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Power to the people: It’s time to take on the modern monopoly  

excessive corporate dominance also allows businesses to tamp down the price of labor (a.k.a., wages), limit people’s job opportunities, and otherwise depress working conditions without consequence. 

Jimmy Carter condition: ‘No change,’ says his grandson

Jason Carter says his 99-year-old grandfather is “experiencing the world as best he can as he continues through this process.”

These are the best, worst states for LGBTQ equality, report finds

As the LGBTQ community celebrates Pride month this June, they also reflect on a year filled with legal battles and growing restrictions on their rights, particularly those of transgender youth.

Frost lauds White House for positive jobs report: ‘The president is really landing this’

Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-Fla.) praised the White House for a positive jobs report released Friday, saying, "The president is really landing this." The U.S. added more than 270,000 jobs in May, blowing well past the expected 185,000, according to data from the Department of Labor. The findings, however, also showed that the unemployment rate ticked...

Can democracy survive the ‘defenders of democracy’? 

For half of the country, Biden and the Democrats seem like the existential threat to democracy.

FDA approves first RSV vaccine for use in at-risk adults over 50

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved an expansion of a respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine for use in at-risk adults over the age of 50. GSK, the vaccine's maker, announced the approval Friday, making it the first vaccine rubber-stamped for adults ages 50-59 to protect against the virus.  “Today's approval reflects the importance...

Give Congress the data it needs for stronger lawmaking and oversight

Addressing issues related to information access for congressional support agencies now will help save Congress from future headaches.  

Howard University to cut ties with Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs over his ‘behavior’

Howard University said Friday that it would be cutting ties with artist Sean “Diddy” Combs over his “behavior” as he faces multiple sexual assault allegations. The Howard University Board of Trustees voted unanimously to remove Combs, an honorary degree recipient, from official university documents. “The Howard University Board of Trustees voted unanimously today to accept...

Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg agrees to testify in House GOP probe, but not on their timetable

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's office said the DA is willing to testify to House lawmakers on his prosecution of former President Trump, but not when they want.

Biden wins Guam Democratic caucuses as 2024 presidential primary season wraps up

President Biden has won the Democratic presidential caucuses in Guam, according to the Associated Press, based on party results from the U.S. territory in the western Pacific Ocean.

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