Abby Vesoulis
National Politics Reporter at Mother Jones
National Politics reporter at Mother Jones magazine. Previously: TIME magazine. Signal: abbyvesoulis.09 Proton: [email protected] 📥
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2 weeks ago |
motherjones.com | Abby Vesoulis
In early April, Tracy Baton helped organize a “Hands Off!” rally protesting President Donald Trump in downtown Pittsburgh that was attended by more than 6,000 people. But she wasn’t just angry at the president—she was also incensed by her state’s Democratic senator, John Fetterman. So was the crowd. “Fetterman?” one speaker yelled from a stage near the steps of City Hall. The term is Pittsburghese for “jerk.”“It means you’ve broken the social contract,” says Baton, a 62-year-old social worker.
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2 months ago |
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In Afghanistan, where millions are starving, the France-based NGO Action Against Hunger operates clinics treating severely malnourished children with individualized nutrition plans and feeding tubes. For now.
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Mar 3, 2025 |
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It’s not surprising a national legal nonprofit would allege in late 2023 that NASCAR had a diversity problem: Of the 42 drivers on the entry list for the 2024 Daytona 500, for example, only one was Black and zero were women. But that wasn’t the diversity issue that America First Legal (AFL)—a group founded by Stephen Miller, a senior Trump official and a mastermind of the infamous child-separation immigration policy—had in mind.
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Feb 19, 2025 |
them.us | Abby Vesoulis
This post originally appeared on Mother Jones. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has begun filing motions to dismiss court cases the agency brought against businesses accused of discriminating against transgender and nonbinary employees. Federal court records show the EEOC filed to dismiss four cases related to gender identity late this week.
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Feb 17, 2025 |
lgbtqnation.com | Abby Vesoulis
This article first appeared on Mother Jones. It has been republished with the publication’s permission. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has begun filing motions to dismiss court cases the agency brought against businesses accused of discriminating against transgender and nonbinary employees. Federal court records show the EEOC filed to dismiss four cases related to gender identity late this week.
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