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Congress Is Pushing An Online Safety Bill Supported By Anti-LGBTQ Groups
Advocates say the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) will be weaponized to censor LGBTQ content.
Man Wrongfully Arrested By Facial Recognition Tells Congress His Story
Robert Williams was arrested last year in Detroit after a facial recognition system misidentified him as a suspect.
Congress Introduces a Bill That Would Ban Facial Recognition Indefinitely
The technology has been proven to discriminate against Black people, and has already been banned in 20 US cities and the state of Vermont.
China Is Very Angry That Congress Pointed Out it Is Committing Massive Human Rights Abuses in Xinjiang
China has imprisoned about a million Uighurs and Kazakhs in "reeducation camps" that escapees describe as prisons where their human rights were routinely violated.
The Office Supply Store in the House of Reps. Will Now Stock Tampons
With a record number of women in the 116th Congress, the House Administration Committee has started stocking menstrual products, which members of Congress can purchase with their federal allowances.
Congressman Appears to Forget that Food Actually Is a Basic Human Right
The UN sort of settled this question back in 1948, guys.
10 Months After Weinstein, #MeToo Legislation Is Still Stalled in Congress
The House and Senate are pitted against each other in disagreements over legislation aimed at curbing sexual misconduct on Capitol Hill.
A woman will finally represent Mississippi in Congress for the first time ever
Republican Gov. Phil Bryant will reportedly appoint state Agriculture Commissioner Cindy Hyde-Smith to the Senate on Wednesday.
Bug Your Congressperson About Vital Issues With This Simple Widget
A Brooklyn arts organization set up a tool to call your representatives on repeat so you don't have to.
Here are Significant Standout Bipartisan Efforts of the Last Decade
Republicans and Democrats hate each other, but here are some instances of political decorum from the past decade that actually worked out in the end.
Here's How Trump's FCC Is Threatening Your Free Speech
Open internet safeguards are essential in the age of Trump, lawmakers say.