Biden’s infrastructure bill promises to address ‘racist infrastructure.’ Here’s what that means.
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by Lakshmi Gandhi
This story was originally published at Prism.
Urban planners and community advocates have long noted that the interstate highway system was designed to separate and isolate poor Black and brown communities from the economic hearts of t
The hesitations trans folks have about the COVID-19 vaccine might surprise you
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As we continue to face the novel coronavirus pandemic, we’ve seen countless conservatives push anti-vaccine rhetoric. Some folks have argued it’s all about personal choice, while others say parents should make health decisions for their children, and othe
Caribbean Matters: What do you know about the Dutch- and Papiamento-speaking Caribbean?
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By now, most folks have heard about “Missing White Woman syndrome,” a term which was coined by PBS news anchor Gwen Ifill. Recently we’ve seen this in full force with the case of Gabby Petito. However, let us not forget that in May 2005, another mi
San Francisco police officer dies battling COVID-19 after missing city’s vaccination deadline
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As cities and states nationwide continue to implement COVID-19 vaccine requirements for specific positions, many are refusing to comply. As a result, individuals are not only being let go from their jobs but contracting the coronavirus. In one incident an off
Chad Wolf's naturalization stunt was slammed as 'illegal.' The Office of Special Counsel agrees
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Remember back in August 2020 when former unlawfully appointed acting Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Chad Wolf presided over a political stunt that used immigrants as human props as part of an effort to reelect the pre
The Republican lie generator is coughing up a new one about Biden's child care plan
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Affordable child care is one of the major ways the Democrats’ Build Back Better will help families with young children. So, naturally, Republicans are revving up the disinformation machine. The party that specializes in coming between a woman and her docto
Earth Matters: New U.S. drilling leases ignore climate summit warnings; resurrecting Diablo Canyon
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(The reason I wrote this piece about activism and despair last week was manifest by Delger Erdenesanaa at Inside Climate News in his piece, At COP26, Youth Activists From Around the World Call Out Decades of Delay.)
The final declaratio
Native LGBTQ adults report high levels of depression, economic stress, and abuse
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As Daily Kos has contextualized while covering anti-queer legislation proposed and implemented by Republicans, LGBTQ+ people report disproportionate rates of mental health issues like anxiety and depression and harassment, abuse, and even homel
Fox News headline on CRT in schools has holes you could drive a truck through, but does that matter?
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If you want to see an article so loaded with caveats and wiggle-wording that it’s nearly falling over under the strain, check out the Fox News headline about critical race theory being taught in many K-12 schools.
First off, “Critical Race Theory t
Sen. Mike Braun is in hot water over millions in 'loans' to his 2018 campaign
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During his 2018 run for the Senate, Republican Mike Braun was getting a lot of attention for a campaign strategy that relied on self-funding, sweetheart loans from allies, and «creative» accounting to dodge federal election laws. Over three-quarte
Anti-vaxx Chronicles: She had no idea COVID was *really* this devastating (in November 2021)
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Facebook is a menace. COVID-19 is a menace. Conservatism is a cesspool. Together, those three ingredients have created a toxic stew of malevolent death and devastation. We can talk about all those things in the abstract, look at the numbers and statistics, an
Mark Meadows makes it clear he only takes orders from Trump, not Biden, not Congress, not the law
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Among the first set of subpoenas issued by the House Select Committee on Jan. 6 back in September, the one issued to Trump advisor and professional fascist Steve Bannon has gotten the most attention. That’s because Bannon’s refusal to testify was followe
Black cyclist brutally beaten by white man who says he’s ‘making people nervous’ in the neighborhood
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It’s been over a week since 50-year-old Black cyclist Elliot Reed was mercilessly beaten by a racist white man while riding through his neighborhood in Seabrook, Texas, a suburb of Houston.
The white man has been identified as 25-year-old Colin
U.N. Secretary-General says climate change goals are ‘on life support’ as COP26 winds down
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Tomorrow marks the close of the climate summit COP26 and, with that, a final agreement—hopefully—adopted by all 197 parties who’ve helped draft the document. At its present stage, the agreement has already faced pushback from countries like Saudi A
Mark Meadows has been 'negotiating' with the Jan. 6 Committee, but now that seems to be over
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Among the first set of subpoenas issued by the House Select Committee on Jan. 6 back in September, the one issued to Trump advisor and professional fascist Steve Bannon has gotten the most attention. That’s because Bannon’s refusal to testify was followe
'I let them work it out': Vile teacher allegedly tells mom when Black student told her skin stinks
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A 10-year-old Black girl with autism took her own life on Saturday after the child allegedly dealt with prolonged bullying by both students and teachers at a majority-white Utah school, her family told Deseret News. Isabella Faith Tichenor, who her famil
Live updates: Kyle Rittenhouse's murder trial continues
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Kyle Rittenhouse’s murder trial appears on the verge of wrapping up, but on Thursday—Veterans Day—as criticism over the propriety and impartiality of presiding Judge Bruce Schroeder reached a fever pitch, Schroeder kicked off proceedings by instructing
Thousands of service members and their families to become U.S. citizens as part of Veterans Day 2021
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Nearly 4,500 current and former U.S. military service members, as well as family members, will be sworn in as U.S. citizens as part of Veterans Day 2021. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) said in a statement that it’s holding more than 90 ce
Even the U.N. Secretary-General is unhappy with COP26's progress in fighting climate change
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Tomorrow marks the close of the climate summit COP26 and, with that, a final agreement—hopefully—adopted by all 197 parties who’ve helped draft the document. At its present stage, the agreement has already faced pushback from countries like Saudi A
DOJ declares Utah district a safe-haven for racists weeks before Black 10-year-old commits suicide
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A 10-year-old Black girl with autism took her own life on Saturday after the child allegedly dealt with prolonged bullying by both students and teachers at a majority-white Utah school, her family told Deseret News. Isabella Faith Tichenor, who her famil
Kyle Rittenhouse’s murder trial appears on the verge of wrapping up but on Thursday—Veterans Day—as criticism over the propriety and impartiality of presiding Judge Bruce Schroeder reached a fever pitch, Schroeder kicked off proceedings by instructing j
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is all in on the Republican push to ban huge numbers of books
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There can’t be a Republican panic/cynical fearmongering campaign these days without Texas Gov. Greg Abbott getting involved, and book-banning is no exception. On Wednesday, Abbott released his third letter of the month on the issue of what he’s
Texas teen arrested for allegedly setting fire to a synagogue may have ties to neo-Nazi group
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If you think America doesn’t have systemic racism issue, then you’re not paying attention to the news—or history.
