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• 22 Jul, 2023 [DeSantis documentary removed from Showtime, allegedly motivated by 'blatant corporate censorship for political gain'] - The Daily Beast
• 21 Jul, 2023 Alabama lawmakers refuse to create 2nd majority-Black congressional district [possibly defying Supreme Court order] - Associated Press
• 21 Jul, 2023 Border Patrol Is Caging Migrants Outdoors During Deadly Arizona Heatwave - The Intercept
• 20 Jul, 2023 …25 types of toxic flame retardant found in US breast milk - The Guardian
• 20 Jul, 2023 [Proposed Congressional] Spending Cuts Would Kill 500,000 Jobs - Common Dreams
• 20 Jul, 2023 Kenya police are told not to report deaths during protests. A watchdog says they killed 6 this week - Associated Press
• 20 Jul, 2023 Nebraska Teen Who Used Pills to End Pregnancy Gets 90 Days in Jail - New York Times
• 19 Jul, 2023 [16-Year-Old Dies while Working at Poultry Plant in Mississippi] - Common Dreams
• 18 Jul, 2023 House Republicans propose planting a trillion trees as they move away from climate change denial - Associated Press
• 17 Jul, 2023 …Texas troopers told to push children into Rio Grande, deny water to migrants, records say - Houston Chronicle
• 17 Jul, 2023 Abortion in Iowa is legal again, for now, after a judge blocks new restrictions - Associated Press
• 17 Jul, 2023 Russia halts landmark deal that allowed Ukraine to export grain at time of growing hunger - Assoociated Press
• 16 Jul, 2023 [Fossil fuel companies quietly walk] back on climate pledges as global heat records tumble - The Guardian
• 15 Jul, 2023 Drought leaves millions in Uruguay without tap water fit for drinking - The Guardian
• 14 Jul, 2023 Some 300 children drowned trying to reach Europe so far this year [according to UNICEF] - Al Jazeera
• 14 Jul, 2023 Workers at World's Largest Starbucks in Chicago Announce Union Drive - Common Dreams
• 13 Jul, 2023 Hollywood actors on strike: 'This is a moment of history,' says SAG chief Fran Drescher - USA Today
• 13 Jul, 2023 India’s capital [with 20 million residents] faces drinking water shortage after pumps flooded - Al Jazeera
• 13 Jul, 2023 It's Official, Say NOAA and NASA: This June Was the Hottest Ever Recorded on Earth - Common Dreams
• 12 Jul, 2023 Iowa Republicans push through 6-week abortion restriction as pro-choice groups vow lawsuits - Fox News
• 12 Jul, 2023 Lawyers with supreme court business paid Clarence Thomas aide via Venmo - The Guardian
• 12 Jul, 2023 War, Pandemic, and Climate Shocks Have Pushed 122 Million Into Hunger Since 2019: UN - Common Dreams
• 11 Jul, 2023 [Google Plans Construction of a Data Center in Uruguay, Using Millions of Liters of Water Amid Drought] - The Guardian
• 11 Jul, 2023 [Wisconsin Teenager Killed in Sawmill Accident Amid Loosening of Child Labor Laws] - Fox News
• 11 Jul, 2023 Bank of America fined millions for opening fake accounts and charging extra junk fees - One America News
• 10 Jul, 2023 As Global Temperatures Soar, Study Shows Europe's 2022 Summer Heat Killed 61,000+ - Common Dreams
• 10 Jul, 2023 Deadly flooding is hitting several countries at once. Scientists say this will only be more common - Associated Press
• 08 Jul, 2023 Airstrike in Sudanese city kills at least 22, officials say, amid fighting between rival generals - Associated Press
• 08 Jul, 2023 Tennessee ban on gender-affirming care for minors to go into effect for now - Politico
