrat Democrats in the 1970s. It’s important to recognize the problematic nature of Biden’s history of working with Southern Democratic racist ...
LGBTQ Voices Are Increasingly Speaking Up for Palestinians …
WEBNov 15, 2023 · As debates about Israel’s war on Palestinians proliferate, LGBTQ people are increasingly finding themselves caught in the rhetorical crossfire. These conflicts reveal the fault lines of progressive queer politics between those in service of intersectional solidarity and those who advocate homonationalism in service of racism and militarism.
Here Are the Names of Every Republican Who Voted to Overturn …
WEBJan 7, 2021 · In the wake of an assault on the U.S. Capitol by a fascist mob ginned up by President Donald Trump, many Republicans in the House and Senate still voted Thursday to object to President-elect Joe Biden’s decisive election win in a lie-fueled, last-ditch attempt to overturn the results of the democratic process and …
Abortion Is as Old as Pregnancy: 4,000 Years of Reproductive …
WEBJan 22, 2016 · Abortion in Times of Old. Instructions for inducing an abortion appear in the Bible. In Numbers 5:11-31, God is described as instructing Moses to present “The Test for an Unfaithful Wife” (NIV) – a ritual to be used by priests against women accused by their husbands of unfaithfulness.The ritual involves the drinking of “bitter water,” a potion that will abort any pregnancies that ...
Panel on Supreme Court Reforms Lauds Ideas of Term Limits, …
WEBAug 22, 2024 · President Joe Biden recently announced support for reforms to the court, including term limits and new ethics standards. By. Chris Walker , T ruthout. Whitehouse also noted that the court’s decisions were very personal to voters. “I think the Supreme Court got very real with the Dobbs decision,” Whitehouse said, referring to the case that ...
Why the US Should Have Universal Health Care | Truthout
WEBDec 14, 2016 · Why the US Should Have Universal Health Care. Health care shouldn’t be a messy political fight to begin with: it’s an issue of basic human rights. Truthout is a vital news source and a living history of political struggle. If you think our work is valuable, support us with a donation of any size. In the United States, healthcare has been ...
New COVID Vaccines Arrive as Many Are Poised to Lose Access to …
WEBAug 28, 2024 · While the program was meant to be temporary, the original termination date for the program was slotted for December 2024. However, the fiscal 2024 government funding bill rescinded $4.3 billion in COVID-19 funding, some of which was being used for the program, as reported by The Hill in May.After August 31 of this year, local health departments might have a small amount of free vaccine ...