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Mumia Abu-Jamal Loses Another Path to Freedom
The political prisoner’s bid for a re-trial based on new evidence of racism and corruption within the prosecution has failed.
What Is ‘Fake News’ Today?
The phrase has so many meanings it’s impossible to settle on a common definition. Even ‘fact checking’ organizations can be suspect.
Flags Held High, Trans Activists and Allies Hit the Streets
Rallies took place in across the nation to mark the 14th annual International Transgender Day of Visibility amid attacks on the trans community by right-wing politicians.
UBI Can Help Heal Poverty, Address Teen Violence
Too often, poverty decides a child’s fate. We can change the trajectory of our youth’s lives, and build a stronger safer community by adopting Universal Basic Income.
The Week’s Climate News Trumps Indictment Story
Just before that indictment took over the headlines, a study warned that “melting ice around Antarctica will cause a rapid slowdown of a major global deep ocean current by 2050 that could alter the world’s climate for centuries.”
‘Accountability…Is Catching Up With Him’: NY Grand Jury Indicts Trump
The historic charges against the 2024 candidate “are the first ever brought against him, but they will not be the last,” said one Trump critic, noting that “we know of literally dozens of credible allegations of crimes.”
Water Defenders Renew Efforts to Keep Guatemalan Lake Clean
Communities around one of Guatemala’s most popular tourist destinations are working to ban single-use products polluting the water they depend on for survival.
Democrats Try Again with Trans Bill of Rights
A federal proposal to codify antidiscrimination protections on the basis of sex and gender identity previously stalled in the US House of Representatives.
Haves Hope Wealth Shields Them from Reaping What They Sowed
The rats, I mean the rich, are prepping for doomsday, fleeing to higher ground or to multimillion-dollar underground bunkers. One reason why: the petrodollar’s decline.
Forget GOP Fear Campaigns, Says Group Advocating Social Security Expansion
The benefits program remains strong and fully affordable, according to Social Security Works.
Dissecting The Afghan Military’s Total Collapse
In February, the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction published an extensive investigation into the spectacular collapse of the Afghan…
Negotiators Influenced Final Text Of IPCC ‘Summary For Policymakers’
Delegates from 195 nations spent a week reviewing the summary line-by-line, but ultimately polluters and fossil fuel producers including the U.S., China, and Saudi Arabia weakened its message.
Tennessee GOP lawmaker says Congress shouldn’t address gun violence
Volunteer State Congressman Tim Burchett says that in the fight for gun control, he supports more guns.
DeSantis spent six years in Congress and produced practically nothing
Despite having a GOP House majority during his entire time as a member of Congress, very few of the bills and resolutions Florida’s anti-woke “Gov. DeathSentence” sponsored became law.
Monroe Doctrine Plays Out In Perú
The 200-year-old Monroe Doctrine is a discredited relic, but Washington still considers the region its “back yard” where it can control the people, their politics, and their resources. Clau O’Brien Moscoso reports from Perú.
The Government Bailed Out The Banks; How About A People’s Bailout?
The US is divesting from working people — and investing in banks and venture capitalists, to the tune of hundreds of billions of dollars.
Minimizing Electric Vehicles’ Impact on the Grid
MIT researchers have found that by encouraging strategic placement of charging stations, electric vehicles could have less impact on the power grid.
Neuberger: SV Bank and the Only Choice We Have
Thomas Neuberger sees reality: The super-rich will not walk away from power. And he wonders: How do we make them leave?
The Drums Of War With China Are Beating Much Louder Now
Comments from both Washington and Beijing have suddenly become much more pointed and aggressive in recent days, with talk about…