Calling Israeli Settlers “Terrorists” Helps Cover Up Their State Backing
The label of “terrorism” is a political tool whose meaning has been shaped by those with the power to wield it.
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Ex-Biden Official Slams Colleagues’ Moves to Disavow Their Role in Gaza Genocide
Hala Rharrit, who resigned over Gaza, called her State Department colleagues' empty statements of regret “despicable.”
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New Yorkers Are Pushing Their State to Stop Investing Millions in Israel Bonds
New York’s comptroller invested over $100 million in Israel Bonds since 2023. A movement is building to stop this.
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Israel Restricts Cooking Gas Into Gaza, So We Must Burn Toxic Plastic to Cook
The vile fumes saturate our food with their smell. Our daily inhalation of toxic burned plastics is slowly killing us.
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Texas Prosecutor Will Take Houston ICE Killing Case to Grand Jury
Federal officials are still not cooperating with the investigation of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo's fatal shooting.
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Atlanta’s “Sanctuary Zones” Are Building a Model for Community Safety
A coalition in Atlanta is building the infrastructure needed to protect their neighborhoods from ICE.
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Trump Administration Reportedly Nearing Deal to Take Over Venezuelan Oil Fields
"Congress must intervene and put an end to Trump’s oil-fueled imperialism,” said an analyst with Public Citizen.
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Free Speech Groups Sound Alarm on “Red Scare” Repression of ICE Watch Activists
Advocates asked a court to unseal more details on Trump's surveillance of churches, schools, and libraries in Minnesota.
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Democrat Calls for Criminal Probe of RFK Jr. for Lying in Confirmation Hearing
“RFK’s platform is built on lies and grifts that leave a trail of dead children in their wake,” said Sen. Ron Wyden.
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Trump Admin Eyes Deal to Give Away Yosemite Park Land to Real Estate Firm
The White House has been in talks with the firm since the spring of last year.
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Dilley ICE Jail Is “Commodification of Child Imprisonment,” says Joaquin Castro
Calls to shut down the facility grow following the detention and deportation of a 5-year-old and his father.
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Nevada Governor Endorsed Data Centers Days After AI Investor Donated $1 Million
The revelation comes as the driest state in the nation grapples with data centers’ enormous resource demands.
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The Rapid Buildout of Data Centers Is Weakening the Clean Air Act
New EPA guidance is part of an effort to loosen regulations for data centers and the power plants built to serve them.
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Israeli Commander “Not Sorry” for Ordering WCK Strike That Killed 7 Aid Workers
Rights groups said it was a likely war crime that helped build evidence for Israel’s practice of using starvation as a…
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Some in GOP Worry “Trumpalooza” Midterm Convention Could Hurt Party in November
“Why are we doing this? What’s going on?” one GOP strategist said regarding the two-day event.
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Kids in Gaza Sought Joy in Flying Kites. Israel Threatens to Kill Them for It.
Many Palestinian parents have had to stop their children from playing with one of the few toys they have left.
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End of Protected Status Puts Thousands of Somali Immigrants at Immediate Risk
“I’m too scared to even walk to the mailbox,” one Somali immigrant said.
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Planned Parenthood’s Funding Ban Ended — But Money Isn’t Flowing in Every State
Standard federal Medicaid reimbursement should have automatically resumed in about three dozen states.
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Jury Finds DeSantis Admin Diverted $10M Marked for Poor Children to GOP Coffers
The funds were given to Florida from a settlement with a company that was overcharging Medicaid for prescription drugs.
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Trump Signs Executive Order Renaming Lake Ontario as “Lake America”
The president also indicated he may try to “rename” either the Pacific or Atlantic oceans — or, possibly both of them.
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Oz Dismisses Measles Concerns as “Inappropriate” After Baby Dies in Pennsylvania
“I don’t want anyone in America concerned inappropriately” about the surging disease, the health official said.
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I’ve Seen Prison Conditions Kill. That’s What’s Happening at Delaney Hall.
As a person incarcerated in Texas, I know that rotten food and poor medical care are not unique to Delaney Hall.
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The County Prosecutors Who Became ICE Informants
Prosecutors’ offices in 1 out of every 6 counties in Illinois provided information to ICE.
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Exploited Data Workers Are “the Secret Ingredient of AI Itself”
Workers in the Global South are deliberately invisibilized by the companies that produce AI, says a sociologist.
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Nepal Floods Demonstrate Threat of Climate-Driven Glacier Collapse
“What happened yesterday is unfortunately the new normal,” one geoscientist said of the devastating floods.
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The UN and Red Cross Are Calling for Restrictions on AI Drones and Killer Robots
In a world where autonomous weapons can choose targets on their own, data can put us all at risk, a US veteran warns.
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Air Force Major Faces Rare Charges After Calling for Trump’s Impeachment
Maj. Jason Watson faces charges relating to alleged “contemptuous” statements he made against the president.
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Sanders Vows to Introduce Legislation to Stop Flock’s “AI Mass Surveillance”
“You may not know it, but you may already be being tracked by artificial intelligence,” the senator said.
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RFK Jr. Says SNAP Cuts Won’t Have “That Much Effect.” 5 Million Have Lost Aid.
SNAP enrollment nationwide has fallen to a 17-year low following enactment of the Trump-GOP budget law.
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Abdul El-Sayed’s Win Sparked a Wave of Islamophobia Across Social Media
One group found a twentyfold increase in anti-Muslim posts after the primary and says the surge has not subsided.
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Trump Has Made Up to $15M in Oil and Gas Stock Rise Spurred in Part by Iran War
Americans have paid an additional $72 billion on gas because of the war, boosting profits and Trump’s portfolio.
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Pennsylvania Reports US’s First Confirmed Measles-Related Deaths This Year
The Trump administration has come under scrutiny for spreading misinformation and fear around vaccines.
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Backlash Against Anti-Racism Is a Constant Force Shaping US Politics
Philosopher George Yancy analyzes the contemporary expression of what W.E.B. Du Bois called the “entrails of whiteness.”
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US Declares Palestine Action “Terrorist” Group in Latest McCarthyist Crackdown
The “clear goal” of the move is “targeting a few to silence the many,” said UN human rights expert Francesca Albanese.
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In First, Starbucks Workers United and Its 12,000 Members Call for Boycott
“[I]t is no longer possible to be both a Starbucks customer and in support of workers,” the union said.
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Democrats Panned for Outspoken Pro-Israel Pick for Key House Middle East Post
Observers note that Jared Moskowitz’s appointment follows Hakeem Jeffries’s recent secret meeting with Jared Kushner.
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