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New Video: Groundwork’s Rakeen Mabud Explains How the Federal Reserve May be Worsening the Housing Crisis
Monday April 29, 2024Today, Groundwork Collaborative released a new video featuring Chief Economist Dr. Rakeen Mabud, who explains how the Federal Reserve’s refusal to lower interest rates is keeping housing costs high and making it more costly and more difficult for people to ...Win Without War Condemns Militarized Response to Protests
Friday April 26, 2024Win Without War Executive Director Sara Haghdoosti released the following statement responding to scenes of police violence at university protests:“The use of state violence against peaceful protestors is unacceptable. Police batons deployed against students calling for peace in Gaza are ...Major Brazilian Mobilization Demands Indigenous Land Rights in the Face of Mounting Threats
Thursday April 25, 2024Thousands of Indigenous leaders and representatives and their allies converged on Brazil’s capital this week for the 20th Free Land Camp (Acampamento Terra Livre – ATL), a major annual mobilization to advance the struggle for Indigenous rights to land demarcation ...In Historic Vote, the FCC Reasserts Its Authority to Protect the Open Internet and Safeguard Online Users
Thursday April 25, 2024On Thursday, in a 3–2 vote, the Federal Communications Commission voted to restore Net Neutrality protections and reclassify high-speed-internet access services as telecom services subject to Title II of the Communications Act. The decision is a major victory for ...FCC Votes to Restore Net Neutrality
Thursday April 25, 2024Today, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted to restore Net Neutrality. The move restores the FCC’s authority under Title II of the Communications Act to oversee broadband providers and enforce the open-internet protections. The Open Internet Order was repealed during ...Supreme Court to Determine Whether Politicians Can Deny Emergency Medical Care to Pregnant People
Wednesday April 24, 2024The Supreme Court will hear oral argument later today in Idaho and Moyle, et al. v. United States, a case brought by extreme politicians seeking to disregard a federal statute — the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) — ...A Federal TikTok Ban Is a 'Misguided Detour' from Doing What’s Needed to Protect People’s Privacy and Safeguard National Security
Wednesday April 24, 2024On Tuesday, the Senate passed a bill that would force TikTok’s Chinese owner, ByteDance, to divest its holdings of the popular social-media site or face an effective ban in the United States. The White House has indicated that President Biden ...Making Clorox Great Again: Sounds Interesting, Right?
Wednesday April 24, 2024Happy Disinfectant Injection Day to those survivors who four years ago ignored the "stratospherically insane" advice, even for him, of a demented buffoon babbling hokum in the face of a pandemic he couldn't spin his way out of - which, ...First They Came For My Appliances: We Are Here For the Refrigerator Freedom Act
Sunday April 14, 2024Okay all you naysayers whining shambolic House GOPers aren't doing their job just 'cause they're blocking border solutions, ignoring infrastructure, enabling Ukrainian deaths and barely keeping the government afloat: Listen up. Boldly showcasing their astute priorities, they will fight ...