Thursday, April 25, 2024

What just happened? $30 trillion to the richest white Americans since 2008

These fortunate takers profited mainly from the stock market, which has more than tripled in value since the end of 2008.

VA’s mental health care crisis draws private firms pitching dubious PTSD treatments

That combination has touched off a behind-the-scenes race by private companies, some offering questionable – or at least unproven – treatments for the signature injury of modern war: post-traumatic stress disorder.

Cost of living on the rise across US and child care costs reflect that

"As rents and child care costs march steadily higher, keeping up with these rising costs may be one of many factors keeping parents up at night."

Accessible public transportation and housing, a need for people with disabilities in major cities

“This holistic approach to actively identifying and incorporating the unique needs of individuals with disabilities helps ensure that everyone in our city is able to live vibrant, active lives.”

‘Massive victory for the whole internet’ as California passes nation’s strongest net neutrality bill

"AT&T and Comcast spent enormous amounts of money lobbying to kill SB 822. They almost succeeded more than once, but we fought back."
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Meet Crystal Mason, the black Texas mother facing 5+ years in prison for voting...

Crystal Mason cast a provisional ballot in the 2016 presidential election despite having a past felony conviction for tax fraud that prevented her from voting.

A nightmare of another time: 50 year anniversary of the end of the annual...

What happened for many years to gays on Fire Island seems like a nightmare of another time – and it was.

The growing myth of ‘white genocide’ in South Africa

Donald Trump’s lack of curiosity or basic knowledge of the world becomes most dangerous, exacerbating tensions in faraway places that he simply doesn’t understand and views through a prism created by right wing hacks (and his own long held racist views).

Goodbye to all that

A private investigator on living in a surveillance culture.

Why Native Americans struggle to protect their sacred places

While Congress created the American Indian Religious Freedom Act to provide “access to sacred sites,” it has been open to interpretation.