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April 11, 2023
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Rejecting 'Brazen' Interference in Trump Criminal Case, New York DA Sues Jim Jordan <[link removed]>
"Rather than allowing the criminal process to proceed in the ordinary course, Chairman Jordan and the committee are participating in a campaign of intimidation, retaliation, and obstruction," reads the lawsuit. <[link removed]>
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Green Groups Sue Biden EPA Over Industrial Water Pollution Failures <[link removed]>
"It's completely unacceptable that EPA has, for decades, ignored the law and failed to require modern wastewater pollution controls for oil refineries and petrochemical and plastics plants," said one advocate. <[link removed]>
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Thousands of Rutgers Faculty on Strike to Demand 'Transformative' Contract for Underpaid Teachers <[link removed]>
"Our picket lines have been and will continue to be a peaceful, nonviolent expression of our determination to make a better Rutgers for our students and workers," said three unions representing faculty and graduate students. <[link removed]>
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'Unsustainable Consumption' by the Rich Is Driving Urban Water Crises: Study <[link removed]>
"Due to stark socioeconomic inequalities, urban elites are able to overconsume water while excluding less-privileged populations from basic access," new research shows. <[link removed]>
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'A War Crime': Myanmar Airstrikes on Junta Opponents Kill at Least 30 Children <[link removed]>
"Supplies of aviation fuel reaching the military enable these war crimes," warned one human rights campaigner. "These shipments must stop now." <[link removed]>
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After 4 Years of Imprisonment, Australian Lawmakers Urge US to Drop Assange Extradition <[link removed]>
The WikiLeaks founder's extradition to the U.S. would "set a dangerous precedent for all global citizens, journalists, publishers, media organizations, and the freedom of the press," warned the lawmakers from Assange's home country. <[link removed]>
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House GOP, Biden Both Under Fire for Trans Sports Proposals <[link removed]>
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Hundreds of Progressive Groups Back Starbucks Union Push as New CEO Arrives <[link removed]>
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'No': Biden White House Rejects Demands to Ignore Trump Judge's Abortion Pill Ruling <[link removed]>
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'Time for a Fresh Start': Bike Protest Urges World Bank to Stop Funding Fossil Fuels <[link removed]>
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DeSantis' Anti-Immigrant Bills Denounced as 'Vile and Disgusting' <[link removed]>
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The United States Now Has a Fascist Political Party <[link removed]>
It goes go by the name: Republican Party. <[link removed]>
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Will It Never Stop? From Forever War to Eternal War <[link removed]>
When it comes to the war in Ukraine, there is a widely shared sense that it's going to last and last - and last some more. <[link removed]>
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Celebrating Daniel Ellsberg and a Courage Unconfined to the Past <[link removed]>
In the closing time of his life, the famed whistleblower continues to speak out with urgency, in particular about the need for genuine diplomacy between the U.S. and Russia, as well as the U.S. and China, to avert nuclear war. <[link removed]>
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