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Robert Reich Backs Nina Turner, 'Who Will Fight for Working People'

Elon Musk slammed for Tweeting that Wellbutrin antidepressant be taken off the market

Millions of bees that were transported on a Delta flight died in extreme heat

Wells Fargo Bank sued for race discrimination

Judge denies Trump’s request to end contempt order and $10,000-a-day fine

‘Hurtful and insulting’: Florida teachers react to the ‘don’t say gay’ bill

California's (covid) budget surplus has exploded to $68B

Mom of Black Man Killed by Houston Cop Speaks Out

Nina Turner Is Back for a Bitter Rematch Against Shontel Brown and ‘Evil Money’

Kansas judge rejects congressional map

Biden seeks over $30B in Ukraine assistance from Congress

Algeria threatens to scrap gas contract with Spain amid tensions with Morocco

Build Back Better Dies … Again

Democratic Senator Manchin Outed as Stealth Republican

For Weary Workers, Video Backdrops Are Becoming Too Close and Personal

Microsoft blows the whistle on Russian cyberattacks

They Flooded Their Own Village, and Kept the Russians at Bay

Experts warn about rising extremism in gaming

‘Pattern’ of gig worker murders reveals safety gaps

Central African Republic adopts bitcoin as legal currency

‘I lost everything’: Somaliland market fire upturns life, economy

French Drains: Are They Worth It?

Coca-Cola Turns to Refillable Glass Bottles in Fight Against Inflation

Jeff Bezos questions China’s influence over Elon Musk’s Twitter

Marjorie Taylor Greene texted Trump chief of staff urging martial law to overturn election

EU warns Musk over digital rules after Twitter deal

Harvard sets up $100 million fund to tackle its historic ties to slavery

Russia expels 40 German diplomats

EU leaders congratulate French president Macron in sigh of relief

Police teargas Paris protestors after Macron re-elected

Trump to be fined $10,000 a day after New York judge finds him in contempt

Elon Musk wants to own Twitter to protect his ‘freedom’, not everyone else’s

Man who set himself on fire in front of Supreme Court has died

Bannon is helping a Vermont crypto bro get elected to the Senate

DeSantis signs new congressional map into law as groups sue over redistricting

EU agrees on new legislation to tame internet 'Wild West'

Madison Cawthorn photos reveal him wearing women’s lingerie in public setting

3M’s Selective Deafness

Fight Erupts in Iowa Over Carbon Capture Pipelines

Marjorie Taylor Greene appears in court over attempt to bar her from Congress

Charlie Crist defends Disney, says DeSantis wants to be ‘king of Florida’

Jeff Bezos is worth $160bn – yet Congress might bail out his space company

Arab League urges Israel to stop Jewish prayers at Al-Aqsa Mosque

Biden announces another $800m in military aid for Ukraine

Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s art collection and personal items up for auction

Unions Say Amazon Should Return New York Taxpayer Money Over Anti-Worker Conduct

Education Dept estimates 40K borrowers to receive ‘immediate’ loan forgiveness

Text message trove shows Oath Keepers discussing security details for Trump associates

Three sailors from USS George Washington found dead in one week

Russia has deployed up to 20,000 mercenaries in bid to take Ukraine’s Donbas region

Sweden riots over Quran burning: What is happening?

Disney Didn’t Leave the GOP Behind — Culture Did

Two teens killed in Pittsburgh in most recent US mass shooting

Elon Musk’s Twitter Bid and the Dangers of Billionaire Vanity

Corporate America’s Long Con

Colin Kaepernick says he has ‘unfinished business’ in NFL

Russia: Putin says Western sanctions have failed

Subway Shooting Highlights NYC and Nation’s Failure to Address Growing Mental Health Crisis

Tutoring companies boom

Twitter adopts ‘poison pill’ plan to shield itself from Elon Musk takeover

US Weapon Makers Reap “Bonanza” from Ukraine War

Majority-Black city gets $150m to fix sewage crisis from New York state

Algerian in Belgium with ‘no papers’ battles to claim lotto win

Family of Patrick Lyoya say police killed their son in an ‘execution’

