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When the homeless need help, she answers the call

As an operator on Connecticut's homelessness hotline, Shanta Wiley hears from people sleeping in cars, evicted by landlords or turned out by relatives.

The Washington Post

The foreclosures have brought in millions for the cities, but have taken away homes that have been in families for generations, particularly in heavily Black and lower income neighborhoods. And the lawyer who has aggressively pursued the practice is trying to make cities in South Florida next.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/realestate/families-lose-homes-after-florida-cities-turbocharge-code-enforcement-foreclosures/ar-AA18QEn

Okla. Lawmaker Cites the Bible in Defending Use of Corporal Punishment Against Children with Disabilities

State Rep. Jim Olsen argued against a bill that would prohibit school employees from using corporal punishment on children with disabilities, citing Proverbs to argue, "The rod and reproof give wisdom"

MSN
Republicans quietly drop House investigation into Trump finances

Republicans quietly drop House investigation into Trump finances - ‘I know exactly what I’m investigating: money the Bidens received from China,’ House Oversight & Accountability Chairman James Comer says

MSN

So say goodbye to that romance section, my friends. Yes, a whole genre that is mainly geared towards women and written by women could be removed from public libraries.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/oklahoma-bill-would-allow-removal-of-any-books-that-contain-sex-from-libraries-right-down-to-your-regency-faves/ar-AA18G7vV

Oklahoma Bill Would Allow Removal of ANY Books That Contain Sex From Libraries, Right Down To Your Regency Faves

Keeping up with the fascist levels of control, Republicans in Oklahoma introduced a bill that will limit access to books that are "too sexual." The post Oklahoma Bill Would Allow Removal of ANY Books That Contain Sex From Libraries, Right Down To Your Regency Faves appeared first on The Mary Sue.

MSN
Why are so many Americans poor? Because we allow it, two books argue.

Sociologists Mark Robert Rank and Matthew Desmond examine the attitudes and policies that keep poverty entrenched.

MSN
Episcopal bishop joins North Idaho religious and secular activists to fight Christian nationalism

[Religion News Service] Last month, dozens of activists packed into a small room in the Post Falls library for a board meeting of the Community Library Network.

Episcopal News Service
Episcopal bishop joins North Idaho religious and secular activists to fight Christian nationalism

[Religion News Service] Last month, dozens of activists packed into a small room in the Post Falls library for a board meeting of the Community Library Network.

Episcopal News Service
Fox News fears competitors will steal its ‘journalistic processes’

A questionable filing in the network's defense against a defamation lawsuit from Dominion seeks to maintain redactions in court filings.

The Washington Post
Jim Jordan’s Weaponization Subcommittee Keeps Firing Blanks

Jim Jordan’s premise as chairman of the House Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government is apparent: If at first you don’t succeed with political stunts dressed up as “investigations,” change the subject and try again. After an initial February 9 hearing airing old grievances, yesterday Jordan tried what had already backfired for his […]

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