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“I Made a Mistake”—How Texas Officials Criminalized a Woman for Legal Abortion Care

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This story was produced in partnership with CBS News. A South Texas woman who was arrested on murder charges in 2022 after using medication to terminate her pregnancy has alleged new details about her case against a local sheriff and prosecutors, claiming they violated her constitutional rights. Her August 12 court filing comes as the […]

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Public Commenters Overwhelmingly Oppose EPA’s Plan to Curtail Key Climate Protections

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This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Experts and members of the public on Tuesday voiced overwhelming opposition to the US Environmental Protection Agency’s plan to rescind its key greenhouse gas “endangerment finding” and vehicle emissions standards. That pushback came during the first of four scheduled public […]

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The Springsteen Generation

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The below article first appeared in David Corn’s newsletter, Our Land. The newsletter comes out twice a week (most of the time) and provides behind-the-scenes stories and articles about politics, media, and culture. Subscribing costs just $5 a month—but you can sign up for a free 30-day trial. I spent much of the summer of 1975 working on cars […]

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A Photographer’s View of ICE’s Relentless Courthouse Arrests

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When it happens, it’s so much quieter, so much quicker than you expect. Each weekday immigrants make their way through the halls of 26 Federal Plaza in Manhattan, uneasy and confused, searching for the right courtroom for their asylum hearing. Most carry a handful of documents and dress in their sharpest outfits. They turn a […]

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I Live Where DC Crime Actually Happens. Here’s What Trump Is Missing.

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On August 3, someone was shot about five blocks from my house in Washington, DC. Just two nights before, we had called 911 because of gunfire nearby—not an unusual occurrence. A week later, someone was murdered six or seven blocks away, in broad daylight. My neighborhood also has the usual urban scourges: porch pirates, the […]

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Trump’s USDA Eliminates Support for Renewable Energy, a Lifeline for Farmers

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This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The US Department of Agriculture announced this week that it will stop funding wind and solar energy on American farmland, a move that continues the Trump administration’s attempts to kill incentives for renewables while it boosts support for fossil […]

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Texas House Republicans Just Helped Trump Rig the Midterm Elections

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After weeks of delays, protests, and threats of arrests, the Republican-led Texas House on Wednesday passed a highly contentious redistricting plan that could give the GOP five additional seats in the US House. “This is racial gerrymandering at its worst. It is something that Jim Crow would be proud of, but it is something that […]

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Israel Just Denied This Doctor From Entering Gaza With Food and Baby Formula

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An American doctor who has volunteered for multiple medical missions in Gaza told Reveal and Mother Jones that after speaking out about what she witnessed over the past two years—including children shot by Israeli forces—the government of Israel has stopped her from re-entering Gaza. “We were just denied,” Dr. Mimi Syed told Reveal and Mother […]

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The Spectacular Narcissism of Trump’s Unsuccessful Peace Negotiations

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Amid starvation imposed by Israel on Gaza and deadly bombings in Ukraine, President Donald Trump’s narcissism is reaching new heights. “I’ve done six wars, I’ve ended six wars,” he claimed on Monday in a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European leaders, taking credit for settling conflicts that the US began or saw little to […]

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Installing Heat Pumps in Factories Could Save $1.5 Trillion—and 77,000 Lives

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This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. For several years now, heat pumps have outsold gas furnaces in the United States. Instead of burning fossil fuels to generate warmth, these appliances use electricity—ideally provided by renewable sources like wind and solar—to transfer heat from even frigid outdoor air into a home. Many […]

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Why Conservatives Are Trying to Kill the Voting Rights Act

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The Voting Rights Act turned 60 years old this month. It’s a landmark piece of legislation designed to enforce voting rights protected by the Constitution, especially for Black Americans in Southern states with a history of suppressing racial minorities from voting. The act is considered one of the most effective laws ever passed to protect […]

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Texas Democrat Forced to Sleep in Capitol After Refusing 24-Hour Police Escort

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After weeks spent out-of-state in an effort to deny Texas Republicans a quorum for an extreme redistricting plan—designed at Donald Trump’s behest to give the GOP a five-seat advantage in the House of Representatives—the state’s Democrats are still refusing to back down. After the Democrats’ departure, Gov. Greg Abbott went as far as signing arrest […]

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