Tropical Storm Hilary’s Flood Risk Is “Genuinely Alarming”
For the first time in more than 80 years, Southern California is under a tropical storm watch as Hurricane Hilary heads towards the region. The storm will head north along Baja California, and is...
View ArticleWhen Talented Artists Are Accused of Terrible Things
Michael Jackson’s alleged sexual misconduct is making headlines once again. On Friday, a California appeals court ruled that lawsuits from accusers Wade Robson and James Safechuck against two...
View ArticleA Growing Chorus of Conservative Legal Scholars Say Trump Should Be Barred...
Donald Trump now faces two indictments and 17 charges related to his role in attempting to overturn the results of the 2020 election, and in both cases, prosecutors are aiming to try the former...
View ArticleThe Pandemic Pause on Student Loans Has Come to an End. Can Biden’s New Plan...
After more than three years, millions of Americans will be getting bills this month from the Department of Education as federal student loan repayments restart. Repayments were paused in March 2020 as...
View Article75,000 Kaiser Permanente Health Care Workers Are Ready to Strike This Week
In just three days, the Kaiser Permanente union coalition could begin what they say will be the largest strike of health care workers in US history. On September 22, the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente...
View ArticleMillions of People Could Live Thanks to New Access to Tuberculosis Medication
Johnson & Johnson announced on Friday that the company will not enforce patents for the lifesaving tuberculosis treatment bedaquiline in 134 low- and middle-income countries globally. Bedaquiline,...
View ArticleNew York’s Adult Survivors Act Has Expired
After one year, with more than 2,500 lawsuits filed, New York’s Adult Survivors Act expired Friday. The act lifted the statute of limitations for civil claims by adult sexual assault survivors,...
View ArticleOn Black Friday, Unions Are Striking For a Better Deal
Retail workers are walking out during the busiest shopping day of the year, Black Friday, leveraging a weekend of huge profits for retailers to demand better pay and working conditions. Amazon...
View ArticleMike Johnson Is Still Against Single-Party Impeachments. Unless He’s Leading...
House Speaker Mike Johnson believes in facts. “Facts are stubborn things, and they do not change,” he said this Sunday on Meet the Press. Neither does his stance on single-party impeachment, he would...
View ArticleAre We All Just Completely OK With a Nikki Haley Presidency Now?
Presidential hopeful Nikki Haley, who in the latest polls trails Donald Trump by double digits, got a bizarre helping hand from SNL on Saturday night, when she appeared as a special surprise guest...
View ArticleDonald Trump Stoops to Lowest Low Yet With Violent Post of Biden
Donald Trump’s attacks on President Joe Biden have become familiar, but on Friday they reached a new level of terrifying. The former president posted a video on his Truth Social platform featuring a...
View ArticleEaster Falls on Trans Day of Visibility This Year. The Right Blames Biden.
Across social media, right-wing posters are complaining that President Joe Biden has usurped Easter. “Joe Biden just proclaimed that ‘Transgender Visibility Day’ is on Sunday,” once-presidential...
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