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Project 2025 Isn’t Just Anti-Abortion. It Attacks Surrogacy, IVF, Contraception.

The right’s 922-page policy agenda for a Trump presidency offers an extremist plan for rolling back reproductive rights.

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Eleanor J. Bader

A Month After SCOTUS Decision, Newsom Issues Order Targeting Unhoused People

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) issued an executive action this week ordering the removal of unhoused people across the state from encampments...

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Chris Walker

Experts Weigh In on How the “Chevron” Ruling Could Unravel Reproductive Rights

In April the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) finalized its Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) regulations, after being criticized...

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Nicole Karlis

US Doctors Back From Gaza Push Kamala Harris, Joe and Jill Biden for a Ceasefire

We speak to two doctors who are part of a group of 45 U.S. doctors, surgeons and nurses who have volunteered in Gaza since October 7 and wrote an...

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Amy Goodman

Paris Olympics Slammed for Mass Displacement, Militarization and Greenwashing

Just hours before Friday’s opening ceremony for the 2024 Summer Olympics, a series of apparently coordinated arson attacks were reported on...

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Amy Goodman

Jewish National Fund of Canada Has Its Charitable Status Revoked

Score a significant victory against apartheid, genocide and Canada’s most significant contribution to Palestinian dispossession. The powerful...

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Yves Engler

Elena Kagan: Supreme Court Should Have Enforcement Mechanism for Ethics Rules

On Thursday, Supreme Court Associate Justice Elena Kagan signaled support for the creation of an independent body to oversee the High Court’s...

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Chris Walker

UK Dropping Challenge to ICC Arrest Warrants for Israeli Leaders Under New PM

The U.K. has announced that it is no longer going to pursue its legal challenge to the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) seeking of arrest...

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Sharon Zhang

Sanders Rebukes Billionaire Effort to Get Harris to Dump Antitrust Champion Khan

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) has spoken out against the billionaire effort to oust Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Lina Khan, a Biden...

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Sharon Zhang

US Corporations Pump Aquifers Dry as Police Kill Water Defenders in Rural Mexico

On June 20, more than 200 angry farmers pulled their tractors into the highway outside the Carroll Farms feed plant in the Mexican town of Totalco,...

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David Bacon

I Work for the US’s Largest Union. Why Would It Hold My Health Care Hostage?

On July 23, I had a critical appointment with my nephrologist to discuss how long I can delay my next kidney infusion without dying. Together we...

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Kate Hilts

Dozens of Trump Backers Required Medical Attention Due to Heat at NC Rally

Several people who attended GOP nominee former President Donald Trump’s rally in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Wednesday required medical...

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Chris Walker

Polls Show Vance Is Deeply Unpopular — Could the RNC Remove Him From the Ticket?

Polling on American voters’ opinion of GOP vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance is causing political observers to question whether Republicans...

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Chris Walker

FBI Director Tells Congress Agency Is Unsure if Bullet Actually Hit Trump

Close to two weeks after former President Donald Trump survived an attempt on his life by a shooter at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania,...

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Chris Walker

Netanyahu Vows to “Finish the Job Faster” in Gaza if US Gives Him More Weapons

In his speech to Congress on Wednesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made a direct appeal to U.S. lawmakers to send Israel more...

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Sharon Zhang

US Health Workers Back From Gaza Calculate Death Toll at 92,000 — at a Minimum

Dozens of U.S. doctors and nurses who have returned from volunteer trips to Gaza say in a scathing new letter that Israel’s assault, along with...

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Sharon Zhang

Palestinian Human Rights Lawyer Slams Lawmakers Who Cheered Netanyahu’s Speech

We speak with Palestinian human rights lawyer Noura Erakat about Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to Congress, in which he defended Israel’s brutal...

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Amy Goodman

Palestinian Activists Say Biden’s Legacy Is Gaza Genocide and US Imperialism

President Joe Biden’s reelection bid came to an abrupt conclusion on Sunday as the president posted on social media, “I believe it is in the...

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Kelly Hayes

House Democrat Proposes Amendment to Overturn SCOTUS Immunity Ruling

The top Democrat of the Committee on House Administration on Wednesday proposed an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would reverse the...

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Jessica Corbett

Trump Has Whipped Up an Anti-Immigrant Frenzy. Will Anyone Counter it in 2024?

As expected, Republicans put immigration center stage during the Republican National Convention this month, using migrants as scapegoats for all...

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Setareh Ghandehari

Why Did AOC and Bernie Sanders Keep Backing Biden in His Campaign’s Last Days?

In the turbulent final weeks of Joe Biden’s doomed reelection bid, as Democratic Party leaders coalesced in a full-throttle push to end the...

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Schuyler Mitchell

ALEC’s Annual Meeting This Week Centers a Right-Wing Corporate Agenda

The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) is holding its 51st Annual Meeting in Denver this week at the four-star Hyatt Regency Denver at...

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David Armiak

Kim Davis Files Legal Challenge to 2015 SCOTUS Same-Sex Marriage Ruling

Kim Davis, the infamous Kentucky county clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples nearly a decade ago following the Supreme...

