Let's be clear. When Mercedes hangs a banner at its plant in Alabama urging its workers to 'vote no' on forming a union, that's not being 'neutral' as it claims to be. That's union busting. I say to Mercedes: Stop intimidating your pro-union workers. End your union busting.

Tunisia has, like many societies, long struggled w/ anti-Black racism as the scholar Huda Mzioudet ≠ Low-Budget Pharaoh documents.

But following President Saied’s Feb. 2023 “great replacement” speech, Tunisia rapidly morphed into the most violently anti-Black environment I’ve ever experienced 🧵

NEW: Here's Louisiana's request to SCOTUS to stay the redrawing of its congressional map after a lower court struck down a new Black-majority district as a racial gerrymander. supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/23/2…

Any time you explain civil asset forfeiture to a non-lawyer, they cannot believe it is real and that it is legal.

Tomorrow on the Prospect Weekly Roundup, David Dayen and Hassan Ali Kanu talk the Drake vs. Kendrick Lamar beef, updates on the Trump trial, the Maryland Senate race and more! Subscribe to our YouTube channel TODAY to get a notification when it starts: youtube.com/@TheAmericanPr…

The Supreme Court's first decision of the day is Culley v. Marshall. Kavanaugh's 6–3 opinion holds that the Constitution does not require a separate preliminary hearing in civil forfeiture cases. All three liberals dissent. supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf…

A D.C. developer flew Mayor Muriel Bowser down to the Masters and back on a private jet for a one-day trip. Her office described this as 'a sports and economic development visit.' washingtoncitypaper.com/article/694319…

BREAKING: Department of Education finds civil rights violations in Carroll Independent School District in Southlake, Texas. Our clients & our excellent legal team persevered for years to help bring about this result. And, the fight is far from over. Listen.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/s…

🚨🚨🚨BREAKING: President Biden tells Erin Burnett that if Israel invades the city of Rafah, the U.S. will stop supplying it with artillery shells, bombs for fighter jets and other offensive weapons

UPDATE: Justice Alito has given the white plaintiffs in the Louisiana racial gerrymandering case until Monday, 5/13 at 11 a.m. ET to respond to Black VRA plaintiffs' request for a stay pending appeal.

🚨NEW: Black intervenors in the Louisiana racial gerrymandering case have asked SCOTUS to pause the order striking down the state's new congressional map pending appeal. Application for stay here: supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/23/2…

NEW: DOI has launched a probe into NYPD officials' social media use as well as NYPD's response to pro-Palestine campus protests, a spokeswoman confirms.

The probe comes in response to requests from City Council Speaker Adams and Legal Aid.

Story coming via New York Daily News

Republicans are passing new laws in Florida, Texas, Arizona, etc. that are designed to make the police more impervious to meaningful oversight. - John Pfaff, and now @johnpfaff.bsky.social
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America's sleaziest health care ponzi scheme just filed Chapter 11 in our sleaziest bankruptcy court. I definitely thought Steward filing in SDTX would be too 'on the nose' but yet again I probably underestimated the moral depravity of our institutions prospect.org/health/hospita…

NYPD’s Raid on Columbia Cost Hundreds of Thousands in Overtime Alone. The Crackdown Will End Up Costing Millions. interc.pt/3UvfuNK by Bryce Covert interc.pt/3UvfuNK

Today Secretary Antony Blinken is supposed to tell Congress whether Israel has violated international humanitarian law & impeded the delivery of humanitarian assistance. The debate has divided US officials and the report is likely to be delayed. Kylie Atwood Jennifer Hansler cnn.com/2024/05/07/pol…

Breaking- Right now MPD clears GW encampment and attempt to kettle and pepper spray students - AHEAD OF GOP HEARING TODAY

#HandsOffDC

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“On Monday, the governor was highlighting her $400 million artificial intelligence initiative at a meeting of billionaires and business leaders in California”

See how she talks about us to funders

Our college intern-led reporting on campus protests continues with George Washington U., site of 8 DMV-area college demonstrations.
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The pro-Israel counter protestors at UCLA were organized by a group funded by billionaire Bill Ackman and friends, including Jessica Seinfeld (wife of the erstwhile comedian Jerry Seinfeld).
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