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The Week in Review

'Incredibly Alarming': Peaceful Protests Not Fit For a King

'We're now living in a dystopian nightmare'

EPA Report on Neonics Proves US Has 'Five-Alarm Fire' on Its Hands, Green Groups Say

"There's now no question that neonicotinoids play an outsized role in our heartbreaking extinction crisis," said one advocate. The EPA must "ban these pesticides so future generations don't live in a world without bees and butterflies and the plants that depend on them."

'Corruption. Plain and Simple': Ginni Thomas Took Secret Payments Ahead of Landmark Voting Rights Case

"When you're saying things like 'No mention of Ginni, of course' when talking about paperwork for the wife of a Supreme Court Justice—you're probably doing a crime."

'One of the Corporate Scandals of Our Times': Shell Posts Record $10 Billion in Profits

"We have a choice: protect fossil fuel profits or protect the future of our planet," said British MP Jeremy Corbyn.

US House Members Unveil Stock Trading Ban: Bipartisan Restoring Faith in Government Act

"When members have access to classified information, we should not be trading in the stock market on it," said Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. "It's really that simple."

House Dems Unveil Hail Mary Plan to Defuse GOP's Debt Ceiling 'Ticking Time Bomb'

"House Democrats are taking action to bring a clean bill raising the debt ceiling to the floor and end this game of high-stakes political chicken," said Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett.

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Opinion

There’s Still Time to Avoid Climate Catastrophe

If we fail to reach the goal of reducing emissions by 50 percent by 2030, it won’t be for lack of options

An LGBTQ Teacher Could Save Your Child's Life

Driving out gay teachers, passing fascist laws like "don't say gay," and violently attacking drag shows will never lead to a healthy society.

Nazi Germany and the Contemporary Republican Party

On some differences and on the similarities.

Christopher Brauchli

Noam Chomsky Speaks on What ChatGPT Is Really Good For

The subset of artificial intelligence known as Large Language Models can't tell us anything about human language learning, but it excels at misleading the uninformed.

C.J. Polychroniou,Noam Chomsky

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