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Sanders Slams Congress for Fully Funding Military Amid Housing Crisis

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders on Monday derided those of his colleagues who claim it’s too expensive for the federal government to take ambitious action...

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Jake Johnson

Opioid Maker Avoids Massive Federal Penalty Through Bankruptcy, Slow-Moving DOJ

This story was originally published by ProPublica . ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story...

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Bob Fernandez

Palestinian Families Sue US for Sending Israel Arms Despite “Gross Violations”

The U.S. “has irresponsibly embraced, ‘See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil,’” toward Israel, the lawsuit says.

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Sharon Zhang

Senators Urge Biden to Grant Palestinians Special Status to Avoid Deportation

A group of senators is urging President Joe Biden to designate the occupied Palestinian territories for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) in order...

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Sharon Zhang

Aysenur Ezgi Eygi’s Family After Blinken Meeting: US Isn’t Holding Israel Accountable

The family of Aysenur Ezgi Eygi has said that they left a meeting with Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday with doubt that the U.S. will...

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Sharon Zhang

Mother Who Lost Son in “Kids for Cash” Scheme Slams Biden’s Clemency for Judge

President Joe Biden’s decision to grant clemency to a corrupt former judge has sparked widespread outrage, including from members of his own...

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Amy Goodman

Amazon Hit With Potential Strike and Damning Senate Report Ahead of Holiday Rush

Thousands of Teamster workers overwhelmingly voted in the past week to authorize strikes at two major Amazon warehouses in New York City and one...

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Mike Ludwig

Trump’s Picks for Top Federal Health Agencies Look Like “Team of Opponents”

Many of President-elect Donald Trump’s candidates for federal health agencies have promoted policies and goals that put them at odds with one...

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Stephanie Armour

Seattle Planned to Close Up to 21 Public Schools — Here’s How We Stopped Them

From coast to coast, school districts are proposing closures, as pandemic-era funds have long since dried up and gentrification has driven families...

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Jesse Hagopian

Student Debt Doesn’t Vanish With Age. Older Debtors Protest With a “Knit-In.”

This article was co-published with In These Times . A group of student loan borrowers aged 50 and up traveled from around the country to Washington,...

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Lily Greenberg Call

Israel Is Closing Embassy in Ireland Over Country’s Opposition to Gaza Genocide

Israel has announced that it is closing its embassy in Ireland, just days after Ireland announced that it is joining South Africa’s genocide case...

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Sharon Zhang

Israel Approves Plan to Expand Illegal Settlements in Occupied Golan Heights

Israel is continuing to bomb Syria a week after longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad was ousted from power. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human...

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Amy Goodman

With the Campaign Over, Donald Trump Now Says He Likes Parts of Project 2025

After spending the bulk of the presidential campaign trying to distance himself from the far right policy proposals outlined in Project 2025,...

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Chris Walker

Trump’s DOGE Team Is Asking Potential Appointees If They Can Abolish the FDIC

President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team is looking at ways to either reform, reorganize or completely eliminate the Federal Deposit...

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Chris Walker

Israel Kills Palestinian Grandfather Known for Video Mourning His Grandchild

Israeli forces have killed iconic Palestinian grandfather Khaled Nabhan, who went viral in the first months of Israel’s genocide for a video...

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Sharon Zhang

Over 120 House Democrats Urge Biden to Ratify the Equal Rights Amendment

With weeks to go until President-elect Donald Trump is set to take office with a Republican trifecta in the White House, Senate, and House of...

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Julia Conley

ICJ Set to Decide Whether Fueling Climate Change Violates International Law

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has just completed hearings on the climate crisis in a case that could have critical consequences for the...

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Marjorie Cohn

Palestinian Journalist: We Have Run Out of Body Bags to Bury the Dead in Gaza

Rescue workers, children, and journalists are among the civilians killed by Israeli attacks in Gaza on Sunday, as the death toll continues to mount...

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Jon Queally

Indigenous Patients Threatened by Collections Over Medical Debt Government Owes

Tescha Hawley learned that hospital bills from her son’s birth had been sent to debt collectors only when she checked her credit score while...

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Katheryn Houghton

After Reports Suggest Trump Seeks to Privatize USPS, Progressives Speak Out

After weekend reporting indicated President-elect Donald Trump is actively thinking about avenues to privatize the U.S. Postal Service,...

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Jon Queally

The Global South Is on the Brink of a Disastrous Debt Crisis. Reform Is Urgent.

Countries across the Global South are experiencing climate, poverty and development crises — all made worse by the unbearable costs of debt...

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C.j. Polychroniou

Amazon Workers Threaten Holiday Strike If Company Keeps Refusing to Bargain

Workers at a Amazon warehouse and delivery center in New York announced approval of strike authorizations on Friday, giving the retail giant —...

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Jon Queally

This Florida Law Is Censoring and Punishing Pro-Palestine Artists

In late September, during the last stages of preparing for an exhibition, Miami artist Les Gomez-Gonzalez received notice that they had to sign a...

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Isabella Marie Garcia

A Texas Town Faced Dangerous Benzene Fumes. Regulators Never Told Residents.

This article was originally published by Public Health Watch, a nonprofit investigative news organization. Find out more at publichealthwatch.org....

sunday 3

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Savanna Strott

Christian Nationalists Are Reshaping Texas’s Public School Curricula

When Texas elementary school students return to the classroom next fall, they may be studying from textbooks with messages about patriotism,...

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Eleanor J. Bader

Israel Is Invading Syria and Destroying Its Defenses Amid National Upheaval

Even as Bashar al-Assad was scrambling to get out of Syria, Israel was mobilizing its military to take advantage of the power vacuum that Assad’s...

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Mitchell Plitnick

Without Transformative Local Media, Our Communities Are Vulnerable

As we feel our way through the political haze following Donald Trump’s reelection to the White House, one underlying reality is clear: In the...

14.12.2024 10

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Alex Frandsen

Texas AG Sues New York Doctor, Putting Abortion Provider Shield Laws to the Test

This story was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them —...

14.12.2024 2

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Eleanor Klibanoff

Toxic PFAS Chemicals Found in Rural CA Drinking Water Far From Known Sources

Juana Valle never imagined she’d be scared to drink water from her tap or eat fresh eggs and walnuts when she bought her 5-acre farm in San Juan...

14.12.2024 1

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Hannah Norman

Students Fear Applying for Financial Aid Will Prompt Family Members’ Deportation

This story was was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, nonpartisan news outlet focused on education. Abig part of Elizabeth House’s job...

14.12.2024 2

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Ariel Gilreath

It’s Not Just Denied Claims. Insurance Firms Are Hiring Middlemen to Deny Meds.

Amid an outpouring of frustration with for-profit health insurance sparked by the assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on December...

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Mike Ludwig

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