Update to Newly discovered evidence that witnesses misled the court in U.S. Census case. District Court Judge Jesse Furman held a hearing for sanctions on Wednesday, but decided not to take any action ahead of the pending Supreme Court decision in this case. Buzzfeed News reports, A Judge Is Alarmed By The “Serious” New Claims … Read more
Above Photo: American troops landing on Omaha Beach in Normandy. Nicolaus Mills, professor of American Studies at Sarah Lawrence College and author of Their Last Battle: The Fight for the National World War II Memorial, at The Daily Beast provides the perfect commentary for the remembrance of the 75th anniversary of D-Day, the day Allied forces … Read more
21 plaintiffs, ages 9 to 20, are suing the federal government in a landmark suit charging that inaction by U.S. elected officials is robbing them of their future by failing to protect them despite their knowledge of the global harms caused by fossil fuels. Meet the Students Taking the Government to School, and to Court, … Read more
America’s Midwest is experiencing the worst flooding since the Great Food of 1993. “Many farmers across wide swaths of the Midwest have rarely seen days dry enough to work, leading to what agricultural experts are calling a historically delayed planting season that could exacerbate the economic and personal anxieties brought on by a multiyear slump … Read more
House Democrats continue to advance the “People’s Agenda.” Today the House will vote on H.R. 6, The Dream and Promise Act of 2019. House Democrats poised to approve bill to give DREAMers pathway to citizenship: The US House of Representatives is poised to pass a bill that would give permanent citizenship to 2.5 million undocumented immigrants. … Read more