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SCOTUS Hands Victory to Transgender Students, Declines to Hear School Board’s Appeal of Restroom Case
“I am glad that my years-long fight to have my school see me for who I am is over," Gavin Grimm, the transgender former student at the center of the case, said in a statement
Texans Sue Gov. Abbott for Ending $300 Weekly Federal Unemployment Payments Early
More than 30,000 people are part of a suit claiming Abbott "exceeded his power"
Civil Rights Advocates Hold First-Ever National Rally in Support of D.C. Statehood
“We must defy history so that we can make sure that the residents of the nation’s capital here in the shadow of the Capitol itself have the same rights as every other American,” Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton said
Trump’s Election Fraud Claims Were ‘All Bullshit’ Former AG Barr Says
“We realized from the beginning it was just bullshit,” former attorney general Bill Barr said
EPA Creates $50 Million Fund For Environmental Justice Initiatives
"We know how important it is to put funding to work in environmentally overburdened, economically underserved areas," EPA Administrator Michael Regan said
Whistleblowers Push Biden to Vaccinate More Immigrants in Detention
Immigration detention settings, the doctors wrote, "continue to be a significant source of spread for COVID and disproportionate harm to detainees, workers and the public"
Johnson & Johnson Agrees to Pay New York $230 Million to Settle Opioid Case
The company also agreed to end the manufacturing and distribution of opioids nationwide
Warren Holds Up Biden Education Dept. Pick Over Student Loan Reform
The senator is negotiating for changes in the way the federal government runs its student loan program
The Justice Department Is Suing Georgia Over Its Voter Suppression Law
“The rights of all eligible citizens to vote are the central pillars of our democracy,” Attorney General Merrick Garland said
99.2 Percent of All U.S. Covid Deaths Are Unvaccinated, New Analysis Shows
If you're pushing anti-vax bullshit, you're getting people killed
Ex-NRA Chief Duped into Delivering Graduation Speech to Empty Chairs Representing Victims of Gun Violence
In a now-viral video, David Keane unwittingly encourages the dead students to "follow your dreams"
Biden Announces Infrastructure Deal With Bipartisan Group of Senators
But House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has vowed it will not come to a vote unless the Senate also passes a separate bill that includes progressive priorities like climate and universal pre-k