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New Colorado Law Important Step in Reforming Payment Systems
On Thursday, Demand Progress applauded the passage of legislation in Colorado that would limit swipe fees, part of a broad effort to break the stranglehold that payment processors and big banks have on the credit card business. The new law, the Swipe Fee Fairness and Consumer Safeguards Act, bans swipe fees – the money merchants … Continued The post New…Read More
After SCOTUS Destroyed the Voting Rights Act, Southern States Rush to Pass Jim Crow Voting Maps
Just a week after the Supreme Court effectively destroyed the key remaining provision of the Voting Rights Act, Tennessee on Thursday is set to become the first Southern state to pass a new redistricting map eliminating a majority-Black district. The hastily drawn map abolishes the state’s last Democratic district by splitting the city of Memphis, which is more than 60…Read More
The Confederacy rises again
A scene from January 6, 2021, in the US Capitol. (Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty)PN is supported by paid subscribers. Become one ⬇️🧠 Subscribe to PN 🧠When the Supreme Court smashed the last meaningful vestiges of the Voting Rights Act last week, it took literally a matter of hours before the reigning political powers in one state of the old Confederacy…Read More
May 6, 2026
It has not been a banner day for members of the Trump administration.Evan Hill, Jarrett Ley, Alex Horton, Tara Copp, and Dan Lamothe of the Washington Post reported that Iranian strikes since February 28, when U.S. and Israeli air strikes began, have caused far more damage to U.S. military sites in the Middle East than Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and…Read More
New Poll: Michiganders Are Concerned With AI In the Workplace
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASENews from Progress Michigan May 6, 2026 Contact: Levi Teitel, [email protected] New Poll: Michiganders Are Concerned With AI In the Workplace People are overwhelmingly in favor of regulating AI in the workplace MICHIGAN – Recent polling conducted by Progress Michigan in partnership with Public Policy Polling shows that 82 percent of Michiganders are concerned with the use of artificial intelligence…Read More
DHS chief admits to trying to be ‘more quiet’ with ICE raids
Apparently, President Donald Trump’s alleged policy of deporting only the “worst of the worst” isn’t even worth lip service anymore. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin was asked by Newsmax host Rob Schmitt whether the administration was committed to deporting “all illegals” or shifting focus to criminal cases. “No, we’re staying focused on all illegals, without question,”… Source deportations,ice,immigration,markwayne mullin Source…Read More
When the World Split Open
While the case that resulted in the conviction of fifty-one men for the rape of Gisèle Pelicot last year was extraordinary, it is continuous with other forms of sexual violence. Source link dissentmagazine.orgRead More
Had Enough?
Had enough yet?The Lincoln Project is a leading pro-democracy organization in the United States — dedicated to the preservation, protection, and defense of democracy. Our fight against Trumpism is only beginning. We must combat these forces everywhere and at all times — our democracy depends on it. SUPPORT THE MISSION The post Had Enough? appeared first on The Lincoln Project.…Read More
An Australian anti-Zionist Jew confronts German memory culture
So today memory culture means that Germany supposedly makes up for the Holocaust by its commitment to Israel. This then becomes the basic plank for Germany’s repression of the pro Palestine movement and a convenient justification for its rightward moving policy — increasingly anti-immigrant, for stronger borders and pro-rearmament. The post An Australian anti-Zionist Jew confronts German memory culture appeared…Read More
The Legislature’s Definition of “Conflict of Interest” Is Remarkably Indulgent
Another day, another cheeseball graphic from the Internet. But in the case of the Vermont Legislature, there’s something a little bit off with this picture. It’d be more accurate if the red “X” was removed, because its conflict of interest rules are more designed to enable conflict than prevent it. And the standard, as flaccid as it is, seems to…Read More