DOJ Reverses Grant Cancellations for Crime Victim Support

5 days 21 hours ago
The Department of Justice has restored two previously canceled grants supporting victims of violent crimes, including domestic violence, following a Mother Jones report on Thursday that highlighted the critical roles the programs played for survivors. The DOJ informed the National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV) and the National Center for Victims of Crime (NCVC) […]
Julianne McShane

China’s Xi Prepares to Eat America’s Lunch as Trump Cedes Leadership on Clean Energy

6 days 2 hours ago
This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. China will continue to push forward on the climate crisis, Xi Jinping has said while appearing to criticize the “protectionism” of Donald Trump’s tariff policies. The Chinese president was attending a closed-door virtual meeting with the UN secretary general, António Guterres, Brazil’s president, Luiz […]
Fiona Harvey

At Last, College Presidents Are Standing Up to Trump

6 days 3 hours ago
When we think of “organizing,” we tend to think of protesters—of scruffy and earnest demonstrators taking on giant corporations, of people with cardboard signs standing in the cold or the sun. But really, organizing is any concentrated attempt of the (relatively) small and many to stand up to the mighty and few, and the last […]
Bill McKibben

A 2-Minute Crash Course in America’s Most Disastrous Tariffs

6 days 14 hours ago
Donald Trump’s tariffs are wreaking havoc on the global economy while millions of Americans—including some of his own advisors—are furious. Even as many voters watch their retirement and education savings vacillate wildly, MAGA World maintains the president knows exactly what he’s doing—it’s just “the art of the deal,” they say. But as our new video […]
Peter Berger and Garrison Hayes

Pam Bondi Cuts “Wasteful” Funds to Support Victims of Violent Crime

6 days 16 hours ago
Update, April 25: Two of the grants mentioned in this story were restored following the publication of this story. Correction, April 24: A previous version of this story misreported the name of Attorney General Pam Bondi. On Tuesday night, Claire Ponder Selib, executive director of the National Organization for Victim Assistance (NOVA), received an email from the […]
Julianne McShane

A Federal Court Just Blocked Key Parts of Trump’s Anti-Voting Executive Order

6 days 17 hours ago
A federal judge on Thursday blocked key parts of a sweeping anti-voting executive order issued by President Donald Trump in March. Voting rights advocates described the order as “an astonishing and unprecedented voter suppression” effort that would upend how Americans register to vote, how they cast their ballots, and how their votes are counted. District […]
Ari Berman

Democrats Launch Inquiry Into Dismantling of Administration for Community Living

6 days 19 hours ago
On Thursday, House Reps. Bobby Scott (D-Va.) and Suzanne Bonamici (D-Ore.) introduced a formal inquiry demanding more information from Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on the decision to dismantle the Administration for Community Living (ACL), which oversees programs vital to independence and quality of life for disabled and aging adults. Kennedy’s HHS […]
Julia Métraux
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