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The Travesty of the Kyle Rittenhouse Verdict

The Travesty of the Kyle Rittenhouse Verdict

The [Kyle Rittenhouse] verdict, said the Huber family, sends the "unacceptable message" that armed vigilantes can "use the danger they have created to justify shooting people in the street."
The Pandora Papers: Tax Dodges of the Rich and Famous Exposed

The Pandora Papers: Tax Dodges of the Rich and Famous Exposed

The Pandora Papers being called the "biggest-ever leak of offshore data," a cache of nearly 12 million documents published Sunday laid bare the hidden wealth, secret dealings, and corruption of hundreds of world leaders, billionaires, public officials, celebrities, and others.
Big Pharma Greed Is Literally Killing Americans

Big Pharma Greed Is Literally Killing Americans

"How many people need to die, how many people need to get unnecessarily sicker, before Congress is prepared to take on the greed of the prescription drug industry?" asked Sen. Bernie Sanders.
Why Not Say the Word, “Fascism?”

Why Not Say the Word, “Fascism?”

Since calling out fascism after it succeeds would be like finally agreeing to be vaccinated while they’re hooking you up to a ventilator, ideally more voices will join this candid cadre to make it part of the 2022 election conversation.
Dental and Insurance Lobbyists Quietly Oppose Medicare Expansion Plan

Dental and Insurance Lobbyists Quietly Oppose Medicare Expansion Plan

Underscoring the for-profit healthcare industry's tireless efforts to avoid any reduction in its bottom line—no matter the cost to the American public—lobbyists for health insurers and dentists are ramping up pressure on lawmakers to leave comprehensive Medicare coverage out of the $3.5 trillion spending plan now making its way through Congress.
Honoring His Name and Legacy: Emmett Till

Honoring His Name and Legacy: Emmett Till

Sunday would have been the 80th birthday of Emmett Till, who at 14 was kidnapped, whipped, mutilated and murdered by white supremacist thugs in Mississippi in an act so savage it helped spark the civil rights movement.
Congressional Democrats Need to Take Lesson from Texas

Congressional Democrats Need to Take Lesson from Texas

As Texas state Democratic lawmakers on Monday undertook a daring effort to deny their Republican colleagues the quorum needed to ram through a sweeping voter suppression package, progressive advocates and observers implored congressional Democrats to act boldly to protect U.S. democracy from the GOP onslaught.