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The Supreme Court May Well Legalize Election Theft This Term
October 4, 2022
Donald Trump’s installation of three radical right-wingers on the Supreme Court is already yielding frightening victories for religious zealots and racists. Last term, the court’s…
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The tens of millions of Americans who’ve been celebrating news of student loan forgiveness are now stuck in limbo as Republicans mount legal challenges to…
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SEC Struggles to Stem Staff Losses as Disclosure Workload Grows
October 4, 2022
The SEC is down dozens of officials to scrutinize and regulate companies’ climate disclosures and other corporate reporting, as they grapple with a years-old staff…
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The failed NFL diversity ‘rule’ corporate America loves
October 4, 2022
In 2020, as protests raged after the murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer, corporate leaders scrambled to show that they, too, were…
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In March 1965, Martin Luther King, Jr. led a civil rights march in support of voting rights in the Jim Crow South across the Edmund…
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The Justice Department should indict former President Donald Trump in connection with the probe into his handling of sensitive documents in the wake of a…
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For trans children, finding a community of peers is challenging. That’s why Maya, whose name has been changed to protect her family, was thrilled this…
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Law Professors Oppose Jan. 6 Immunity for Trump
October 3, 2022
Constitutional law professors from some of the nation’s most prestigious law schools say former President Donald Trump should not escape liability for his role in…
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Sexual Predators Are Grooming Young Teens On Wattpad, A Storytelling App Beloved By Gen Z
October 3, 2022
To the 94 million people that use it every month, storytelling platform Wattpad touts itself as a safe space for education and community on the…
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Harassment prompts children’s hospitals to strip websites, threatening access to gender-affirming care
October 3, 2022
Children’s hospitals that have been targeted on social media for providing gender-affirming care — and even some that haven’t — are stripping information about those…
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Next week, the US supreme court will hear oral arguments in a case that could put climate, public health and animal welfare regulations across the…
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How to scrub your phone number and address from Google search
October 3, 2022
From a simple Google search, strangers can dig up your phone number, physical address or other personal information. You might not want that floating around…
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You thought the Supreme Court’s last term was bad? Brace yourself.
September 30, 2022
The cataclysmic Supreme Court term that included the unprecedented leak of a draft opinion and the end of constitutional protection for abortion would, in the…
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The Supreme Court Is Broken. Where’s Biden?
September 30, 2022
In a recent speech at Independence Hall, President Biden called on Americans to stand against an assault on democracy — the ongoing assault waged by…
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Who Has to Work During a Hurricane?
September 29, 2022
An article by Terri Gerstein: As Hurricane Ian wreaks devastation on Florida’s coast, with the possibility of continuing up through Georgia and the Carolinas, here’s…
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The beginning of the end of the Jan. 6 committee
September 29, 2022
Although the House Jan. 6 committee’s hearing scheduled for Wednesday was postponed because of Hurricane Ian, we can expect at least one more convening before…
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With Manchin bill stalled, will FERC ever site power lines?
September 29, 2022
Sen. Joe Manchin this week pulled back a permitting proposal that would have authorized the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to permit certain long-distance power lines…
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Boston Public Radio full show: Sept. 27, 2022
September 28, 2022
Today on Boston Public Radio: We started the show by hearing our listener’s reactions to the news that NASA had successfully launched a satellite into…
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Lawsuit aims to stop Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan
September 28, 2022
A lawsuit seeking to block President Biden’s plan to cancel some student debt claims the policy is not only illegal but could inflict harm on…
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OYEZ! CNN’s Fareed Zakaria Hosts SUPREME POWER: Inside the Highest Court in the Land, Oct 2 at 8:00pmET on CNN & CNN International
September 28, 2022
On the eve of the new term of America’s Supreme Court, CNN’s Fareed Zakaria, host of the global public affairs program Fareed Zakaria GPS, dives…
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What the first legal challenge to derail Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan means for borrowers
September 28, 2022
A lawyer working for a conservative legal group this week brought the first legal challenge to President Joe Biden’s sweeping plan to cancel up to…