Month: December 2023

NY Times: “Senator Tommy Tuberville, Republican of Alabama, on Tuesday lifted his blockade of nearly all the military promotions he had delayed for almost a year in protest of a Pentagon policy ensuring abortion access for service members, saying he would continue to hold up only the most senior generals. Hours after Mr. Tuberville said…

Big News Network: “After a decade of discussions and hesitations, North Carolina has expanded Medicaid coverage by offering government-funded health insurance to adults between the ages of 19 and 64 who previously fell into the healthcare gap. This expansion, approved by North Carolina elected officials earlier this year, is expected to benefit over 600,000 residents…

ABC11: “On the first day of candidate filing in North Carolina for the 2024 election, a new lawsuit has been filed challenging recently created voting maps. The newly-drawn districts passed during the most recent legislative session. Political analysts believe the new maps will give Republicans an advantage in 10 or 11 of the state’s 14 districts…

Democracy Now!: “In Texas, a pregnant woman has filed an emergency lawsuit seeking to terminate her nonviable pregnancy. Thirty-one-year-old Kate Cox is 20 weeks pregnant with a fetus that has been diagnosed with trisomy 18, a fatal condition, but is unable to get the abortion she needs due to Texas’s sweeping ban. It’s the first…

Indy Week: “Dozens of Amazon workers staged a protest for better working conditions outside a sprawling distribution center in Garner early this morning, with delivery trucks braking at the picket line to delay Cyber Monday shipments in a show of solidarity. The demonstration came at the onset of a hellish season for Amazon workers, who…

The Conversation: “When does lawful protest become criminal activity? That question is at issue in Atlanta, where 57 people have been indicted and arraigned on racketeering charges for actions related to their protest against a planned police and firefighter training center that critics call “Cop City.” Racketeering charges typically are reserved for people accused of conspiring toward a…

Political Wire: “Louisiana lawmakers now have until the end of January to draw and pass new congressional boundaries to replace a current map that a federal judge said violates the Voting Rights Act by diluting the power of the state’s Black voters,” the AP reports. “However, several questions still linger — including if and when the GOP-dominated…

NewsChannel5: “A protester was in critical condition Friday after setting themself on fire outside the Israeli consulate in Atlanta, authorities said. A security guard who tried to intervene was also injured. A Palestinian flag found at the scene was part of the protest, Atlanta Police Chief Darin Schierbaum said at a news conference.”

The Guardian: “Workers at Amazon’s largest air hub in the world allege Amazon is retaliating against them as they try to organize their first union. The workers at the 882-acre KCVG air hub in Hebron, Kentucky, have been organizing “March on the Boss” actions at the Amazon facility in which staff confront managers en masse to “demand an end…

Miami Herald: “The woman accusing Florida GOP Chairman Christian Ziegler of sexual assault told police she had planned to have sex with him and his wife, Moms for Liberty co-founder Bridget Ziegler, but called it off when Bridget couldn’t make it, according to a newly released search warrant affidavit. The woman, whom Ziegler claimed to…