• 07 Jul, 2023 [Rodney Reed Is Denied a New Trial Despite Evidence of Innocence] - The Intercept
• 06 Jul, 2023 Corporate Windfall Profits Surge to $1 Trillion a Year… - Common Dreams
• 06 Jul, 2023 Nearly half of nation's tap water contains PFAS, a new study finds. Americans living in urban areas are most at risk. - USA Today
• 05 Jul, 2023 …Tuesday Was Hottest Day Ever, Breaking Record Set Just 24 Hours Earlier - Common Dreams
• 05 Jul, 2023 ‘Double agents’: [more than 1,500] fossil-fuel lobbyists work for US groups trying to fight climate crisis
• 05 Jul, 2023 68 people killed in crashes on California highways over Fourth of July weekend - KTLA
• 04 Jul, 2023 Eight hurt in Palestinian car-ramming, stabbing in Tel Aviv - Reuters
• 03 Jul, 2023 Israel launches most intense military operation in West Bank in years; at least 8 Palestinians [killed] - Associated Press
• 02 Jul, 2023 Los Angeles Hotel Workers Go on Strike - New York Times
• 30 Jun, 2023 [Supreme Court Strikes Down Student Loan Forgiveness In Case With Nonexistent Plaintiff] - The American Prospect
• 30 Jun, 2023 [Supreme Court Weakens LGBTQ+ Nondiscrimination Laws, Ruling on Hypothetical Case] - Slate
• 30 Jun, 2023 Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro is barred from running for office until 2030 - Associated Press
• 30 Jun, 2023 Florida moves forward on radioactive road paving plan as Gov. DeSantis signs new law - NPR
• 30 Jun, 2023 Revealed: Christian legal non-profit funds US anti-LGBTQ+ and anti-abortion organizations - The Guardian
• 29 Jun, 2023 'With Let-Them-Eat-Cake Obliviousness,' Supreme Court Ends Affirmative Action for Colleges - Common Dreams
• 29 Jun, 2023 Supreme Court backs Christian worker who wanted Sundays off in case that may have wide impact - USA Today
• 28 Jun, 2023 Hondurans Fight Private Cities Run by U.S. Companies as Gov’t Sued for Outlawing “Neocolonial Project” - Democracy Now!
• 28 Jun, 2023 Record-setting Texas heat sends hundreds of people to emergency rooms - The Guardian
• 28 Jun, 2023 Rising Seas Are Likely to Sow Havoc Much Sooner Than Predicted - Mother Jones
• 28 Jun, 2023 The childcare crisis is about to get worse with 3.2 million kids set to lose care this fall - Insider
• 27 Jun, 2023 [US South Undergoes Massive Heatwave, Made Five Times More Likely by Climate Change] - The Guardian
• 27 Jun, 2023 Artificial Intelligence Is Making The Housing Crisis Worse - The Lever
• 27 Jun, 2023 Guantánamo Bay detainees continue to face 'inhuman' treatment, U.N. investigator finds - NPR
• 27 Jun, 2023 Tropical Forest Loss Generated 2.7 Gigatonnes of Carbon Pollution in 2022 - Common Dreams
• 26 Jun, 2023 Samuel Alito’s Wife Leased Land to an Oil and Gas Firm While the Justice Fought the EPA - The Intercept
• 24 Jun, 2023 …3 police officers charged with murder; allegedly shot mother suffering mental health crisis - The Blaze
• 23 Jun, 2023 3M reaches $10.3 billion settlement over contamination of water systems with ‘forever chemicals’ - Associated Press
• 22 Jun, 2023 [Kentucky Politician Accepted Money] From Recovery Center He’s Investigating - The Daily Beast
• 22 Jun, 2023 [Over 1.5 Million People Have Lost Medicaid Coverage; Up To 24 Million Total Might Lose Coverage] - The Lever
• 22 Jun, 2023 A Titanic Disparity in How the World Responds to Maritime Disasters [(Hundreds Presumed Dead, Mostly Women and Children] - Democracy Now!
