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Dear Jurisprudence: Should Joe Biden Just Add the Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution?
2 weeks, 2 days ago

Dear Jurisprudence: Should Joe Biden Just Add the Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution?

Slate  

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. This week’s episode of Amicus is a mailbag special in which Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern answer listeners’ burning questions about the law and its odds of surviving a second Trump administration. Dear Prudence, Time is running out …

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'Be consistent': GOP rep. faults Obama and Marxism as Biden leaves racists on death row
3 weeks, 1 day ago

'Be consistent': GOP rep. faults Obama and Marxism as Biden leaves racists on death row

Raw Story  

Rep. Claudia Tenney faulted Barack Obama's former White House staffers after President Joe Biden declined to commute the death sentences for three federal inmates, including two racist murderers. During a Christmas Eve interview with Fox News host John Roberts, Tenney griped about Democrats like Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts, who supports abortion rights but opposes the death penalty. Tenney went on …

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The three federal death row inmates Biden chose not to save
3 weeks, 2 days ago

The three federal death row inmates Biden chose not to save

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Joe Biden made history on Monday and commuted the sentence …

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Progressive 'Squad' lawmaker cheers Biden for letting murderers off the hook with 'racist' death penalty
3 weeks, 2 days ago

Progressive 'Squad' lawmaker cheers Biden for letting murderers off the hook with 'racist' death penalty

Daily Mail  

Progressive 'Squad' member Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley praised President Joe Biden commuting the sentences of 37 of the 40 people on federal death row on Monday. Biden on Monday converted the punishments of the 37 on death row to life in prison just weeks before President-elect Donald Trump is set to take office and is expected to resume executions. Dylann Roof, …

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“It’s time to clean up shop”: Justice Democrats vow primary challenges against establishment Dems
1 month, 4 weeks ago

“It’s time to clean up shop”: Justice Democrats vow primary challenges against establishment Dems

Salon  

The Justice Democrats, the group behind many of the insurgent progressive Democratic challengers who pulled off shocking upsets in recent years, are putting the party’s establishment on notice, telling Salon that they intend to back primary challengers in the 2026 midterms. Usamah Andrabi, a spokesman for the group, told Salon that “it’s time to clean up shop in the Democratic …

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Composer Ayanna Witter-Johnson: ‘Growing up, I never once saw a Black conductor’
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Composer Ayanna Witter-Johnson: ‘Growing up, I never once saw a Black conductor’

The Independent  

Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free Get our Now Hear This email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Her classical education mingled with the traditional Ghanaian music …

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Dem leaders keep shrugging off Moms for Liberty — even as Trump keeps grooming them
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Dem leaders keep shrugging off Moms for Liberty — even as Trump keeps grooming them

Raw Story  

CHICAGO — Local Democratic leaders from coast to coast have largely been left to fend for themselves in combating Moms for Liberty, as the far-right group continues its book-banning march into school districts small and large alike nationwide. As Raw Story first reported last summer, some powerful Democratic leaders in Washington were — and, as we found out covering this …

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Congresswomen press FDA on why a proposal to ban hair-straightening chemicals is delayed
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Congresswomen press FDA on why a proposal to ban hair-straightening chemicals is delayed

Associated Press  

Two U.S. House members who first pushed the Food and Drug Administration in 2023 to investigate the health risks of hair straighteners used primarily by Black women are now asking the agency why it has twice delayed its target date to propose a ban on products containing formaldehyde, which studies link to increased rates of cancer. Democratic Reps. Ayanna Pressley …

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Ilhan Omar easily sails to victory in Minnesota primary after Squad members Bowman and Bush ousted from Congress
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Ilhan Omar easily sails to victory in Minnesota primary after Squad members Bowman and Bush ousted from Congress

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, an inaugural member of the progressive …

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Kurnool: Sakambari festival held at Srisailam temple
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Kurnool: Sakambari festival held at Srisailam temple

Deccan Chronicle  

Kurnool: Sakambari festival was celebrated at the renowned Srisailam temple on the occasion of Ashadha Pournami on Sunday, The presiding deity of the shrine, Goddess Sri Bhramarambha Devi, adorned with various vegetables, fruits and green leaves, gave darshan to devotees as Goddess Sakambari Devi along with other deities Utsavamurthy of Rajarajeshwari Devi, Annapurna Devi and Ankalamma Devi. The temple priests …

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FDIC chair is grilled on Capitol Hill after report outlines agency’s toxic workplace culture
7 months, 4 weeks ago

FDIC chair is grilled on Capitol Hill after report outlines agency’s toxic workplace culture

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Chairman Martin Gruenberg sat for a second day of grilling Thursday on Capitol Hill, this time at the Senate Banking Committee, after a damning report about the agency’s toxic workplace culture was released last week. An independent review of the FDIC ‘s workplace culture released last week describes an environment that fostered “hostile, abusive, …

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The GOP Plan For Executions If Trump Wins
8 months, 1 week ago

The GOP Plan For Executions If Trump Wins

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING During the final six months of Donald Trump’s presidency, his administration carried out an unprecedented execution spree, killing 13 people on federal death row and ending a 17-year de facto federal execution moratorium. “To expand the death penalty would just be a sea change that would affect decades of jurisprudence, and I don’t think there are enough …

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FDA move to ban formaldehyde in hair straighteners called too little, too late
11 months, 1 week ago

