ProPublica @propublica.org

1 day ago

ProPublica obtained a vast cache of IRS information showing how billionaires like Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk pay little in income tax compared to their massive wealth — sometimes, even nothing.

(Published 2021)

The Secret IRS Files: Trove of Never-Before-Seen Records Reveal How the Wealthiest Avoid Income Tax

ProPublica has obtained a vast cache of IRS information showing how billionaires like Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Warren Buffett pay little in income tax compared to their massive wealth — sometimes,…

China Daily @chinadaily.bsky.social

1 day ago

#OpinionLine With its misguided #tariff wars, the United States administration is not only fragmenting seven decades of globalization. It is also contributing to a geopolitical climate reminiscent of the tensions that preceded the rise of fascism in the 1930s. #US bit.ly/4lh7Th3

Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org

1 day ago

"I consider (creating these murals to be) a privilege because I can't say what it was like when he was alive, but I do know that the freedoms that I get to exercise every day are the very things that he was fighting for,” Reshonda Perryman said.

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New Murals Honor Medgar Evers at Namesake Library in Jackson

Jackson Friends of the Library unveiled new murals honoring Medgar Evers at a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Aug. 1, 2025.

Meredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com

1 day ago

INCARCERATING NON-VIOLENT OFFENDERS PRE-TRIAL BECAUSE THEY ARE POOR WAS UNJUST AND BAD PUBLIC POLICY AND THE DATA SHOWS IT.

The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com

1 day ago

The president brought up no cash bail and Chicago today.

Here’s a reminder: Data emerging from the Circuit Court of Cook County shows that the law is working

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ESSAY: Ending cash bail shows that we shouldn’t lead with fear • The TRiiBE

The Pretrial Fairness Act has shown us possibilities; we can have safety without incarceration.

China Daily @chinadaily.bsky.social

1 day ago

Egrets are pictured flying over a river in Tengzhou city, East China's Shandong province on Sunday.

Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com

1 day ago

The UN warns that “entire families, neighbourhoods, and a generation are being wiped out” after five more Palestinians died of malnutrition due to Israel’s ongoing blockade, strikes, and targeting of journalists aje.io/kkenc3

UN says families, a generation being ‘wiped out’ by Israel’s war on Gaza

Malnutrition from Israeli-induced starvation, strikes kill dozens of Palestinians as journalists deliberately targeted.

NPR @npr.org

3 days ago

NPR has learned that dozens of immigrants across the U.S. have received letters notifying them that their asylum cases have been dismissed because they have not yet received a screening interview.

Asylum-seekers thought they were following the rules. Now some are told to start over

NPR has learned that dozens of immigrants across the U.S. have received letters notifying them that their asylum cases have been dismissed because they have not yet received a screening interview.