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3/12/2024
10 : 34
New data explodes myth of crime wave fueled by migrants
Republican politicians and sympathetic media outlets are claiming that America is in the midst of a violent "crime wave," driven in part by undocumented immigrants. New data, however,
3/11/2024
10 : 34
Trump's $91.6 million question
New York juries have found, by a preponderance of the evidence, that former President Donald Trump sexually assaulted writer E. Jean Carroll in a Bergdorf Goodman dressing room in the mid-90s and then
3/7/2024
11 : 34
How millions in corporate cash could help a radical conspiracy theorist become governor
On Tuesday, Mark Robinson (R) won the Republican nomination for Governor of North Carolina. Robinson, currently North Carolina's lieutenant governor, is one of the most radical gubernatorial
3/6/2024
13 : 14
Did Biden commit treason? Dissecting Elon Musk's public meltdown
On Tuesday, billionaire Elon Musk told his 175 million followers on X that President Biden had committed "treason" by "secretly" flying "320000 illegal immigrants" from
3/5/2024
11 : 34
Corporate-backed Congressman pushes anti-Semitic attack against journalist
On Sunday, first-term Congressman Mike Collins (R-GA) participated in a vehemently anti-Semitic attack against a Washington Post journalist on X, the social network formerly known as Twitter. After
3/4/2024
11 : 34
How the media failed Nex Benedict
On February 21, 2024, the Owasso Police Department issued a statement on Nex Benedict, the non-binary Oklahoma high school student who was assaulted in a school bathroom and died the following day. It
2/29/2024
12 : 24
Trump's pick for chair of the Republican Party opposes "the destruction of human embryos"
Former president Trump has endorsed Michael Whatley, a corporate lobbyist and chair of the North Carolina Republican Party, as the next chair of the Republican National Committee (RNC). "[M]y
2/28/2024
11 : 34
Open mic
2024 is not even two months old, but it has already been a busy year for Popular Information. Here are a few highlights from February: Today, ho… ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏
2/27/2024
11 : 34
Kroger's “nefarious bargain”
This is a special joint edition of Popular Information and Fingers, a newsletter about drinking in America by journalist Dave Infante. Fingers is a must-read for anyone who cares about the business,
2/26/2024
11 : 34
Smoke and mirrors: What Republicans are really saying about IVF
On February 16, the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos are "children," and fertility clinics that destroy frozen embryos could be sued under Alabama's Wrongful Death of a
2/23/2024
19 : 54
Nex Benedict's mom raises doubts about police statements: It's a "big cover"
The mother of Nex Benedict — the non-binary Oklahoma teen who was assaulted in a school bathroom and died the following day — is raising doubts about statements released by the local police. On
2/22/2024
11 : 34
Alabama infertility clinic stops offering IVF, fearing prosecution
The fertility clinic at the University of Alabama at Birmingham announced Wednesday it has stopped offering in vitro fertilization (IVF) procedures. Other clinics in the state may soon follow after the
2/21/2024
11 : 44
Nex Benedict matters
Nex Benedict, a 16-year-old Oklahoma sophomore, died on February 8. Nex, who was non-binary, was attacked in an Owasso High School bathroom the previous day, sustaining serious head injuries. Nex's
2/20/2024
11 : 34
Oops! DeSantis says book challenges have gone too far
In an extraordinary press conference last week, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) acknowledged that challenges to books in the state's school libraries are out of control. Over the course of the
2/19/2024
2 : 44
Roses are red, violets are blue, Uber drivers deserve fair pay too
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2/19/2024
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Human rights law complicates proposed $14 billion military aid package to Israel
On Tuesday, the Senate voted 70-29 to approve a foreign aid package that includes billions to support Israel's ongoing military campaign in Gaza. The package contains "$10.6 billion for the
2/13/2024
11 : 34
You paid more in income taxes last year than a corporation with billions in profits
Working Americans, for the most part, pay federal income taxes. Salaried workers have a portion of their pay withheld for federal income taxes every pay period. Small business owners and independent
2/12/2024
11 : 44
Media creates Biden "fitness" crisis
And lets Trump off easy. Here's how...
2/8/2024
11 : 34
Top Republican, flush with corporate cash, embraces racist conspiracy theory
Proponents of the great replacement theory in the United States claim that Democrats are attempting to "replace" white Americans with non-white immigrants. This racist myth was popularized by
2/7/2024
11 : 34
Getting serious about wage theft
Over $203 million in wages were stolen by employers from nearly 127000 workers in New York between 2017 and 2021, according to a report last year by Documented and ProPublica. Of that amount, more than