• 22 Jun, 2023 Google shows you ads for anti-abortion centers when you search for clinics near you - NPR
• 22 Jun, 2023 Inquiry after [8 year old] girl’s death reports unsafe medical care in U.S. border facilities - The Washington Post
• 22 Jun, 2023 Report Cites More Than 350 Anti-L.G.B.T.Q. Incidents Over 11 Months - New York Times
• 21 Jun, 2023 At least 35 people feared dead after dinghy sinks en route to Canary Islands - The Guardian
• 20 Jun, 2023 Climate change anxiety impacts parents’ decision to have more children: Survey - The Blaze
• 20 Jun, 2023 Himalayan Glaciers Could Lose 80% of Their Ice by 2100, Threatening Billions of Lives - Common Dreams
• 20 Jun, 2023 Justice Samuel Alito Took [Undisclosed] Luxury Fishing Vacation With GOP Billionaire Who Later Had Cases Before the Court - ProPublica
• 20 Jun, 2023 Trillions in Oil and Farm Subsidies Are Causing “Environmental Havoc” - Mother Jones
• 19 Jun, 2023 'India Is on the Front Lines of the Climate Crisis': 100+ Die Amid Scorching Heatwave - Common Dreams
• 18 Jun, 2023 1 dead, [at least] 20 shot during Juneteenth celebration in Chicago suburb: 'It was chaos' - The Blaze
• 18 Jun, 2023 At least 5 dead, more than 640,000 without power due to southern U.S. storms - One America News
• 18 Jun, 2023 Neo-Nazi accused of stockpiling weapons, plotting mass shooting at Michigan synagogue - New York Post
• 17 Jun, 2023 41 killed in rebel attack on Ugandan school - One America News
• 16 Jun, 2023 At least 4 dead, dozens injured after tornadoes rip through Texas and Florida - ABC News
• 16 Jun, 2023 The Caribbean island of Trinidad grapples with a ‘national crisis’ of violence [especially against women] - The Guardian
• 15 Jun, 2023 Cyclone Biparjoy: India, Pakistan evacuate more than 170,000 - BBC News
• 15 Jun, 2023 Demi Lovato admits she uses 'she/her' pronouns again because policing 'they/them' was 'absolutely exhausting' - The Blaze
• 15 Jun, 2023 Documents show how conservative doctors influenced abortion, trans rights - The Washington Post
• 15 Jun, 2023 Power companies quietly pushed $215m into US politics via dark money groups - The Guardian
• 15 Jun, 2023 Sudan conflict: West Darfur governor killed after genocide claim - BBC News
• 15 Jun, 2023 Sudan’s Healthcare on Brink Amid Fighting & Targeted Attacks on Medical Workers, Hospitals Worldwide - Democracy Now!
• 15 Jun, 2023 Texas Governor Signs “Death Star” Bill Stripping Power From Local Officials - The New Republic
• 15 Jun, 2023 The FBI Groomed a 16-Year-Old With “Brain Development Issues” to Become a Terrorist - The Intercept
• 14 Jun, 2023 J.D. Vance Helped Lobbyists Weaken His Rail Safety Bill - The Lever
• 14 Jun, 2023 Southern Baptists say no to women pastors, uphold expulsion of Saddleback megachurch - NPR
• 13 Jun, 2023 Trapped Under Trucks: How Regulators Failed to Act to Prevent Underride Crashes - ProPublica
• 12 Jun, 2023 […]Israel Plans West Bank Settlement Expansion - Common Dreams
• 12 Jun, 2023 JPMorgan agrees to settle Jeffrey Epstein victim class action lawsuit - Fox News
• 12 Jun, 2023 Why thousands of fish washed up on these Texas beaches - NPR
• 12 Jun, 2023 Young Montana residents bring climate change case to court for first time ever - The Guardian
• 09 Jun, 2023 Oil Lobby Pushed Pollution Loophole For Wildfire Smoke - The Lever
• 09 Jun, 2023 With debt debate finished, House GOP unveils new bills to cut taxes - The Washington Post
• 08 Jun, 2023 [Proud Boys and January 6th Rioters Show Up at Glendale Unified School District Protest] - The Daily Beast
• 08 Jun, 2023 Haitians are dying of thirst and starvation in severely overcrowded jails - Associated Press
