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Data Brokers Selling Location Data Of Americans Who Visit Abortion Clinics

2 years 11 months ago
With the leaked Supreme Court ruling indicating the court is poised to effectively overturn Roe V. Wade, you can expect a new wave of worry about the weaponization and abuse of consumer location data, as states increasingly seek to criminalize abortion — and those aiding others seeking such services. As if on cue: Motherboard’s latest […]
Karl Bode

The Fed’s Dilemma

2 years 11 months ago
Today on TAP: The half-point rate hike will make little difference in dealing with the causes and cures of rising prices.
Robert Kuttner

St. Louisans Protest for Abortion Rights, 'Roe v. Wade' Could Be Overturned

2 years 11 months ago
A few hundred protestors peacefully gathered outside the Thomas F. Eagleton U.S. Courthouse Tuesday night to voice opposition to the U.S. Supreme Court’s draft opinion to overturn abortion rights. News broke Monday that the Supreme Court drafted a ruling to overturn federal legal access to abortion, a right that the landmark decision Roe v. Wade established in 1973. As previously reported by the RFT, Missouri has a “trigger law” that gives the state the authority to prohibit abortions, except in medical emergencies, upon the repeal of Roe v. Wade.
Monica Obradovic

Woman jumps out window to escape south St. Louis house fire

2 years 11 months ago
ST. LOUIS - Fire officials said a woman was inside of a south St. Louis home with boarded-up windows when a fire started Wednesday morning. The fire at the two-story brick home in the 4100 block of Nebraska Avenue started just before 6 a.m. Firefighters said a woman jumped from the second-floor window to escape [...]
Monica Ryan

U.S. Senate to try again on abortion rights after bombshell disclosure of draft opinion

2 years 11 months ago

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Democrats on Tuesday pledged a new vote codifying the right to an abortion after publication of a draft court ruling that showed the Supreme Court on track to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade abortion decision. Democrats, who likely won’t have the votes to advance that bill, also predicted that abortion […]

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Jennifer Shutt

Twice Burned

2 years 11 months ago
How the U.S. military’s toxic burn pits are poisoning Americans — overseas and at home
Julia Kane