Man smashes vehicle into Colorado police station
Five Memphis police officers charged over death of Tyre Nichols
Gaza's only all-girl boxing club finds a home
Israel-Palestinian conflict: Fears of wider flare-up after deadly Jenin raid
Canadian woman pleads guilty to sending Donald Trump ricin poison
Republicans Invite Sinema to Caucus With Them Instead of Democrats
Republican leadership in the Senate is openly courting Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema — a former Democrat who changed her party affiliation to independent in December — to caucus with Republicans or become an official member of the GOP. Sinema, who obstructed a number of items on the Democratic agenda as a member of that party, currently caucuses with Democrats, as do two other independents in the...
Turkey says Sweden was complicit in burning of Quran amid tension over NATO membership bid
GOP Tax Plan Slammed by Critics as Glimpse Into Party’s Economic Priorities
A House GOP proposal to repeal all federal income taxes — including levies on corporations and the rich — and replace them with a whopping 30% national sales tax is drawing increasingly vocal backlash from economists, tax policy experts, and Democratic lawmakers who say the plan is yet another Republican ploy to reward the wealthy at everyone else’s expense Unveiled earlier this month by Rep.
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Biden’s Proposed Renters Bill of Rights Is Insufficient, Housing Advocates Say
Image Credit: Facebook: KC Tenants A new Biden administration plan announced Wednesday aims to make rent more affordable and protect tenants’ rights. This comes as rental costs in the United States rose nearly 25% between 2019 and 2022. It also comes as investors bought nearly a quarter of all single-family homes sold in 2021, making home ownership increasingly impossible for people forced to...
Poll: Most Think Trump’s Actions on Classified Docs Were Illegal But Not Biden’s
A new poll shows that President Joe Biden’s approval rating hasn’t been greatly affected by the discovery that he had been improperly storing classified documents in his offices and on his personal property. Most Americans are concerned about Biden’s handling of the government documents, a portion of which were marked classified. Indeed, a majority (57 percent) disapprove of how the president has...
US investigating Southwest Airlines over holiday travel chaos
Southwest posts quarterly loss and warns more losses are ahead
Auto thefts and carjackings spike in major US cities- report
Students Plan to Sue DeSantis for Rejecting AP African American Studies Course
Three high school students represented by attorney Benjamin Crump are planning to sue Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for rejecting a new high school Advanced Placement African-American studies course, the prominent civil rights lawyer said Wednesday. As Common Dreams reported last week, DeSantis rejected the pilot course in AP African-American studies being tested by the College Board—the...
German man arrested for allegedly passing intelligence to Russia
The Death of a Forest Defender at “Stop Cop City”
In this episode of “Movement Memos,” Atlanta organizer Micah Herskind and host Kelly Hayes discuss the death of Tortuguita, a forest defender who was gunned down by police while resisting the construction of “Cop City.” “It’s all hands on deck for the forces of the prison-industrial complex, the forces of capitalism … they are willing to use any and all tactics and tools available to them...
House GOP Is Passing Bills Based on Outright Lies About “Pro-Choice Violence”
A week after Republicans secured a majority in the House, the party wasted no time in showing how it intends to rule — passing not one, but two anti-abortion provisions. The first was a resolution that condemns attacks on “pro-life facilities, groups, and churches,” according to the legislation. By “pro-life facilities,” Republicans mean crisis pregnancy centers (CPCs), which are anti-abortion...