“This is further shameful evidence that the Big Lie is becoming state policy,” said attorney Marc Elias. Voting rights advocates on Saturday said that the fourth audit of some of Georgia’s 2020 election results—set to go forward following a state judge’s ruling Friday—is aimed at sowing doubt about President Joe Biden’s victory more than six months […]
In the years leading up to 1971, the federal government urged Alaska Native families to claim their 160-acre land allotment before the program was abruptly terminated by the passage of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. That message never reached George Bennett Sr. Like 2,800 other Alaska Natives, he was serving his country on the […]
“Now they must commit to restoring protected public lands and sacred sites, and tearing down sections of wall.” Advocacy groups and politicians on Friday welcomed the Pentagon’s announcement that the Biden administration is canceling all barrier construction projects along the U.S.-Mexico border for which former President Donald Trump used emergency powers to divert billions of dollars in military funds. […]
The environmental justice collective says the focus on “promoting market-based approaches and unproven techno-fixes” will only cause more harm. As the world marks Earth Day and U.S. President Joe Biden hosts global leaders at his virtual climate summit, a leading advocacy group on Thursday urged his administration to eschew “market-based approaches and techno-fixes” and instead pursue “real […]