by Marty Kassowitz | Dec 23, 2022 | Quick Facts
The Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the US Capitol has now released its final report. Many days will be spent in digesting the revelations of this document, though we know much from the various discussions during the committee’s tenure...
by Common Dreams | Nov 21, 2022 | Quick Facts
Number of previously Democratic U.S. House seats Republicans captured in this year’s midterm elections by drawing congressional districts rigged to their advantage, with the chamber now under GOP control while counting is still underway in some races more than a...
by Colorado Newsline | Nov 14, 2022 | Quick Facts
Republican U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado remains locked in an unexpectedly close battle for reelection against Democratic challenger Adam Frisch in the 3rd Congressional District, with Boebert leading by 1,136 votes in unofficial results as of 6:39 p.m....
by ProPublica | Nov 13, 2022 | Quick Facts
Leaders in the anti-vaccination movement attended an online conference in October 2020 — two months before the first shot was administered — where one speaker presented on “The 5 Reasons You Might Want to Avoid a COVID-19 Vaccine” and another referred to the...
by ProPublica | Nov 8, 2022 | Quick Facts
There’s a phrase that pops up a lot when investigative journalists talk about politics: Follow the money. For journalists, that often means looking at how political campaigns are funded and who’s paying for lobbyists. Today we’re going to talk about some of the...
by Governing Magazine | Nov 6, 2022 | Quick Facts
Book banning is on the rise in America. According to PEN America, from July 2021 to June 2022, there were 2,532 instances of individual books being banned, involving 1,648 titles by 1,261 different authors. PEN America is a free expression advocacy group headquartered...
