Politics

Dollar stores replace grocery stores in low-income Black communities at alarming rates, one town is fighting the surge

Texas facing lawsuit over program that forces poor people to pay fees they can’t afford for traffic violations

Mexico City’s first female mayor will dissolve anti-protest police force

Violent protests against wealth inequality in France continue, but many capitalize on economic anxiety for nationalist ends

Police charge anti-fascist protesters who were stabbed at white nationalist rally but protect the neo-Nazis

New Muslim congresswoman Rashida Tlaib will lead a first congressional delegation to Israeli-occupied West Bank

Top Obama officials now caught up in lawsuit about Clinton Foundation’s improper practices

Ocasio-Cortez says all Americans should have healthcare like she gets as a congresswoman in latest call for Medicare for All

After shady elections process, a new comprehensive lawsuit seeks to change the Georgia’s elections system

Bassem Masri, a prominent live streamer of Ferguson uprising, latest area activist found dead

CNN fires Marc Lamont Hill for advocating for Palestinian freedom

I need white women to leave me, my body, and my vote alone from now on

Trump admin is sticking to their absurd story that their own frightening climate change report is wrong

Washington Post reports on how the Khashoggi killing was born out of a deadly royal family feud

Trans woman immigrant who died in ICE custody was abused, family says

Second inmate involved in Vaughn prison uprising is mysteriously “found” dead

Border Patrol fires tear gas, chases asylum seekers and closes the border to keep them out of the US

Liberals use “unity” to systematically silence women of color. It’s time to be divisive

Founder of notorious private military company Blackwater looking to extract minerals from war-torn Afghanistan

Stacey Abrams & Andrew Gillum officially withdraw from historic races shaped by voter suppression, racism

Trump’s new criminal justice reform bill has notable bipartisan support

Federal judge rules Georgia has to wait to certify state election, protesters calling to ‘count every vote’ arrested

Super-rich Californians are hiring their own private firefighters, and it’s causing problems

ICE and the DEA are paying for hidden streetlight cameras to be watch you all across the country

Brazil’s far-right President wants to mine the Amazon, but one Indigenous tribe is fighting him

Beleaguered Harris County judge releases juvenile offenders after losing election, highlighting problems with the system

Alyssa Milano demands Women’s March leaders condemn Farrakhan—or step down

Trump fires Jeff Sessions as attorney general over Mueller investigations a day after midterms

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu endorses death penalty bill designed specifically for Palestinians

Party of Trump tightens control of the Senate, the House becomes Democratic again, and progressives clench notable wins

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