FDA move to ban formaldehyde in hair straighteners called too little, too late

NPR  

FDA move to ban formaldehyde in hair straighteners called too little, too late Enlarge this image toggle caption Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images In April, a dozen years after a federal agency classified formaldehyde a human carcinogen, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is tentatively scheduled to unveil a proposal to …

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Pressley, Welch introduce legislation to guarantee right to vote for people with felonies on record
1 year, 1 month ago

Pressley, Welch introduce legislation to guarantee right to vote for people with felonies on record

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Congressional Democrats have introduced legislation that would allow people convicted of a felony to vote in federal elections, a proposal that if enacted could restore the voting rights of millions of people in U.S. elections. In a statement, Pressley said the legislation was necessary due to policies and court rulings that “continue to disenfranchise voters from all walks …

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US: Democratic lawmakers offer student loan payment deferral for sexual assault survivors
1 year, 3 months ago

US: Democratic lawmakers offer student loan payment deferral for sexual assault survivors

Firstpost  

Several national organizations, including the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network and the YWCA, have already given their support to the bill. An earlier version of the bill was introduced last summer but did not progress beyond the House Democratic lawmakers in the United States are advocating for a new bill aimed at providing sexual assault survivors with the chance …

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Vivek Ramaswamy defends calling Ayanna Pressley part of ‘modern KKK’
1 year, 4 months ago

Vivek Ramaswamy defends calling Ayanna Pressley part of ‘modern KKK’

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy has defended himself from intense …

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Man who placed subway performer in fatal chokehold to be charged
1 year, 8 months ago

Man who placed subway performer in fatal chokehold to be charged

Al Jazeera  

Prosecutors from the Manhattan District Attorney’s office have announced they plan to bring criminal charges against a United States Marine veteran who placed a homeless subway passenger in a deadly chokehold, sparking widespread outrage. A New York City medical examiner later issued a report saying Neely died by homicide resulting from a “compression of neck”. “When Mr. Neely began aggressively …

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Miller, Meyers help No. 20 Maryland past No. 6 UConn 85-78
2 years, 1 month ago

Miller, Meyers help No. 20 Maryland past No. 6 UConn 85-78

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! It was Maryland’s first victory in eight tries against UConn, which is depleted by injuries right now but still nearly pulled off an impressive road win for coach Geno Auriemma. “Obviously, he’s a Hall of Famer, the best to ever do it, and you never …

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Police didn’t stop Parkland or Uvalde shootings, and often discriminate against students. Why did Biden give them $300m?
2 years, 4 months ago

Police didn’t stop Parkland or Uvalde shootings, and often discriminate against students. Why did Biden give them $300m?

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “Following Columbine, and as we’ve seen a number …

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‘We want to know’: Shireen Abu Akleh’s family demands US probe
2 years, 5 months ago

‘We want to know’: Shireen Abu Akleh’s family demands US probe

Al Jazeera  

The family of Shireen Abu Akleh has called on the United States to investigate the killing of the Al Jazeera journalist, who was fatally shot by Israeli forces in May, renewing calls for answers and accountability in the case. Shireen wasn’t even the first US citizen killed by Israel this year.” Tony Abu Akleh, the slain journalist’s brother, called for …

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US lawmakers denounce blacklisting of Palestinian NGOs by Israel
2 years, 5 months ago

US lawmakers denounce blacklisting of Palestinian NGOs by Israel

Al Jazeera  

Group of Democrats urges Biden administration to reject labelling of six Palestinian rights organisations as ‘terrorist’ groups. A group of United States legislators has urged the Biden administration to publicly reject Israel’s labelling of six Palestinian human rights organisations as “terrorist” groups, in the latest international push against the Israeli decision. pic.twitter.com/e7d9MOjjxL — Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley July 18, 2022 Israel …

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Ayanna Pressley publicly schools Josh Hawley's wife on abortion: 'A deficit in your understanding'
2 years, 6 months ago

Ayanna Pressley publicly schools Josh Hawley's wife on abortion: 'A deficit in your understanding'

Raw Story  

Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., on Wednesday tore into anti-abortion activist Erin Hawley, the wife of Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., for tiptoeing around the exact meaning of "abortion," telling her that there was "a deficit in understanding" of reproductive care. Hawley acknowledged that an ectopic pregnancy is a life-threatening condition, but added, "That's why the treatment for ectopic pregnancies is not …

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Shade shines as top vote-getter on 2022 AP all-state team
2 years, 9 months ago

Shade shines as top vote-getter on 2022 AP all-state team

Associated Press  

Ashlynn Shade and Ayanna Patterson battled all season for Indiana’s top high school honors. Naturally, the two UConn recruits also received the most votes on this year’s Associated Press all-state team — with Shade, the 5-foot-10 junior, narrowly outdistancing Patterson as the top vote=getter in this year’s balloting. The boys all-state teams is scheduled to be released Thursday; Shade’s selection …

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US Congress passes bill to make lynching federal hate crime
2 years, 10 months ago

US Congress passes bill to make lynching federal hate crime

Al Jazeera  

Senate unanimously approves legislation to federally ban lynching, a ‘weapon of racial terror’ used against Black people. Congress has given final approval to legislation that for the first time would make lynching a federal hate crime in the United States, sending the bill to President Joe Biden to sign into law. Years in the making, the Emmett Till Antilynching Act, …

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