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Chris Walker

“Not in Our Name”: 400 Jewish Activists Arrested Protesting Netanyahu Address

Hundreds of Jewish activists were arrested in the U.S. Capitol complex on Tuesday after staging a sit-in to protest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin...

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Sharon Zhang

Tlaib: Netanyahu Should Be Sent to The Hague, Not Addressing Congress

Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Michigan) has said that it is “utterly disgraceful” that Congress has invited “war criminal” Israeli Prime Minister...

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Sharon Zhang

Israeli Forces Have Killed 366 UN Workers and Their Family Members in Gaza

A leaked report obtained by Drop Site estimates that Israeli forces have killed at least 366 United Nations staffers and their family members in...

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Jake Johnson

After Sonya Massey’s Killing and Police Cover-Up, Her Family Demands Justice

The family of Sonya Massey is demanding justice after they say authorities tried to cover up her fatal shooting by a sheriff’s deputy in...

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Amy Goodman

Arkansas Supreme Court Orders State to Count Abortion Amendment Signatures

Abortion rights advocates in Arkansas were cautiously optimistic Tuesday evening that the state government would count the signatures of more than...

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Julia Conley

Despite Protests, Netanyahu Solidifies Support From the Right During US Trip

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stands accused of war crimes, and the popular political consensus within the U.S. and Israel suggests he is...

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Mike Ludwig

Netanyahu’s Visit to Congress Underscores US Contempt for International Law

The U.S. has long ignored many commands of international law, but its casual disregard of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) has come into...

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Marjorie Cohn

Israel’s Largest Weapons Manufacturer to Help Expand US’s Virtual Border Wall

This story was originally published at Prism. Elbit Systems, Israel’s largest weapons manufacturer, has been central in bolstering the...

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Maurizio Guerrero

UN Convoy in Gaza Shot While Reuniting 5 Palestinian Children With Their Father

A UN convoy in Gaza that was carrying a group of five Palestinian children, including a baby, to reunite them with their father was shot at at an...

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Sharon Zhang

Voters Don’t Know Much About Vance, But They Dislike Many of His Past Statements

New polling indicates that, the more voters learn about J.D. Vance, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s choice for vice president, the...

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Chris Walker

Major Unions Urge Biden to Stop Arming Israel Amid Netanyahu Visit

A group of seven major unions, including some of the largest unions in the U.S., are calling on President Joe Biden to immediately stop sending...

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Sharon Zhang

Israeli Forces Post Pictures of Stripped Detained Palestinian Children Online

Israeli forces have taken pictures of Palestinian children they have abducted into their torture camps and posted them online with humiliating...

23.07.2024 1

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Sharon Zhang

Sanders Pushes Harris to Pursue an Agenda That Prioritizes the Working Class

As labor unions, advocacy groups, and progressive lawmakers rallied around Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday, Sen. Bernie Sanders held off on...

23.07.2024 4

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Jake Johnson

Bangladesh Cracks Down on Student-Led Protests Over Jobs, Inequality, Corruption

The death toll in Bangladesh from a crackdown on massive student protests has risen to at least 174, with more than 2,500 people arrested, after...

23.07.2024 3

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Amy Goodman

An Ethos of Compliance in the Democratic Party Made the Biden Debacle Possible

The Biden campaign drove the Democratic Party into a ditch and speculation is rampant about grim prospects for the election. But little scrutiny...

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Norman Solomon

A New Poll Shows Project 2025 Gets Less Popular the More Voters Learn About It

New polling out on Tuesday suggests that Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s best hope for Project 2025, the far-right policy agenda...

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Julia Conley

July 21 Was Earth’s Hottest Day on Record

July 21 was Earth’s hottest day on record, overtaking the record set last July during the hottest year in millennia. The European Copernicus...

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Olivia Rosane

Netanyahu’s Speech to Congress Is a Desperate Ploy to Rally Support for Genocide

Congressional leadership’s invitation for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to address a joint session of the U.S. Congress on July 24 was...

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Souzan Naser

Trump Is “Scrambling” Following Harris’s Rise to Dem Nominee Status

Vice President Kamala Harris, now the presumptive presidential nominee for the Democratic Party in the 2024 election, fares better in polling...

23.07.2024 3

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Chris Walker

Republican at Vance Rally Says “Civil War” May Be Needed If Trump Loses Election

On Monday, an Ohio Republican lawmaker introducing GOP vice presidential candidate Sen. J.D. Vance suggested that, should Vance and presidential...

23.07.2024 3

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Chris Walker

US Teachers Pushed Their Union to Divest From Israel. What Happened?

As the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) convention kicked off in Houston, Texas, this week, the worsening humanitarian situation in Gaza was...

23.07.2024 2

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Marianne Dhenin

Warren Introduces Bill Effectively Overturning Extremist SCOTUS “Chevron” Ruling

A group of senators led by Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts) has introduced a bill to combat the Supreme Court’s seismic pro-corporate...

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Sharon Zhang

Oxfam: Israel Has Reduced Water Access in Gaza by 94 Percent Since October

Oxfam has warned that Israel’s longstanding policy of using water as a weapon against Palestinians has reached its peak amid Israel’s genocide,...

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Sharon Zhang

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