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32 years ago: South Africa showed the world progress is possible15:36 On April 27, 1994, South Africa delivered a landslide victory to former political prisoner Nelson Mandela and his once-outlawed African National Congress. Texas’ Gulf Coast has a health problem: Benzene emissions are among the highest in the nation.15:04 At the worst-performing refineries, report finds operators are not tackling recurring and harmful leaks, leading to public health risk. Trump picked a fight with the wrong pope1:26 Unlike with so much of Donald Trump's obscene behavior, the American public isn’t standing for his attacks on Pope Leo. Arc de Trump1:26 The US has a long history of changing voting districts for political reasons. Is it legal?0:22 The word “gerrymander” was coined in America more than 200 years ago as an unflattering way to describe the political manipulation of boundaries for legislative voting districts by those in charge of drawing them. Food stamp work rules don’t increase employment, researchers say23:19 By Taylor Sisk for KFF A half-dozen cars had been in the queue for nearly four hours by the time the House of Hope mobile food pantry line began to move. Seventy or so more idled behind them by 11:30 a.m., when the food distribution began. The plan was to begin handing out boxes of groceries […] Republicans blame redistricting fiasco on everyone—except Trump21:10 Republicans were in full-on meltdown mode this week after they lost a redistricting ballot measure in Virginia that will axe as many as four GOP lawmakers from their congressional delegation. Tucker treason21:10 A bill to gut endangered species protections faced a major setback this week20:06 The U.S. House of Representatives unexpectedly canceled a vote on a bill that would defang the Endangered Species Act. |