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House Begins Investigations, Debt Limit Fight Heats Up – Conservative Partnership Institute

House Begins Investigations, Debt Limit Fight Heats Up – Conservative Partnership Institute

Good afternoon from Capitol Hill, As the Republican House majority settles into committee assignments, the investigations into the Biden administration are beginning in earnest. House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) announced today that he will have the first hearing on Biden family “influence peddling” next week. House Judiciary led by Chairman Jim...

The Fight for a Living Wage

September 28, 2015 Puffin is proud to present a special event:  The New New York Activists: Living City, Living WageThursday, October 1 at 6:30 pm at the Museum of the City of New York. New York’s economic dynamism has long been a hallmark of the city; for centuries, jobs, and opportunity have attracted people to New York from across the nation and around the globe...

Red flag laws to fight mass shootings? Fine for an ideal world, but we don’t live in one. – Conservative Partnership Institute

Red flag laws to fight mass shootings? Fine for an ideal world, but we don’t live in one. – Conservative Partnership Institute

Abuse of power is inevitable if the government can confiscate firearms from citizens who aren’t charged with crimes or diagnosed with mental illness. Politicians like to talk about solving problems. But, as we all know, actually solving Americans’ problems from Washington is very hard. So, while politicians would like to solve problems, usually they are content to...

The EU and US dip into a carbon trade fight

The EU and US dip into a carbon trade fight

The European Union rolled out a plan this week to impose “climate tariffs” against countries that lack aggressive emissions-reduction policies, potentially presaging a trade conflict that could complicate the fight against global warming. Not to be outdone, Senate Democrats as part of a sprawling $3.5 trillion infrastructure and climate spending plan this...

Megan Thee Stallion and the fight for justice for survivors – Scalawag

This essay is a part of pop justice, Scalawag’s newsletter exploring the intersection of popular culture and justice—namely through abolition. Sign up here. On December 23, 2022, social media was set ablaze after a Los Angeles jury found recording artist Tory Lanez guilty of three charges related to the 2020 shooting of hip-hop star Megan Thee Stallion...

Texas’ oldest Black university was built on a former plantation. Its students still fight a legacy of voter suppression. – Scalawag

This coverage is made possible by Votebeat, a nonpartisan reporting project covering local election integrity and voting access. The article is available for reprint under the terms of Votebeat’s republishing policy. Out in a rural stretch of Texas northwest of Houston, Waller County was born of plantations, cotton fields and slavery. More than a century ago...