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WEBAug 26, 2024 — “Over 21,000 people worldwide die daily from inequality, amplified by a lack of both baseline health care and adequate nutrition. ” – Peter Phillips, author of “Titans of Capital: How Concentrated Wealth Threatens Humanity”, from From Weapons to Fossil Fuels — 10 Firms Control $50 Trillion of Global Wealth Sections
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WEB4 days ago — Kamala Harris, Donald Trump React to School Shooting in Georgia. Four people — two teachers and two students — were killed by a 14-year-old student of the school. By. Chris Walker , T ruthout. September 5, 2024. News.
Schumer Unveils No Kings Act to Undo Supreme Court …
WEBAug 1, 2024 — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-New York) is slated to introduce a bill on Thursday to effectively invalidate the Supreme Court’s ruling granting presidents immunity from wrongdoings done in an “official” context that experts have warned is ripe for abuse. The bill, entitled the No Kings Act, would clarify that presidents are not ...
Assange Is Free, But the Fight to Protect Press Freedom Is Far …
WEBAug 7, 2024 — WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange has finally put an end to his 14-year-long judicial persecution by the United States and the United Kingdom, thanks to the prowess of his legal team and the tenacity of his family members, but also thanks to an assist from the British High Court and the support of millions of activists around the world.
Project 2025 Isn’t Just Anti-Abortion. It Attacks ... - Truthout
WEBJul 27, 2024 — Media Matters also points out that “at least 17 partner organizations of Project 2025 have published and publicly presented anti-surrogacy arguments,” including the idea that surrogacy is “morally wrong.”. “From the moment of conception,” Project 2025 states “every human being possesses inherent dignity and worth and our humanity ...
Christian Nationalists Pursue State Capture - Truthout
WEBAug 1, 2024 — Right-wing state capture is increasingly a threat within U.S. states, which are systematically being taken over by Christian right leaders and their corporate and wealthy supporters through a combination of gerrymandering, voter suppression, organized and coordinated propaganda, and privatization. Public institutions that often serve as venues for free debate and social change — such as ...
Palestine Solidarity Activists Fear Harris Will Not Change Course on ...
WEBAug 1, 2024 — Movement activists, both in the U.S. and in Palestine, are wary that a Harris presidency will bring no real change in policy when it comes to Gaza, and will only continue to oversee Israel’s genocide. Many Palestine solidarity activists have emphasized the centrality of Palestine and the solidarity movement to Biden’s stepping down.
SCOTUS Rejects Biden Admin’s Request to Reinstate Expanded …
WEBAug 17, 2024 — The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday denied the Biden administration’s emergency request to reinstate parts of its updated Department of Education Title IX rule expanding the definition of “discrimination on the basis of sex” to include sexual orientation, gender identity, and pregnancy status. The nation’s highest court ruled 5-4 — with ...
Don’t Believe the Rampant Disinformation Over Israel’s Escalation …
WEBAug 2, 2024 — Israel has been trading strikes with Hezbollah, the Lebanese political party and armed group, ever since October. So far, the strikes have killed at least 542 people in Lebanon, including 114 civilians and at least 22 soldiers and 25 civilians in northern Israel and Israeli-occupied territory. But one recent back-and-forth has heightened the tension at the border between the two countries ...
The Right’s Push to Whitewash History Is a Precursor to Fascism
WEBAug 18, 2024 — Orwell’s concept of the memory hole, which acts as an incinerator of historical conscience and remembrance, has become a crucial weapon in the politics of disappearance. Truth has succumbed to the collapse of reason and the pathology of official lies. Thinking has become dangerous, as history collapses under the weight of misrepresentation ...
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