Tag: Kentucky
Andy Beshear Set Out to Make Drug Treatment Widely Available in...
In 2020 as Kentucky faced a spike of deadly overdoses, Gov. Andy Beshear set out to help more people access drug treatment by loosening Medicaid spending controls. But as the costs piled up, so did the warnings that the system was being abused.
Pregnant woman in labor cited under Kentucky anti-homelessness law
Pregnant homeless woman in labor ticketed under Kentucky’s anti-camping law, sparking national outrage over the criminalization of homelessness.
Kentucky unleashes fury with bill to legalize deadly force against unhoused
A controversial bill in Kentucky aims to criminalize homelessness and expand 'Stand Your Ground' laws, sparking widespread criticism for its approach to a growing social issue.
Kentucky ‘now a forced-birth state’ after judge reinstates abortion bans
"We must codify the right to abortion in Congress," said Rep. Pramila Jayapal. "Pregnant people deserve to make their own healthcare decisions."
Federal judge temporarily blocks Kentucky’s abortion ban
U.S. District Judge Rebecca Grady Jennings explained that she needed more information "to specifically determine which individual provisions and subsections are capable of compliance."
Poor People’s Campaign marches on Washington to ‘blunt the political effects...
West Virginia and Kentucky activists vow to continue pressing Manchin and McConnell on democracy and economic reforms.
Kentucky constable charged with attempted murder of FBI agent
If convicted, he faces up to life in prison and a maximum fine of $1.25 million.
3 states pass anti-pipeline protest bills in two weeks
"While we are all paying attention to COVID-19 and the congressional stimulus packages, state legislatures are quietly passing fossil-fuel-backed anti-protest laws."
First city in Kentucky passes resolution to be 100 percent renewable...
"My hope is that Louisville’s accomplishment will become a model for cities throughout Kentucky and an impetus for changes in state policy..."
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Chris Hedges and Albert Raboteau on ‘American Prophets’ importance in an age of radical...
Watch the two thinkers talk about Raboteau’s book, which discusses the work of religious figures such as Dorothy Day, Thomas Merton and Martin Luther King, Jr.
Justice Department drops multiple corporate crime investigations
A reported decision to abandon several major corporate crime cases has raised concerns that the federal government is easing pressure on corporate misconduct.
The Mexicanization of the United States
The destruction caused by neoliberalism is global. The patterns of economic, social, cultural and political assault that Mexico has suffered are afflicting countries from Greece to the United States. Only a worldwide anti-capitalist resistance movement will save us.
The dark and sinister ideology driving Elon Musk’s actions
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