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An apology, Senator!
Shouldn’t everyone get one? Nino Amato wants an apology. So do Betty Mitchell Banks, a children’s TV producer; Richard Harris, author of Growing up Black in S. Madison; and M. Kinney James, Madison’s first black woman police officer. The last three want mea culpas, on behalf of black people uprooted from Madison’s old Greenbush neighborhood. […] Source link davidblaska.comRead More
Ken Paxton’s Own Defense Lawyer Denounces Him, Announces Support For Talarico
Ken Paxton is already having a bad week. The prominent lawyer who (successfully – dammit!) defended him in his impeachment trial has quite publicly denounced him. AND announced support for Paxton’s Democratic opponent James Talarico. AND started donating to Talarico’s campaign! Yes, I’d call that a pretty bad start to the week. Still, everything I […] The post Ken Paxton’s…Read More
Trump's attendance at the Knicks' historic NBA championship game faces mounting criticism
The New York Knicks return to Madison Square Garden Monday night, riding a historic 13-game playoff win streak with two wins from the NBA championship, but amid the excitement, President Donald Trump’s attendance at Game 3 forced the cancellation of watch parties across New York City. MS NOW’s “Morning Joe” panelists questioned whether Trump’s attendance at the Knicks’ first championship…Read More
Trump Administration Killed Criminal Investigation of GOP Senator’s Coal Companies
Trump administration officials earlier this year killed a federal criminal investigation into the coal empire owned by Sen. Jim Justice, a Republican from West Virginia and a close ally of the president’s. The investigation examined potential criminal violations of the Clean Water Act by the multistate mining operations largely run by Justice’s son, Jay, according to current and former officials…Read More
What does the state owe the dead?
Matthew Gault, writing for 404media:Almost 30 years ago a farming family deeded land to the City of Taylor, Texas, on the condition the city use it for a public park…Now the land that was supposed to belong to the community will become a 135,000 square foot data center.The story Gault tells here is practically tailor made to elicit the sympathy…Read More
Sand picks western Iowa cattleman Dave Muhlbauer as running mate
Douglas Burns is a fourth-generation Iowa journalist. He is the co-founder of the Western Iowa Journalism Foundation and a member of the Iowa Writers’ Collaborative, where this article first appeared on The Iowa Mercury newsletter. His family operated the Carroll Times Herald for 93 years in Carroll, Iowa where Burns resides. Democratic candidate for governor Rob Sand has selected Crawford…Read More
Organizing 101: How to Have a One-on-One Organizing Conversation
This is part of a larger series “Organizing 101: Outrage to Organizing” One-on-one conversations are the backbone of organizing. They are how we build trust, uncover motivation, and move people from interest to leadership. This blog walks through who to meet with, when and where to do it, and how to structure conversations that actually move people to action. Who…Read More
More than 325 Organizations Affirm Support for Medicare for All
Today, more than 325 organizations including labor unions, advocates for seniors and people with disabilities, women’s rights organizations, and more, released an open letter to those seeking to reform the health care system, laying out why now is the time for Medicare for All. The letter is led by Public Citizen, National Nurses United, People’s Action Institute, Social Security Works,…Read More
What ProPublica Found in the Genetic Code of America’s Measles Outbreaks
American children lined up for the world’s first measles shots in the early 1960s, but it took nearly 40 years of shoring up immunization programs before the infamous contagion had been so thoroughly controlled that a panel of experts declared in 2000 that the United States had eliminated measles within its borders. For a quarter century, the U.S. only saw…Read More
A School Bus Killed a 5-Year-Old. The Crash Is Among Dozens Missing From the Bus Company’s Federal Safety Record.
On the day 5-year-old Lens Joseph was killed by a Boston Public Schools bus last year, the driver had already struck a postal truck, ignored a stop sign and missed several stops, prosecutors said. When he got to Lens’ house, he dropped him off on the wrong side of the street and then ran over the kindergartner as he crossed…Read More