Some states’ departments of corrections are outsourcing to private companies their decision-making about who can and who cannot communicate with people in their prisons. These decisions cut families and loved ones off, sometimes permanently. The Washington State Department of Corrections (DOC) has said it does not maintain any records of who has been blocked from...
This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. Last week, environmental groups decried plans from the Environmental Protection Agency to rescind and “reconsider” drinking water limits for four per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, compounds linked to cancer and damage to the immune and endocrine systems, among other health...
There is a common admonition that often circulates on social media, especially among leftists, that goes something like: You don’t have to ask what you would’ve done during the Holocaust, or any other historical atrocity. You’re doing it right now. These words are valuable in that they encourage us to abandon fantasies of who we...
United Steelworkers President David McCall called the move “a disaster for American Steelworkers.” President Donald Trump on Friday signaled broad approval for Japanese steel giant Nippon’s bid to purchase U.S. Steel, a reversal of his campaign-trail opposition to the merger that came a day after the United Steelworkers union implored the president to uphold his...
Residents of northern Gaza began fleeing en masse on the morning of Saturday, May 17, as the Israeli military launched a wave of indiscriminate shelling and airstrikes on Beit Lahia and its surrounding areas. The bombardment marked the onset of Israel’s expanded ground invasion to “conquer” the Gaza Strip. That same night, as residents sensed...
Part of the Series The Road to Abolition “I don’t fuck with none of y’all cops,” rapped Julius Smith, aka Prince Jooveh, on the song “Hands Up.” “Eighty percent of y’all are cowards, y’all stay up in our business.” In one hand, he held a phone to hear the trap beat. In the other, he...
The reconciliation bill is a “redistribution of resources from struggling Americans to the Pentagon,” an expert said. The over $150 billion allocated for boosting militarization in the U.S. in Republicans’ reconciliation bill could, instead, be used to keep millions of people enrolled in Medicaid and food assistance programs, a new report finds. According to a...
The all-Republican commission abandoned a lawsuit accusing PepsiCo of providing Walmart with pricing advantages. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission on Thursday dismissed a price discrimination lawsuit against the drink and food giant PepsiCo, a move that former FTC Chair Lina Khan, who served under former President Joe Biden, called “disturbing behavior.” The lawsuit, filed only...
DHS said it targeted Harvard’s foreign students in a quest to “root out the evils of anti-Americanism.” A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s revocation of Harvard University’s ability to enroll foreign students, threatening the legal status of thousands of students, after the school sued to stop the ban. The administration’s ban is...
Project Esther isn’t just about Palestine. Crafted by the Heritage Foundation — the same far right organization behind Project 2025 — the playbook purports to provide a “national strategy to combat antisemitism.” First published and reported on last year, the document has seen new life in recent days following a New York Times investigation into...
Trump’s sweeping budget legislation has been described as the biggest Medicaid cut in U.S. history. House Republicans passed the bill early Thursday morning in a 215-214 vote. The legislation would trigger massive cuts to Medicare and Medicaid over the next 10 years, denying coverage to an estimated 7.6 million Americans, according to the Congressional Budget...
The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy said the cuts will barely boost the economy and mostly go to the rich. An analysis released Thursday by the nonpartisan Joint Committee on Taxation found that the tax cuts at the center of Republicans’ massive reconciliation package would do little to boost economic growth — and would...
Rep. Randy Fine said “the Palestinian cause” is “evil” in stunning remarks on Fox. A House Republican has called for Gaza to be “nuked” akin to the U.S. bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and said that “Palestinianism” is “evil” in genocidal remarks on Fox News following the shooting of two Israeli embassy workers on Wednesday....
The judge said the administration has made it clear it intends to gut the agency without approval from Congress. President Donald Trump’s sweeping deregulatory agenda was dealt a blow on Thursday when a federal judge issued a preliminary injunction to block Trump’s executive order to dismantle the Department of Education and ordered reinstatements of laid...
Dozens of non-Costa Rican nationals who were deported to Costa Rica by the Trump administration in February say they did not receive an asylum screening interview before being expelled, according to a report released by Human Rights Watch on Thursday. The report alleges that the U.S. government did not follow the “minimal, if deficient” protections...