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5/3/2024
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Rattling the cages of the powerful
In March 2020, I took down Popular Information's paywall. Since then, each edition of Popular Information (791 newsletters!) has been freely available to everyone. Over the last four years, we'
5/2/2024
10 : 34
Immigrants are saving the American economy
In his 2024 campaign, like his previous campaigns, Trump is pitting native-born Americans against immigrants. Sometimes, this is expressed through rank bigotry. Trump has claimed repeatedly that
5/1/2024
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Trump backs surveillance and prosecution of women to enforce abortion bans
As part of an extensive interview with Time Magazine, former President Donald Trump expanded on what abortion access would look like in the United States in a potential second term. Trump laid out a
4/30/2024
10 : 34
The biggest political deception of 2024
In the 2024 presidential election, one of the central attacks that Trump and his political allies are levying against Biden is that Biden is responsible for a "migrant crime" wave. The
4/29/2024
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Why millions of Americans may lose internet access tomorrow
In 2024, reliable access to high-speed internet is no longer a luxury; it is a basic necessity. From job applications to managing personal finances and completing school work, internet access is an
4/25/2024
10 : 34
The largest for-profit hospital chain is putting pregnant women at risk. Shareholders are fighting back.
After the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June 2022, 14 states have imposed near-total abortion bans. (Arizona may soon join them.) While all of these states include exemptions to save the life
4/24/2024
10 : 34
Money talks
Some publications treat the 2024 election like a horserace — it's all about who is up and who is down. Popular Information follows the money. Here are a few highlights from our reporting over the
4/23/2024
10 : 44
A historic victory for unions
On April 19, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) announced that workers at a Volkswagen auto plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee, voted to join the United Auto Workers (UAW) union. The union won by a
4/22/2024
10 : 34
Columbia University protests and the lessons of "Gym Crow"
In the early morning hours of April 30, 1968, then-Columbia University President Grayson Kirk summoned the NYPD to arrest hundreds of student protestors. About 1000 police officers arrived on campus
4/18/2024
10 : 34
Senate nominee bankrolled by far-right activist trashing MLK and the Civil Rights Act
Last month, Bernie Moreno won the Republican nomination for US Senate in Ohio. Moreno benefited from an early endorsement from Turning Point Action, the far-right activist group founded by Charlie Kirk
4/17/2024
10 : 34
Meet the people spending $800,000 or more to make Trump the next president
Donald Trump tried to overturn the 2020 presidential election, was recently found liable for sexual assault, and has been charged with 88 felonies. Trump is currently spending four days a week at the
4/16/2024
10 : 34
Who pays on Tax Day
Yesterday was the last day for Americans to file their 2023 taxes on time. What is the biggest difference between Tax Day this year and Tax Day in 1980? Millionaires pay a lot less. Between 1945 and
4/15/2024
10 : 34
Senate spotlight: A Trump Republican's China problem
November's election will not only determine which party controls the White House but also the United States Senate. Currently, the Democratic caucus holds a narrow 51-49 advantage. Control of the
4/13/2024
8 : 34
People v. Trump
Next Monday, April 15, Donald Trump will report to the Manhattan Criminal Courthouse to stand trial. According to the official summary released this week by Judge Juan Merchan, the case involves
4/13/2024
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Arizona Republicans condemn their own abortion policy
On Tuesday, the Arizona Supreme Court issued a bombshell decision banning virtually all abortions in the state. The majority found that since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, a near-total ban
4/9/2024
10 : 34
What Trump really said about abortion
During the 2024 presidential campaign, former President Donald Trump boasted that he would "come together with all groups" on abortion and "negotiate something" that would "
4/8/2024
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Cruz's corrupt bargain
After the Supreme Court's 2010 decision in Citizens United, there are few restrictions on spending money in federal elections. But Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) may have violated one of the last legal
4/4/2024
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Elon Musk's viral lie about the 2024 election uses bogus data
In October 2022, Elon Musk completed his purchase of Twitter. He then dramatically changed the algorithm to boost his own tweets. The new algorithm, according to a February 2023 report by Platformer,
4/3/2024
10 : 34
A humanitarian catastrophe
A UN-backed report published in mid-March found residents of Gaza are facing “high levels of acute food insecurity.” According to aid groups, the number of people in Gaza experiencing “catastrophic
4/2/2024
10 : 34
Corporate profit bonanza
In the last three months of 2023, after-tax corporate profits reached an all-time high of $2.8 trillion. This is part of a long-term growth in corporate profits that began in the 1980s, picked up steam