the-other-sherman’s-march

The U.S. Justice Department recently hauled Google into court for violating an 1890 federal law designed to forestall the unjust consolidation of economic power. Known today as the Sherman Act, this law was proposed by Ohio lawmaker John Sherman to prevent sprawling financial combines like Standard Oil from using theirContinue Reading

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This story is co-published with Capital B Atlanta, which is part of Capital B, a Black-led, nonprofit local and national news organization reporting for Black communities across the country. Follow it on X @CapitalB_ATL and sign up for its weekly newsletter. A law in Georgia allows prosecutors to charge people for crimes they never committed.Continue Reading

the-effort-to-silence-climate-protesters

In August, climate activist and cellist John Mark Rozendaal was arrested and charged with criminal contempt for playing a few minutes of Bach outside Citibank’s headquarters in New York City. Rozendaal, 63, was prominent in the “Summer of Heat on Wall Street” campaign that targeted Citibank for its prolific financing of fossil-fuelContinue Reading

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A rural polling location is seen in Lancaster County, Pa., on Nov. 8, 2022. Branden Eastwood/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Branden Eastwood/AFP via Getty Images Officials in Lancaster County in the swing state of Pennsylvania say they identified hundreds of potentially fraudulent voter registration applications. “Suspected fraudulentContinue Reading

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Jordan’s Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi says regional war is getting worse because the Israeli gov’t ‘not listening’., Jordan’s Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi says regional war is getting worse because Israeli gov’t ‘not listening to anybody’. Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi has called for international pressure to stop Israel from carryingContinue Reading

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Every four years Iffy.news compiles PolitiFact-checks (with permission) to rate the credibility of political people. Once again: Comedians spoke the most truth. Social media spread the most lies. Pols were more truthful than pundits, Dems more than the GOP, and women slightly more than men.Continue Reading