• 07 Jun, 2023 “Forever Chemicals” Makers Hid Dangers for Decades - The Lever
• 06 Jun, 2023 Gun deaths hit their highest level ever in 2021, with 1 person dead every 11 minutes - NPR
• 06 Jun, 2023 US judge blocks Florida ban on trans minor care in narrow ruling, says ‘gender identity is real’ - Associated Press
• 05 Jun, 2023 [Over 600,000 People Kicked Off of Medicaid, Close to Half of Whom Are In Florida] - Common Dreams
• 05 Jun, 2023 3 deaths in Iowa building collapse: Lawsuits claim owners didn’t warn residents of deteriorating conditions - One America News
• 05 Jun, 2023 California insurance market rattled by withdrawal of major companies - Associated Press
• 05 Jun, 2023 Climate Crisis Is on Track to Push One-Third of Humanity Out of Its Most Livable Environment - ProPublica
• 04 Jun, 2023 Fighting escalates in Sudan's capital after ceasefire expires [with at least 40 people killed] - Reuters
• 03 Jun, 2023 Amazon and Google fund anti-abortion lawmakers through complex shell game - The Guardian
• 03 Jun, 2023 Trump-appointed judge rejects Tennessee’s anti-drag law as too broad, too vague - Associated Press
• 02 Jun, 2023 [Debt Ceiling Legislation Passes Congress, Expiditing Mountain Valley Pipeline Construction and Cutting SNAP] - Common Dreams
• 02 Jun, 2023 King James Bible pulled from multiple Utah schools 'due to vulgarity or violence' after petition called it 'sex-ridden' - The Blaze
• 02 Jun, 2023 More than 800m Amazon trees felled in six years to meet beef demand - The Guardian
• 02 Jun, 2023 Revealed: The secret push to bury a weedkiller’s link to Parkinson’s disease - The Guardian
• 02 Jun, 2023 US Life Expectancy Problem is ‘Bigger Than We Ever Thought,’ Report Finds - USA Today
• 01 Jun, 2023 ‘Quick Trial’: Trump Praises China For Executing Drug Dealers - The Daily Caller
• 01 Jun, 2023 Amazon to pay $31 million in privacy violation penalties for Alexa voice assistant and Ring camera - Associated Press
• 01 Jun, 2023 In blow to unions, Supreme Court rules company can pursue strike damage claim - NBC News
• 31 May, 2023 The Dark Money Behind Kansas’ Misleading Anti-Abortion Campaign - The Lever
• 30 May, 2023 Employee found dead in Arby's freezer pounded on door until her hands bled, died with her face frozen to the floor: Report - The Blaze
• 30 May, 2023 Sacklers Can Be Shielded From Opioid Liability, Appeals Court Rules - New York Times
• 30 May, 2023 Uganda enacts harsh anti-LGBTQ law including death penalty - Reuters
• 29 May, 2023 Biden-McCarthy Deal Hands Joe Manchin A Victory In Pipeline Permitting Battle - The Daily Caller
• 29 May, 2023 UN Agencies Warn 'Acute Food Insecurity' Likely to Worsen in 18 Hunger Hot Spots - Common Dreams
• 28 May, 2023 Experts warn of increased risk of US terror attacks by rightwing ‘lone wolf’ actors - The Guardian
• 26 May, 2023 [Medicare Advantage Made $20.5 Billion in 2022 by Wrongfully Denying Claims and Overcharging Government] - The Lever
• 26 May, 2023 Incarcerated people use TikTok videos to expose Alabama’s prison conditions - The Guardian
• 26 May, 2023 Iowa governor signs bill loosening child labor laws - ABC
• 26 May, 2023 Texas lawmakers issue 20 articles of impeachment against state Attorney General Ken Paxton - Associated Press
• 25 May, 2023 Jan. 6 Megadonor Helping Ohio GOP Preemptively Overturn Will of the Voters - The Intercept
• 25 May, 2023 Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes sentenced to 18 years for seditious conspiracy in Jan. 6 attack - Associated Press
• 25 May, 2023 Supreme Court cuts EPA's Clean Water Act protection for wetlands - ABC
• 25 May, 2023 US cities to pay record $80m to people injured in 2020 racial justice protests - The Guardian