Israeli forces raid Al-Aqsa Mosque, over 150 Palestinians injured

Frank James, suspect arrested in the Brooklyn subway shooting

Florida father accused of killing entire family cries on stand as he blames his wife

GOP hopeful sold tear gas used on Black Lives Matter protesters

How reality TV ‘experiments’ wreck lives

Nearly half of young adults struggled with mental health during pandemic

Another unarmed Black Man Killed by Michigan Cop

Under Israeli surveillance: Living in dystopia, in Palestine

Elon Musk offers to buy Twitter for $43B

Home Depot founder: Biden ‘worse than Jimmy Carter’

Muslim Women and the Politics of the Headscarf

Israeli forces kill Palestinian human rights lawyer in West Bank

NYPD officially names Frank James a suspect in Brooklyn shooting

Southwest Airlines pilots report sharp rise in fatigue

Nearly half of young adults struggled with mental health during pandemic

South Dakota attorney general impeached over fatal crash

LA mayor’s race turns into a tossup

Florida teen killed as boys took turn shooting with body armor on

Thousands of Etsy sellers to strike over rising transaction fees

California utility PG&E to pay $55 million over 2 massive wildfires

Disney gave $190K to support Florida Republicans as lawmakers met

People in homes with handguns more likely to be killed

Woman who falsely accused Black teen of stealing her phone pleads guilty to hate crime

Oklahoma governor signs bill to make nearly all abortions illegal

Dozens killed in South Africa floods and mudslides following rainstorms

Dollar Store Discounts Packed With Toxic Chemicals

Gunman shoots 10 in New York subway after setting off smoke bomb; manhunt underway

Disney gave $190K to support Florida Republicans as lawmakers met

New York's lieutenant governor indicted in federal bribery case

At least 5 people shot at New York subway station

Justice: Ketanji Brown Jackson Makes “Herstory” as First Black Woman Confirmed to Supreme Court

Marjorie Taylor Greene: judge mulls move to bar Republican from Congress

Sweden and Finland make moves to join Nato

Macron, Le Pen qualify for second round of French presidential election

Elon Musk: A Tyranical Oligharch in the Making?

Wine-washing the Israeli occupation

Twitter says it’s ‘experimenting with Unmentioning’

South Carolina schedules first execution after transition to firing squads

D.C. Dems get out of frontrunner Fetterman's way in Pennsylvania

N.J. mayor apologizes, acknowledges using racial slurs

UN suspends Russia from rights council

Ketanji Brown Jackson confirmed as first Black woman on Supreme Court

Gov. Whitmer sues over abortion law as governors prepare for state policy free-for-all

German police raid neo-Nazi cells across country

El Salvador press cries censorship as anti-gang law targets media

Teen gorilla’s exposure to phones is behind anti-social behavior

Union win sparks a movement at other Amazon warehouses

At least 5 gunmen involved in Sacramento shooting

South Africa: Kwa-Zulu Natal community fights coal mine expansion

West Virginia says J&J, drugmakers caused ‘tsunami’ of addiction

Book ban efforts hit highest level in at least 20 years

Teens stopped by police more likely to disengage from school, study shows

'We will be forced to steal': Taliban bans poppy cultivation

Elon Musk buys 9 percent stake in Twitter to become largest shareholder

President Biden calls Rupert Murdoch ‘most dangerous man in the world’

House Passes Bill to Decriminalize Marijuana, Expunge Convictions

Sanders to Hold Hearing on 'How Corporate Greed and Profiteering Are Fueling Inflation'

Chris Hedges Responds to YouTube Deleting His 6-Year Archive of RT America

Charlie Crist’s Risky Strategy to Dethrone Ron DeSantis

Go Bags for the Gig economy and a Destabalised World

Hong Kong faces brain drain as talent flees ‘zero COVID’ controls

Amazon workers in New York make history by voting to form union

China accused of launching cyber-attacks on Ukraine before Russian invasion