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February 16, 2025
The American Trends Panel survey methodology Overview Data in this report comes from Wave 158 of the American Trends Panel (ATP), Pew Research Center’s nationally representative panel of randomly selected U.S. adults. The survey was conducted from Oct. 21 to Oct. 27, 2024. A total of 9,593 panelists responded out […]
February 16, 2025
Rapper billy woods is a leading figure in contemporary underground hip-hop. He spoke to Jacobin about the inspiration for his music and his left-wing politics. A still from the music video for billy woods and Kenny Segal’s song “Soft Landing.” (billy woods / YouTube) NYC-based rapper billy woods is a […]
February 16, 2025
States around the country are showing Southern California how to rebuild. Illustration by The Atlantic. Sources: Getty. February 16, 2025, 9 AM ET The Los Angeles metro area began 2025 with one of the worst housing shortages in the country: more than half a million units, by some estimates. The […]
February 16, 2025
Join National SDS on January 13th for our first new chapter orientation of 2025! As Trump’s second term looms, it’s more important than ever for students to organize and prepare to fight back against his far-right attacks on education, DEI, LGBTQ+ rights, and more. If your SDS chapter is new […]
February 16, 2025
Winter / Spring 2025 Research Internship – Congress Watch Congress Watch, a division of Public Citizen, is seeking a research intern for the Winter / Spring academic session. Public Citizen is a national, non-partisan, public interest group with more than 500,000 members and activists. The Congress Watch division engages in […]
February 16, 2025
Since the fall of Roe v. Wade, tens of thousands of people in states with abortion bans have continued to access the procedure through telehealth. But two separate cases targeting a New York physician could test the laws put in place to protect doctors who prescribe and mail abortion medications, […]
February 16, 2025
ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Before Peter Marocco was selected to dismantle America’s entire foreign aid sector on behalf of President Donald Trump, he was an official with the State Department on a […]
February 16, 2025
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders urged Europeans on Saturday to “stand tall against right-wing extremism” after the American vice president scolded the continent’s leaders for not accommodating parties like the neo-Nazi Alternative for Germany, which appears poised for a strong performance in the approaching general election. “European friends: Do not accept […]
February 16, 2025
Lawmakers and free expression groups voiced alarm Saturday after the Trump administration threatened to investigate and strip federal funding from public schools, including colleges and universities that don’t comply with its broad interpretation of a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision striking down affirmative action programs in admissions. In a letter […]
February 15, 2025
U.S. Vice President JD Vance faced growing backlash on Saturday after scolding the European political establishment for shunning far-right parties and subsequently meeting with the leader of the neo-Nazi Alternative for Germany, just a week ahead of the country’s general election. While Vance did not explicitly mention Alternative for Germany, […]
February 15, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump’s Justice Department formally moved Friday night to drop charges against Democratic New York City Mayor Eric Adams after at least seven federal prosecutors resigned, refusing to carry out what’s been described as an “openly corrupt legal bailout.” In a new filing signed by veteran prosecutor Edward […]
February 14, 2025
A federal judge in Washington, D.C. announced Friday that the Trump administration has agreed to halt its mass firings at a consumer protection agency, refrain from defunding it, and retain “vast troves” of data while a legal battle plays out. The National Treasury Employees Union, Public Citizen Litigation Group, and […]
February 14, 2025
Congressional recess isn’t a vacation — it’s an accountability tour. From Friday, February 14, through Sunday, February 23, your House Representative will be back home, trying to dodge tough questions, meet with donors, and sneak back to DC without facing the people they were elected to serve. That’s where we […]
February 14, 2025
House Republicans advanced their budget plan out of committee Thursday night after a 12-hour markup session during which they rejected dozens of Democratic amendments, including proposed changes that would have protected Medicaid and federal nutrition benefits from the deep cuts the GOP hopes to impose to help finance trillions of […]
February 14, 2025
screengrab via Eyewitness News ABC7NY Republican senators have taken some bad votes over the past week. Really, really bad. They unanimously confirmed Russell Vought, the architect of Project 2025, to lead the OMB — the “nerve center” of the federal government, as he calls it. They confirmed Tulsi […]
February 14, 2025
The president of Mexico on Thursday expressed hope that Google “reconsiders” its decision to change its online maps to reflect U.S. President Donald Trump’s claim that he has the authority to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico. Shortly after taking office, Trump issued an executive order announcing he […]
