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June 26, 2023 Top News Wife's Oil and Gas Leasing Deal Raises New Ethics Concerns About Justice Alito "Alito doesn't have to come across like a drunken Paul Thomas Anderson character gleefully confessing to drinking our collective milkshakes in order to be a real-life, run-of-the-mill political villain," quipped the founder of one ethics watchdog. Brett Wilkins Oxfam Reveals How Rich Nations Are Helping For-Profit Health Industry Exploit Poor Patients Development finance institutions run by wealthy countries have fueled "a free-for-all of private greed over public good," the humanitarian group shows in a new report. Jake Johnson SCOTUS Lets Stand Decision Ensuring 'Publicly Funded Charter Schools Are Not Above the Law' "Girls at public charter schools have the same constitutional rights as their peers at other public schools—including the freedom to wear pants," said the ACLU Women's Rights Project director. Jessica Corbett 'Big Win for Democracy' as SCOTUS OKs Redrawing of Rigged Louisiana Congressional Map "Gerrymandering has been denying Black Louisianans fair representation—but that is about to change," said one voting rights group. Brett Wilkins Spanish H&M Workers Strike for Better Wages and Conditions Unions UGT and CCOO called for strike action June 12 after months of negotiations over staffing, hours, and pay. Olivia Rosane 'Change Is Possible': How Campaigners Are Using Deep Canvassing to Build a Just Future "Beliefs are not fixed," said Eboni Taggart, training manager at the Deep Canvass Institute. "We don't want to write people off as unreachable. I think there's a real danger in that." Jake Johnson

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