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A billboard in Atlanta, sponsored by Coca-Cola, honoring the life of Congressman John Lewis (D-GA), a civil rights icon who fought to expand voting rig…
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There is an avalanche of new voting restrictions being imposed by Republican legislators across the country. When Popular Information covered this issu…
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On Friday, the Biden administration released a report from the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) regarding the murder of US-based journalist Jama…
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Fifty days ago, a mob incited by Trump's false claims of election fraud attacked the Capitol, leaving five people dead. Beginning Thursday evening in O…
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The federal minimum wage is currently $7.25 per hour and that number hasn't budged since 2009. Full-time employment at $7.25 per hour produces just $15…
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Congressman John Yarmuth (D-KY), the powerful chairman of the Budget Committee, has recently purchased several cannabis industry stocks while championi…
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After the deadly riot at the United States Capitol on January 6, dozens of companies suspended donations to the 147 Republicans who tried to overturn t…
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Kroger, the nation's largest grocery store chain, ended hazard pay for its workers on May 17, 2020. The company seems determined not to reinstate any a…
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On Saturday, the Senate acquitted Trump. Although 57 Senators voted to convict Trump of inciting an insurrection, it was 10 votes short of the two-thir…
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As the pandemic took hold of the United States last March, upending life as Americans knew it, Trump offered little consolation. The president claimed …
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The January 6 siege of the United States Capitol was not an isolated incident. It is the latest in a series of attacks by violent extremists seeking to…
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Impeachment, Take 2Tuesday was the first day of Trump's second impeachment trial. And honestly, I was torn. On the one hand, the day featured a gripping account of…
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