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Truthout
1 year ago
Left-wing politics

Commodity Speculators Reap Record-Shattering Profits Amid Global Hunger Crisis

The industry not only benefits from extreme market volatility - it's contributing to major price swings, experts say.A Yemeni baby, suffering from malnutrition, receives treatment with limited resources in the Department of Combating Malnutrition at Sabeen Hospital in Sanaa, Yemen, on March 1, 2023.
POLITICO
1 year ago
US Elections

Schumer proposes Dem leadership shake-up

After Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.),Schumer proposes that the next position is the Democratic Policy and Communications Committee, currently helmed by Stabenow (D-Mich.),followed by the chair of the Democratic Steering and Outreach Committee, a position currently held by Klobuchar (D-Minn.).
www.nytimes.com
1 year ago
Tech industry

Democratic Lawmakers Call for Investigation of Elon Musk's Twitter

WASHINGTON  Seven Democratic senators called for the Federal Trade Commission on Thursday to investigate whether Twitter had violated a privacy agreement with the agency since Elon Musk took over the company.In a letter to Lina Khan, the chair of the F.T.C., the lawmakers said they were worried that Mr. Musk's reported changes to internal reviews and data security practices further put consumers at risk and that Twitter had broken the terms of a 2011 legal settlement with the regulator.
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The Nation
5 months ago
Education

The Bipartisan Attack on Public Schools

Cory Booker spoke at a luncheon in 2000 advocating for school choice and siphoning money away from public schools.
Booker's stance on school choice has evolved over the years, with him now opposing Betsy DeVos's bid to become Secretary of Education. [ more ]
www.cnn.com
11 months ago
US politics

South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott files to run for president

Republican Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina has filed to run for president in 2024, according to the Federal Election Commission's website.The filing comes ahead of a formal announcement that is expected to take place Monday in South Carolina.Scott, the only Black Republican in the Senate, launched a presidential exploratory committee in April, emphasizing his evangelical faith, his race and his experience growing up as the son of a single mother.
www.cnn.com
11 months ago
US politics

Dianne Feinstein returns and Democrats advance Biden judicial nominees that had been stalled in committee

With the return of California Sen. Dianne Feinstein, Senate Democrats approved several judicial nominees out of the Judiciary Committee on Thursday that had been stalled in her absence.Feinstein told reporters Thursday that she decided to return to work at this time because, I felt better.However, the committee did not vote on former New Hampshire Attorney General Michael Delaney, President Joe Biden's embattled selection for the 1st US Circuit Court of Appeals.
Austin Monitor
1 year ago
Austin

Offering insurance for fertility treatments could cost city $1 million - Austin Monitor

Tuesday, January 17, 2023 by Jo Clifton
Including fertility treatments in the city's employee insurance plan "would have a significant ongoing fiscal impact" on the benefit plan, according to a memo from acting Human Resources Director Rebecca Kennedy (who took on the role of department head at the end of December when HR chief Joya Hayes went on leave).
Chicago Tribune
1 year ago
Chicago

Emmett Till and his mother honored with congressional medal

WASHINGTON - The House unanimously passed a bill Wednesday to posthumously award the Congressional Gold Medal to Emmett Till, the Chicago teenager murdered by white supremacists in the 1950s, and his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley.The bill, which passed the Senate in January, is meant to honor Till and his mother - who had insisted on an open casket funeral to demonstrate the brutality of his killing - with the highest civilian honor that Congress awards.
www.mediaite.com
1 year ago
US Elections

Trump's 2024 Campaign Launches With Only 8 Supporters In Congress, Less Than Corey Booker' in 2020

Photo by EVA MARIE UZCATEGUI/AFP via Getty Images Former President Donald Trump's 2024 presidential campaign is off to an undeniably rocky start as both conservative media and the Republican Party remain split on whether or not Trump is good for the party.Megyn Kelly told the audience of her popular, right-leaning podcast that she actually fell asleep during Trump's low energy campaign announcement on Tuesday, while Fox Business host Stuart Varney said Trump has lost the old magic.
Los Angeles Times
1 year ago
Los Angeles

Ticketmaster to Swifties: Our bad. Congress to Ticketmaster: That's not good enough

After 48 hours of outcry from frustrated fans, Ticketmaster tried to explain the debacle around ticket sales for Taylor Swift's Eras stadium tour.They may have to answer to Congress next.In a statement released on Thursday, the ticketing leviathan - which became part of the Live Nation conglomerate in 2010, drawing antitrust scrutiny - acknowledged that the measures it had in place to give fans equitable access to tickets didn't work.
Theregister
1 year ago
Privacy professionals

Senators call on FTC to probe ID.me over facial recognition

Democrat senators want the FTC to investigate "evidence of deceptive statements" made by ID.me regarding the facial-recognition technology it controversially built for Uncle Sam.
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