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May 29, 2023

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Ugandan Leader Ripped for 'Grave Assault on Human Rights' After Signing 'Kill the Gays' Bill <[link removed]>

"This is a desperately dark day for LGBTI rights and for Uganda," said Amnesty International's deputy regional director for East and Southern Africa. <[link removed]>

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UN Agencies Warn 'Acute Food Insecurity' Likely to Worsen in 18 Hunger Hot Spots <[link removed]>

"This report makes it clear: We must act now to save lives, help people adapt to a changing climate, and ultimately prevent famine," said the World Food Program chief. "If we don't, the results will be catastrophic." <[link removed]>

Jessica Corbett <[link removed]>


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Texas GOP Passes Bills Allowing Abbott Appointee to Take Over Democratic County's Elections <[link removed]>

"These bills are not about election reform," said one Harris County official. "They are entirely about suppressing voters' voices." <[link removed]>

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Turkey's Marginalized 'Deeply Afraid' as Erdoğan Wins Presidential Runoff <[link removed]>

"Erdoğan's victory will consolidate one-man rule and pave the way for horrible practices, bringing completely dark days for all parts of society," warned one Kurdish opposition leader. <[link removed]>

Brett Wilkins <[link removed]>


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Sanders, Barber to Hold Trio of $17 Minimum Wage Rallies in Southeast US <[link removed]>

"There are too many Americans trying to survive and raise families on $9, $10, or $12 an hour," said the senator. "This injustice must end." <[link removed]>

Jessica Corbett <[link removed]>


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Climate Groups Slam Debt Ceiling Deal for MVP Approval and Other 'Polluter Giveaways' <[link removed]>

"This agreement is far from a compromise," said one campaigner. "It's a surrender to Big Oil and Republican hostage-takers in Congress." <[link removed]>

Julia Conley <[link removed]>





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Jayapal Says White House Should 'Worry' About Progressive Caucus Support for Debt Ceiling Deal <[link removed]>

 

Progressives Condemn Biden-GOP Debt Ceiling Deal as 'Cruel and Shortsighted' <[link removed]>

 

White House Says GOP Is Trying to 'Take Food Out of the Mouths of Hungry Americans' <[link removed]>

 

'Enormous Policy Failure': States Throw Hundreds of Thousands-Including Many Children-Off Medicaid <[link removed]>

 

Democratic Senators Rip Corporate Lobby for 'Cheerleading' GOP Default Threat and Tax Cuts <[link removed]>





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Memorial Day Should Be a Solemn Occasion to Value Peace <[link removed]>

The U.S. is not in a conventional shooting war, but we are behaving as though we don't care if we fall into one. <[link removed]>

Juan Cole <[link removed]>


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Will There Ever Be a Criminal Trial for the People Wilfully Destroying Life on Earth? <[link removed]>

Fossil fuel executives have funded a massive, 50-year-long campaign to lie to the American people, cloud the science, and buy off Republican politicians. Untold millions will die and suffer as a result, but will their ever be one iota of accountability? <[link removed]>

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No Parade for Me: On Getting Memorial Day Wrong <[link removed]>

The days has too often and for too many become an expression of faux patriotism that further exploits the sacrifices of the slain and the grief of their family members and friends to encourage militarism and perpetuate a mythology that misrepresents as heroism and nobility the savagery and insanity of war. <[link removed]>

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