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May 11, 2023

Top News

In Win for Farm Animals, US Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to California Law

One advocate called the ruling a "victory for sustainable, humane farming against giant corporations that prioritize cost-cutting and profit margins over the environment, food safety, and animal welfare."

Kenny Stancil

Drawings by Guantánamo 'Forever Prisoner' Abu Zubaydah Expose Details of US Torture

The co-author of an "explosive" new report featuring the prisoner's work said that "his drawings are the ultimate repudiation of the failure and abuses of torture."

Brett Wilkins

'Time to Subpoena Clarence Thomas and Harlan Crow,' Says Watchdog

"Our system of checks and balances demands that the Senate hold the Supreme Court accountable by compelling Thomas to testify publicly," said Stand Up America's Brett Edkins.

Jessica Corbett

'12-Week Abortion Ban Is Not About Life': Bishop Barber Blasts North Carolina GOP

"If these extremists who claim to be Republicans were serious about life, they would pass living wages, healthcare, family leave, and fully funded public education."

Jessica Corbett

'A Meltdown Could Still Happen,' Experts Warn as Fighting Around Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant Intensifies

"The consequences not only for the people of Ukraine and neighboring Russia, but for all of Europe, should any or all of these reactors melt down or suffer a fuel pool fire are unimaginably dire."

Kenny Stancil

Biden Power Plant Rule Relies on 'Industry Propaganda Scheme' of Carbon Capture: Critics

"Billions of dollars have been wasted trying to prove that this technology is real—and all we have to show for it are a series of spectacular failures," said one campaigner.

Jake Johnson

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Opinion

It’s Time For Democrats to Declare War Over the Debt Ceiling

And to quote Ulysses S. Grant, “No terms except an unconditional and immediate surrender can be accepted.”

Steven Day

The US Government Is Illegal—Not Asylum-Seeking

As of Thursday, the Biden administration will implement an Asylum Ban that breaks national and international law by limiting who can seek asylum.

Tamara Pearson

The GOP’s Sadistic Debt Limit Ploy Is a Direct Attack on People

The GOP message is “hell for the people, but swell for the plutocracy.”

Ralph Nader

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