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National October 28, 2022

A GOP showdown over the debt limit could grip Congress and the nation next year

by Jennifer Shutt, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission]October 28, 2022 WASHINGTON — Republicans are eyeing the debt limit and government funding deadlines…

National October 22, 2022

Jan. 6 panel issues subpoena to Trump demanding his testimony

by Jacob Fischler, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission]October 21, 2022 The U.S. House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the…

National July 21, 2022

Supreme Court reversed almost 200 years of US law and tradition upholding tribal sovereignty in its latest term

Kirsten Matoy Carlson, Wayne State University [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Over the past 50 years, Congress and the U.S. Supreme Court have increasingly diverged…

A large group of reproductive rights protesters

National July 9, 2022

As abortion crisis engulfs red states, advocates press White House for a bolder plan

by Jennifer Shutt, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder and States Newsroom, republished with permission]July 8, 2022 WASHINGTON — Frustrated abortion rights advocates are imploring President…

National June 29, 2022

Trump had to be physically restrained from joining Jan. 6 mob, House panel told

by Jacob Fischler, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission]June 29, 2022 Donald Trump had to be held back from joining his enraged, rioting…

National June 8, 2022

‘My mom’s life mattered’: Son of Black shooting victim urges Congress to act

By Ariana Figueroa, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission]June 8, 2022 WASHINGTON — The son of a Black woman shot and killed by…

a red brick building housing Glock, Inc.

National May 27, 2022

6 charts shows key role firearms makers play in America’s gun culture

By Michael Siegel, Tufts University [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Americans have blamed many culprits, from mental illness to inadequate security, for the tragic mass…

National May 27, 2022

Why gun control laws don’t pass Congress, despite majority public support and repeated outrage over mass shootings

By Monika L. McDermott, Fordham University and David R. Jones, Baruch College, CUNY [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] With the carnage in Uvalde, Texas, and…

National May 26, 2022

How the NRA evolved from backing a 1934 ban on machine guns to blocking nearly all firearm restrictions today

By Robert Spitzer, State University of New York College at Cortland [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The mass shootings at a Buffalo, New York, supermarket…

National May 25, 2022

Commission recommends new names for 9 Army bases to end ties to Confederacy

by Jennifer Shutt, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission]May 24, 2022 WASHINGTON — The group in charge of renaming military installations that have…

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