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Michigan is delivering on its first Democratic trifecta in decades. On Friday, it became the first state in 58 years to repeal anti-worker so-called “right-to-work” laws.

The release of a new report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change this week has provoked a new round of discussion about how best to talk about the dire crisis it describes. Climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe says it’s important to project hope and emphasize solutions. Fear, she told CBC Radio, “causes us to freeze rather than take action.” The outlet opted for a perhaps overzealous headline: “Climate change fear can be paralyzing. But you can spur action through hope, says scientist.”

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Governor Andy Beshear on Friday vetoed a massive bill targeting transgender rights in Kentucky, one of the most extreme measures in the country.

The Republican-led House on Friday passed its so-called “Parents Bill of Rights,” 213-208. Framed as a positive piece of legislation, the bill actually aims to police teachers and school staff, and thus obstruct the independent flow of education for students.

In the wee small hours of the morning, one Manhattan man found himself confronting the harsh realities of what it would mean for him to actually be arrested.

On December 18, 1993, Haley Alyse Oliveaux was found facedown in the bathtub of an apartment in West Monroe, Louisiana, while in the care of her mother’s boyfriend. Jimmie Duncan said he left the 23-month–old alone for just a few minutes as he did the dishes before he found her unconscious when he returned to the bathroom. He tried to perform CPR, then carried Haley in his arms to a neighbor’s house. After lifesaving measures by the responding officer and paramedics failed, Haley was pronounced dead at the local hospital. Читать дальше...

Tucker Carlson uses his nightly Fox News show to peddle some of the vilest bouts of racist conspiracy theories of twenty-first-century politics. As we’ve watched his show, we realized he often doesn’t sound all that different from one of the defining segregationists of twentieth-century politics, Alabama governor and presidential candidate George Wallace. See how well you can tell your racist fearmongers apart.

TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew testified before the House Energy and Commerce Committee on Thursday to answer questions about the app’s data privacy policies.

Not to be outdone by their push to target the lives of human beings, Republicans want to remove endangered species protections for the gray wolf and the grizzly bear, too.