The first time Rachel Mulroy had to turn to Massachusetts’s cash welfare program, known in the state as Transitional Aid to Families with Dependent Children (TAFDC), her first daughter was two-and-a-half months old and Mulroy was fleeing an abusive relationship. https://truthout.org/articles/14-states-still-have-laws-meant-to-limit-poor-families-sizes/
Before he became president, Donald Trump described himself as pro-choice. https://www.democracynow.org/2019/4/25/trumps_crusade_against_women_goes_global
Navy SEALs who witnessed their platoon chief commit war crimes in Iraq were encouraged not to speak out, and told they could lose their jobs for reporting him at a private meeting with a superior officer last year, according to new reports from The New York Times. https://www.democracynow.org/2019/4/25/navy_seals_tried_for_months_to
A measles quarantine has been ordered at two public universities in Los Angeles in an effort to try to prevent the spread of the highly contagious disease. https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/25/health/california-universities-measles-quarantine/index.html
He’s the Democratic candidate President Donald Trump has long worriedwould emerge as his general election rival. Now, with the entry of former Vice President Joe Biden into a crowded primary field, a race that once seemed to Trump like abstract chatter has sharpened into a concrete proving ground that will challenge his hold on the nation’s political spotlight. https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/25/politics/donald-trump-joe-biden-rivals/index.html
Governor Stitt signed Senate bill 926 into law, requiring schools with sex education to include information about consent. https://www.kjrh.com/news/local-news/new-law-requires-schools-with-sex-education-to-include-consent
A new USA Today Network investigation uncovered disturbing patterns of police officers rising through the ranks despite being convicted of crimes and accused of misconduct…. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/officer-fired-twice-from-one-police-department-became-chief-of-another/
R. Kelly failed to appear in Cook County court in Illinois to answer to a civil lawsuit alleging he sexually abused an underage woman in the ’90s. On Tuesday, the judge in the suit declared a default judgment against Kelly… https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-r-kelly-loses-lawsuit-sex-abuse-20190424-story.html
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Former Vice President Joe Biden has entered the 2020 race for the White House, becoming the 20th Democrat to seek the nomination in the largest and most diverse field of Democratic candidates ever to run for president. Biden will face scrutiny for his long and checkered
The official title of the Mueller report is “Report On The Investigation Into Russian Interference In The 2016 Presidential Election.” Had the report’s authors added…. https://truthout.org/articles/without-impeachment-were-lowering-standards-for-all-future-presidents/