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Do guaranteed income programs live up to all the hype? Oakland is looking to find out. The city’s mayor, Libby Schaaf, took to Twitter on Tuesday to announce the launch of “Oakland Resilient Families”—a pilot program that will provide $500 a month in guaranteed income to 600 families. Schaaf said the experiment will span 18 months and benefit Black, Indigenous, and other people of […]
On Tuesday, Michelle Obama and other co-chairs of the When We All Vote organization dropped an open letter urging Americans to put their support behind the For the People Act. At the moment, 43 states across the country are considering an estimated 253 proposals that could dramatically limit voting rights and access to millions of […]
While the push for an ever-expanding approach to modern space exploration has arguably been kept in the mainstream in recent years thanks in large part to Elon Musk’s SpaceX projects, many have remained skeptical of Musk—also known for Tesla, The Boring Company, Neuralink, and his support of bitcoin—due to capitalism’s proven societal shortcomings. Over the weekend, […]
Results of a late-stage study on AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine were announced on Monday, adding another boost of optimism to the pandemic era that’s kept us all on pause for more than a year now. The vaccine in question is named AZD1222 and was co-invented by the University of Oxford and its company, Vaccitech. Per a phase […]
Joshua Seguine, 40, of LaGrangeville, N.Y., has pleaded guilty to illegal possession of seven sandbar sharks with an intent to sell, New York Times reports. The ruling comes after those sharks were found in a 16-foot aboveground pool in his basement during a search of his residence in 2017. The charge also stems from the discovery of the […]
The U.S. House of Representatives has voted to approve legislation that would provide a path to citizenship for millions of young immigrants. CNN reports H.R. 6, the American Dream and Promise Act of 2021, was passed Thursday by a vote of 228 to 197, with all House Democrats and nine Republicans voting in favor of the […]
As we’re now more than a year into the monotonous gloom of the pandemic era, a question that’s tossed around with varying levels of understanding is “When can we hurl ourselves back into a full-blown normal life?” During an appearance on Late Night With Seth Meyers on Wednesday, Dr. Anthony Fauci—President Biden’s chief medical advisor—was […]
A new report sees multiple U.S. intelligence agencies concluding that domestic violent extremists pose an “elevated threat” to the country in 2021. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), the Department of Justice (DOJ), and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released an unclassified summary of their joint comprehensive threat assessment on domestic […]
The distribution of white supremacist propaganda surged across the U.S. last year, as shown in a new annual report from the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). “Hate propaganda is a tried-and-true tactic for white supremacists, and this on the ground activity is now higher than we’ve ever previously recorded,” Jonathan A. Greenblatt, CEO of ADL, said in […]
Debt collectors may be coming for your $1,400 stimulus check. As pointed out by CNN, the third round of relief payments cannot be garnished to pay outstanding government debts, such as back taxes or federal student loans; however, a loophole in the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan allows garnishments for a number of private debts, including unpaid credit card bills […]
