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Tag: civil rights

  • Kintsugi
  • March 31, 2021

Why the Southern Bastions of Virginia and Georgia Are Taking Opposite Courses on Voting Rights

By Steven Rosenfeld As a mass shooting, possible tornadoes, and school closures drew Georgians’ attention on St. Patrick’s Day, Republicans in its GOP-majority legislature in Atl

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  • Prof Patty
  • April 30, 2020November 5, 2025

Women’s History / American History

Read more about women’s history here. Do You Know Claudete Colvin, Aurelia Browder, Susie McDonald and Mary Louise Smith? Read more about these true pioneers here. Colvin’s

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NY Times

  • Wild Ultimatums and ‘Bombing Our Little Hearts Out’: A Portrait of Trump at War
  • No Kings Protests Held Across the U.S.: Photos and Videos
  • ‘No Kings’ Protests Across U.S. Cities: What We Know
  • Trump Does Anything He Wants — and More
  • Castro Heirs Emerge Across Cuba’s Political Scene Amid Energy Crisis and Trump Threats

NPR

  • Scientists watch sperm whales work as a team to assist a birth
  • Trump's attacks on offshore wind could hurt infrastructure spending across the economy
  • Asia boosts coal use as Iran war squeezes global LNG supplies
  • The oldest known recording of a whale song reveals how oceans have changed
  • This week's Short Wave news roundup

The Progressive

  • The World Cup Needs an ICE Truce
  • Israel Can’t Bomb Its Way to Peace
  • Americans Are United Against Trump’s War
  • Our digital lives have hidden costs
  • Address Affordability, Give Farmers a Chance

FactCheck.org

  • Competing Claims on SAVE America Act Disenfranchising Voters
  • Q&A on the SAVE America Act
  • EPA’s Misleading Claim of $1.3 Trillion in Deregulatory ‘Savings’
  • No Broad Autism Approval for Leucovorin, Despite FDA Commissioner’s Prior Suggestions
  • How Iran Blocking the Strait of Hormuz Affects the U.S.

Snopes.com

  • Did Iranian media release animated 'Lord of the Straits' video? We investigated
  • Video shows LA residents chasing away ICE agents?
  • Iranian AI slop propaganda video presents Trump and Netanyahu as Lego characters
  • Say 'see ya later, alligator' to Facebook post of gators flooding Missouri town's streets
  • Inspecting alleged Trump Truth Social post saying he's no longer interested in making Canada the 51st state

Tradeoffs

  • Generic Drugs Head to the Supreme Court
  • Inside the Urgent Care Boom
  • ‘It Sucks’: Spiking Health Insurance Costs Hit Small Businesses
  • 'We Can’t Afford All These Humans’: A Doctor's Take on AI in Health Care
  • Immigration Enforcement’s Twin Threats to Health Care

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