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Thursday, April 3, 2025

Mahmoud Khalil’s Attorney: “This Is the McCarthy Era All Over Again”

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 By Majorie Cohn, TruthOut A federal judge in New Jersey will soon issue a ruling on where the deportation case of Mahmoud Khalil, a Palesti...

House rejects GOP amendments, gives final approval to bill creating Reparations Commission

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 By William J. Ford  Maryland would become fourth state with a commission; it would study ‘appropriate benefits’ for those affected by ‘hist...
Friday, March 28, 2025

Measure that amends Florida’s compensation law for the wrongfully incarcerated passes Senate

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 By Mitch Perry A bill that would make it much easier for individuals wrongfully incarcerated to receive compensation has cleared the Florid...

Basic Reforms to New York’s Legal Code Are At Risk as Democrats Lurch Rightward

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 By Schuyler Mitchell A push to claw back a process-oriented change in New York’s criminal legal code shows just how readily Democrats will ...
Thursday, March 27, 2025

Here Are the Texted War Plans That Hegseth Said 'Nobody Was Texting' on Signal

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 By Jon Queally In response to U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth claiming on live television earlier this week that "nobody was te...
Wednesday, March 26, 2025

“I will wear my persona non grata as a badge of dignity”, said South African ambassador expelled by the US

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 By Pavin Kulkarni “ We must enter into trade negotiations with the USA because our economy and our people need them. But we must never trad...
Tuesday, March 25, 2025

Trump’s school choice push adds to momentum in statehouses

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 By Robbie Sequeira Federal moves might provide additional money for universal vouchers and scholarships. More than a dozen states in the pa...

Youngkin vetoes minimum wage hike, prescription affordability board bills

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By Charlotte Rene Woods and Nathaniel Cline Monday was Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s deadline to take action on the roughly 900 bills that Virginia’...
Friday, March 21, 2025

Mahmoud Khalil still detained in notorious Louisiana detention center as case is moved to New Jersey

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By Bobbi-Jean Misick  After former Columbia University student and permanent U.S. resident Mahmoud Khalil was detained by federal immigratio...
Sunday, March 16, 2025

THEY DESERVE A SECOND LOOK

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 words by charles  brooks UPDATE as of 3/16/25 : The bill was ultimately advanced in the House for a final vote, which is expected to occur ...