Mitch Perry, Florida Phoenix Saying that “housing is a human right,” U.S. Rep. Maxwell Frost of Florida announced legislation in Congress Wednesday to help out struggling renters. He is co-sponsoring the End Junk Fees for Renters Act, which would crack down on added fees imposed on tenants by landlords, which …
Read More »Rudy Giuliani Concedes He Made False Statements About Two Georgia Election Workers Mishandling Ballots
Stanley Dunlap, Georgia Recorder Former President Donald Trump’s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani admitted this week to making false statements against two Fulton County poll workers who came under the dogged attack of election deniers in the aftermath of Georgia’s 2020 election. Giuliani acknowledged in a U.S. District Court filing on …
Read More »White House Unveils Plan To Expand Access To Mental Health Coverage
President Joe Biden delivered remarks Tuesday afternoon, sharing details of a plan to make it easier for people to receive mental health care. “Improving our mental health system means addressing the 3 C’s — coverage, care, and causes. Today, we took a big step in coverage. Now we need to …
Read More »Federal Judge Blocks Biden Rule That Limits Asylum For Migrants At The Border
Ariana Figueroa, West Virginia Watch A federal judge on Tuesday blocked the Biden administration’s rule that restricts migrants from seeking asylum if they arrive at the U.S.-Mexico border without first seeking protection in another country or applying for an asylum appointment online. Judge Jon S. Tigar, who was appointed by …
Read More »‘Huge Victory’: Ohioans to Vote on Abortion Rights Amendment in November
The pro-abortion rights movement in Ohio has gathered enough momentum to place a referendum on the ballot this coming November which could codify the right to abortion care in the state constitution—but advocates on Tuesday warned of a caveat which could make the amendment harder to pass unless rights advocates …
Read More »Decrying Attempts To ‘bury history,’ Biden Designates Emmett Till National Monument
Ariana Figueroa, Nebraska Examiner On what would have been the 82nd birthday of Emmett Till, a Black boy kidnapped and murdered by two white men in Mississippi, President Joe Biden on Tuesday designated a new national monument at sites connected to the lynching that became a catalyst for the Civil …
Read More »Candidates Return To Iowa Caucus Trail As New Poll Shows Opening For Trump Challengers
Robin Opsahl, Iowa Capital Dispatch Former President Donald Trump has kept a hold on his frontrunner position as candidates head back to the Iowa campaign trail, but new polling shows there could be room for others to gain footing in the field. A Fox Business poll of Iowa Republicans published …
Read More »Sanders Says He Opposes $886 Billion in Military Spending Amid Healthcare and Climate Crises
Jake Johnson, Common Dreams Sen. Bernie Sanders announced Monday that he intends to vote against legislation authorizing $886 billion in military spending for the coming fiscal year, arguing the Pentagon budget should be cut in favor of investments in healthcare, education, housing, climate action, and other priorities. “As a nation, …
Read More »U.S. Sues Texas After Gov. Greg Abbott Declines To Remove Floating Border Barrier
Noah Alcala Bach, The Texas Tribune The U.S. Justice Department announced Monday it is suing Texas and Gov. Greg Abbott after the state declined to remove the floating barrier deployed earlier this month on the Rio Grande near Eagle Pass. The lawsuit, filed in an Austin federal court, alleges the …
Read More »USDA To Provide $33M For Agriculture Projects At 19 HBCU Land-Grant Institutions
Ariana Figueroa, Kentucky Lantern The U.S. Department of Agriculture Monday announced $33 million in funding to 19 Historically Black Colleges and Universities designated as land-grant institutions to support research and education projects. The funding through USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture will support 82 projects in sustainable farming practices …
Read More »Democrats Call For Raising FDIC Insurance Limits At Senate Hearing
Casey Quinlan, Idaho Capital Sun Members of the Senate banking committee explored the pros and cons of reforming deposit insurance last week, which has been a topic of debate among policymakers since the aftermath of bank collapses earlier this year. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, or FDIC, insures each depositor …
Read More »Alabama Voters Prep for Another Map Fight After Republicans Flout SCOTUS Ruling
Voters in Alabama are preparing for another legal battle after the state’s GOP-dominated Legislature and Republican Gov. Kay Ivey on Friday approved new congressional districts that critics say defy a surprising recent decision from the U.S. Supreme Court. The latest map “is really a slap in the face, not only …
Read More »VP Kamala Harris On Florida’s Rewriting Of Black History Standards; ‘What is going on?’
Jackie Llanos, Florida Phoenix Outraged at the new Black history standards in Florida, Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday blasted what she called revisionist history promoted in the state’s African American history standards approved this week by top education officials. Just two days after the State Board of Education approved …
Read More »House Dems Slam ‘Racist Tropes’ in New Florida K-12 History Curriculum
Four Black Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday joined the growing chorus of critics opposing “racist tropes” in Florida’s new K-12 history curriculum, which includes teaching middle school students “the resurrection of one of the greatest lies America has ever told itself, that slavery benefited the enslaved.” …
Read More »Nikki Haley’s Attacks On Kamala Harris Keep Coming
Mel Leonor Barclay Originally published by The 19th Nikki Haley has spent months zeroing in on Vice President Kamala Harris, telling GOP primary voters that the real danger of electing an aging President Joe Biden is the prospect of Harris as president. “We can’t afford a President Kamala Harris. I …
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