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April 11, 2023

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Rejecting 'Brazen' Interference in Trump Criminal Case, New York DA Sues Jim Jordan

"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.

Julia Conley

Green Groups Sue Biden EPA Over Industrial Water Pollution Failures

"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.

Kenny Stancil

Thousands of Rutgers Faculty on Strike to Demand 'Transformative' Contract for Underpaid Teachers

"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.

Julia Conley

'Unsustainable Consumption' by the Rich Is Driving Urban Water Crises: Study

"Due to stark socioeconomic inequalities, urban elites are able to overconsume water while excluding less-privileged populations from basic access," new research shows.

Kenny Stancil

'A War Crime': Myanmar Airstrikes on Junta Opponents Kill at Least 30 Children

"Supplies of aviation fuel reaching the military enable these war crimes," warned one human rights campaigner. "These shipments must stop now."

Brett Wilkins

After 4 Years of Imprisonment, Australian Lawmakers Urge US to Drop Assange Extradition

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.

Jake Johnson

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'Time for a Fresh Start': Bike Protest Urges World Bank to Stop Funding Fossil Fuels

DeSantis' Anti-Immigrant Bills Denounced as 'Vile and Disgusting'

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Opinion

The United States Now Has a Fascist Political Party

It goes go by the name: Republican Party.

Robert Reich

Will It Never Stop? From Forever War to Eternal War

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.

Karen Greenberg

Celebrating Daniel Ellsberg and a Courage Unconfined to the Past

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.

Norman Solomon

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