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An amended version of Sen. Bernie Sanders’ (I-VT) 2021 minimum wage bill that didn’t pass is being pushed once more, hoping to make it this time. If it does, the country will raise working wages to $17 an hour. In 2021, 8 Senate Democrats voted along with every house Republican to shoot down Sanders’ proposal—originally […]
A veteran GOP attorney has devised a plan to give her party an edge in the 2024 election: make the voting process much more difficult. Longtime legal strategist Cleta Mitchell outlined the scheme Saturday during the Republican National Committee donor retreat in Nashville, where she presented a 50-slide PowerPoint titled, “A Level Playing Field for 2024.” The Washington Post obtained audio from the […]
Joe Rogan unsurprisingly voiced his support for the Republican party in the upcoming midterms during a recent episode of his podcast. Rogan, who pushed back against claims of being a “secret conservative” last month, pointed the finger at Democrats for their response to the COVID-19 pandemic. “I hope there’s lessons learned in this because this is […]
Pro-choice advocates have secured a crucial victory. According to the Associated Press, Kansas residents flocked to the ballot box Tuesday to protect abortion access in the state. About 59 percent of voters rejected a proposed amendment that would’ve reversed a 2019 Kansas Supreme Court ruling that determined Kansans have the right to terminate a pregnancy. The […]
Bruce’s Beach will be returned to its rightful owners. The seaside property, located in Manhattan Beach, California, was previously owned by Willa and Charles Bruce—a Black couple who purchased the beach for $1,225 in 1912. The family would turn the land into a full-fledged resort for Black residents during a time when many beaches were racially segregated. They offered […]
FINA, the international governing body for swimming, voted Sunday to restrict the participation of trans women in elite women’s races, ESPN reports. The new policy will require transgender athletes to have completed their transition by the age of 12 in order to compete in women’s competitions. “This is not saying that people are encouraged to transition by […]
Nearly two years after Kanye West’s failed presidential bid, Ye’s 2020 committee claims they fell victim to a fraud scheme that resulted in thousands of dollars being stolen from the campaign’s bank account. TMZ reports West’s campaign committee filed a letter with the Federal Election Commission on Tuesday, alleging that someone with access to the committee’s bank […]
Donald Trump, who has repeatedly claimed that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from him, actually acknowledged that he lost to Joe Biden. The concession came in a video published by The Atlantic this week, with the footage dating to last July. “I didn’t win the election,” Trump said when speaking to a group of […]
Mitch McConnell did some damage control after receiving backlash over his comments on Black voters. The Republican Senate leader sparked outrage Wednesday, when he was pressed about a sweeping election bill that he and other GOP members are working to defeat. A reporter specifically asked McConnell to address the growing concerns about racial minorities, who believe their […]
Ahead of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, family members of the civil rights activist organized a rally in Arizona in support of federal voting rights legislation. MLK’s eldest son, Martin Luther King III, was joined by his wife Arndrea Waters King and their 13-year-old daughter for an on-the-ground campaign for voting rights, rallying local activists and supporters […]
