Tag: Supreme Court
‘This is my home:’ Meet the lead plaintiff in the Supreme...
The Obama-era program has granted protection from deportation and a work permit to at least 700,000 undocumented people who were brought to the United States as children.
While Supreme Court waffles, cities stand up for LGBT workers’ rights
On Tuesday, October 8, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in what has been dubbed “the LGBT employment cases,” where two gay...
Should the Supreme Court be reformed?
In recent years the legitimacy of the Supreme Court has come under question as Donald Trump, Mitch McConnell, and Senate Republicans have...
Don’t leave equality to the Supreme Court
In 29 states, trans people can legally be denied jobs and housing because of who we are. Congress should act.
Don’t leave equality to the Supreme Court
Are you a woman? Imagine if you were fired for wearing a skirt to work.
Are you a man?...
Divided Supreme Court hears landmark LGBTQ workplace discrimination case
The Supreme Court is expected to hand down its decision in the three cases by early next summer.
Justice Sotomayor slams the Supreme Court’s ‘new normal’ under Trump
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court allowed Trump’s “third-country” asylum rule to go into effect. It’s the administration’s toughest barrier to asylum-seekers yet, and a...
Supreme Court hands GOP big victory on gerrymandering, ensuring “massive election...
The ruling that federal courts can’t resolve claims of partisan gerrymandering is “almost guaranteed to facilitate massive election rigging in the future.”
The Supreme Court nixes corporate contributions for the 2020 campaign
The justices refused to consider a challenge to a longstanding ban on corporate donations to political campaigns.
More Americans are suing over gerrymandered state maps – but the...
The public is more aware of partisan gerrymandering than ever – and less supportive of it.
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Popular sugar substitute erythritol damages blood-brain barrier, elevating stroke risk
A new study shows how erythritol, a zero-calorie sugar alternative, directly damages human cells that comprise the blood-brain barrier.
House progressives demand answers over alleged abuse in US-Ecuador military operation
Lawmakers are demanding the Pentagon explain the legal basis for joint US-Ecuador operations after reports alleged civilian sites were bombed and detainees were tortured.
From ICE to Iran, veterans are challenging US militarism
Antiwar veterans are leveraging their unique credibility to oppose the war in Iran, stop ICE and support active duty resisters.
Amazon deforestation falls to eight-year low as scientists warn gains remain fragile
Researchers credit stronger enforcement and environmental protections in Brazil while warning that fires, illegal logging, and political threats continue to endanger the rainforest.
The fuel to my revolutionary optimism
As distant as it may seem, I am only two generations removed from the 1948 Catastrophe of Palestine, where over 750,000 Palestinians were displaced from their land, and thousands were massacred.