As the world watches no fewer than three separate trials involving violence incited by white nationalists unfold across the nation, layin
ICE is blocking Haitian asylum-seekers from accessing legal groups: 'It's racist, it's wrong'
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials have refused to allow Haitian asylum-seekers detained at a New Mexico detention facility access to legal services that could determine their futures in the U.S., a number of advocacy grou
It’s Manchin, and the billionaires, against all the economists on Build Back Better
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Sen. Joe Manchin’s people are making sure this holiday week for Congress doesn’t pass without King Joe making more pronouncements about why we can’t have nice things, like a climate change and human infrastructure package that starts to address racial,
Five veteran-run businesses you can feel good about supporting this Veterans Day
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As we honor our vets on this 2021 Veterans Day, consider supporting them in the businesses they’ve founded and the products they’ve created. It can’t be easy for many of them; as they say, they leave the military with emotional scars they may carr
In a sea of hostile witnesses, Mike Pence's staff may give House committee an island of information
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There are definitely some members of Trump’s circle who would not dare talk to the House Select Committee on Jan. 6 without the permission of Donald Trump. There are some who, like John Eastman, should know that any honest discussion of events on and befor
Virginia school board members call for book-burning amid planned purge of 'sexually explicit' books
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In Texas, a state legislator wants to “investigate” hundreds of books in school libraries. In Kansas, a school district is pulling dozens of books off the shelves of libraries and forming a committee to decide “if the books contained on t
House Select Committee on Jan. 6 may find some willing witnesses among Mike Pence's staff
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There are definitely some members of Trump’s circle who would not dare talk to the House Select Committee on Jan. 6 without the permission of Donald Trump. There are some who, like John Eastman, should know that any honest discussion of events on and befor
Antics by neofascist defendants in Charlottesville trial starkly contrast with mounting evidence
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The defendants in the federal civil lawsuit over the lethal 2017 Unite the Right riots in Charlottesville and their neo-Nazi cohorts were hoping to turn the trial currently unfolding in court into a kind of circus where they could strut their propaganda chops
Trump loses another bid to keep Jan. 6th records obscured as committee is on cusp of receiving them
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Score one for congressional oversight as former President Donald Trump loses yet another legal fight to keep records hidden from investigators on the Jan. 6 Committee.
First reported by Politico, U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan issued the order s
Biden can save the U.S. Postal Service next by picking a new board chairman who will fire DeJoy
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The first year of Joe Biden’s presidency appears likely to end with Postmaster Louis DeJoy, Trump’s pick to dismantle the nation’s longest-serving institution, inexplicably still in office. Biden has had a lot do to and many messes to clean up, but thi
Judge invokes ADA in overturning Texas ban on mask mandates in ruling that could go nationwide
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On Wednesday evening, a U.S. District Court judge in Austin blocked Gov. Greg Abbott’s ban on mask mandates at schools. According to the ruling from Judge Lee Yeakel, Abbott’s actions violate federal law because they present a special danger to
Democrats move to censure Rep. Paul Gosar for violent video. He'll take it as a point of pride
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A group of House Democrats are pushing to censure Republican Rep. Paul Gosar after he shared an animated video altered to show him killing Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and attacking President Joe Biden. Aside from expulsion, censure is the harshest penalty t
Morning Digest: Days after praising Idaho's governor, Trump backs his far-right primary foe
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The Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, Stephen Wolf, Carolyn Fiddler, and Matt Booker, with additional contributions from David Jarman, Steve Singiser, Daniel Donner, James Lambert, David Beard, and Arjun Jaikumar.
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Rachel Siegel, Andrew Van Dam, and Laura Reiley of The Washington Post report on the largest rise in consumer prices in 30 years.
The growth in October prices reported Wednesday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) was driven by soaring energy price
Trump gathered Americans willing to overturn a U.S. election. It's no surprise many turned violent
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The Washington Post has a long piece looking at these regular folks who took a break from their regular folks' life to storm the U.S. Capitol, attack the police officers who defended it, and contribute to an attempt to overthrow the government. What it d
News Roundup: Rittenhouse trial continues; Republicans push another extremist in Arizona
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In the news today: Conservative book-burning fever spreads. Republicans are looking to elect yet another unapologetic white nationalist extremist who promises to arrest the party’s enemies, and yet again Arizona is the state they think will vote to do it. A
Trump's a big-league loser who can't get a win in court. Are the sharks finally closing in?
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For someone who continually touts his winning bona fides, Donald Trump sure loses a lot. He lost his casinos, $1 billion in cash over a decade, the popular vote (twice), the 2020 election, the House, the Senate (thanks to his nonstop whining), two wives, mos