• 24 May, 2023 ‘Worthless’: Chevron’s carbon offsets are mostly junk and some may harm, research says - The Guardian
• 24 May, 2023 11-year-old boy shot by police officer who responded to his 911 call for domestic violence: 'Why did he shoot me?' - The Blaze
• 24 May, 2023 Zero-bail policy reinstated in Los Angeles County - KTLA
• 23 May, 2023 CEO of biggest carbon credit certifier to resign after claims offsets worthless - The Guardian
• 23 May, 2023 Republicans Are Trying to Seize Control Over Voting in Texas’ Largest Democratic County - Mother Jones
• 22 May, 2023 Georgia inmate allegedly eaten alive by bugs died by homicide, autopsy reveals - New York Post
• 22 May, 2023 Global South Saw More Than 90% of All Extreme Weather Deaths in Last 51 Years: UN Agency - Common Dreams
• 21 May, 2023 Jeffrey Epstein Appeared to Threaten Bill Gates Over Microsoft Co-Founder’s Affair With Russian Bridge Player - The Wall Street Journal
• 21 May, 2023 NAACP advises against visiting Florida over ‘hostile’ DeSantis polices, gov slams move as ‘stunt’ - New York Post
• 19 May, 2023 FBI improperly used warrantless search powers more than 278,000 times in 2021, FISA court filing reveals - Fox News
• 17 May, 2023 Dozens of LASD deputies ordered to show suspected gang tattoos, reveal others who have them - Los Angeles Times
• 17 May, 2023 Montana becomes the first state to ban TikTok - The Guardian
• 17 May, 2023 World likely to breach 1.5C climate threshold by 2027, scientists warn - The Guardian
• 16 May, 2023 Erdogan Arrested and Expelled International Officials Observing Turkish Election - The Intercept
• 16 May, 2023 Eyes on the poor: Cameras, facial recognition watch over public housing - The Washington Post
• 16 May, 2023 North Carolina Republicans uphold abortion bill despite Democratic governor's veto - Fox News
• 15 May, 2023 Florida’s ban on DEI spending becomes official as DeSantis enacts college reforms - Politico
• 15 May, 2023 Staff Members Attacked With Bat at Congressman’s Virginia Office - New York Times
• 14 May, 2023 Feds Deem Black Community’s Waste System a Civil Rights Violation - Mother Jones
• 12 May, 2023 Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon falls 68% in April, first major drop under Lula - Reuters
• 12 May, 2023 Societal cost of ‘forever chemicals’ about $17.5tn across global economy – report - The Guardian
• 11 May, 2023 An EPA proposal to (almost) eliminate climate pollution from power plants - NPR
• 11 May, 2023 Trump campaign attack ad uses stock images from Ukraine to depict Americans suffering under Biden - New York Post
• 10 May, 2023 US Has Already Seen 7 Different Billion-Dollar Weather Disasters This Year: NOAA - Common Dreams
• 09 May, 2023 Billionaire Harlan Crow Also Bankrolled GOP Lawmakers Blocking SCOTUS Ethics Reform - Common Dreams
• 09 May, 2023 Israeli strikes on Gaza kill top militants and 10 civilians - BBC News
• 09 May, 2023 The 2020 census may have missed a big share of noncitizens, the bureau estimates - NPR
• 07 May, 2023 Far-right group behind abortion pill lawsuit spreading anti-trans junk science, leak finds - PinkNews
• 04 May, 2023 Clarence Thomas Had a Child in Private School. Harlan Crow Paid the Tuition. - ProPublica
• 04 May, 2023 Two 10-year-old kids found working at a Louisville McDonald’s until 2 a.m.—for no pay - Fortune
• 02 May, 2023 Activists Face Felonies for Distributing Flyers on “Cop City” Protester Killing - The Intercept
• 27 Apr, 2023 Chinese $58 billion railroad to connect with Pakistan and reduce reliance on West - One America News
• 27 Apr, 2023 Inside a private portal from GOP campaigns to local news sites - The Washington Post