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July 10, 2023

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As Talks Begin, Global Authority Urged to Ban 'Reckless' Deep-Sea Mining

"Governments must put an immediate stop to this risky industry in order to secure long-term protection for the oceans," said one campaigner

Julia Conley

Sanders Raises Fresh Concerns Over 'Outrageous' Price of New Alzheimer's Drug

"Not only does the high price of Leqembi threaten Medicare's finances, it will also negatively impact seniors on fixed incomes suffering from Alzheimer’s who simply cannot afford to pay."

Jake Johnson

As Global Temperatures Soar, Study Shows Europe's 2022 Summer Heat Killed 61,000+

"In an ideal society, nobody should die because of heat," said the lead author.

Jessica Corbett

Report Shows French Oil Giant's East African Pipeline Project Has 'Devastated' Thousands

"They come here promising us everything," said one affected Ugandan. "We believed them. Now we are landless, the compensation money is gone, what fields we have left are flooded, and dust fills the air."

Brett Wilkins

Warren Demands Answers From Pentagon on 'Cozy' Relationship With Wall Street

The Office of Strategic Capital appears to be giving its consultants "an opportunity to refresh their rolodexes without having appropriate guardrails in place to protect the public interest," said the senator.

Julia Conley

'Clarence Thomas Needs to Resign': Report Shines More Light on Justice's Gifts From the Rich

Thomas has "received benefits—many of them previously unreported—from a broader cohort of wealthy and powerful friends" than was previously known, according to The New York Times.

Jake Johnson

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Progressives Call On Schumer to Go Further to Lower Insulin Prices for All

Probe Suggests Greek Coast Guard Caused Deadly Migrant Shipwreck—and Tried to Cover It Up

Egypt Announces Regional Summit as UN Warns of 'Full-Scale Civil War' in Sudan

'Heartbreaking': Court Reinstates Tennessee Ban on Gender-Affirming Care for Minors

OECD Pushed Australia to Drop Plan Aimed at Showing Where Corporations Pay Taxes

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Opinion

Sending Cluster Bombs to Ukraine Will Make the War Deadlier

In order to protect children and other innocent civilians in Ukraine, all countries must permanently ban the use and production of cluster munitions.

Cesar Chelala

The Willow Project Threatens Alaska Bird Breeding Paradise

Of all places in the world to destroy, let’s not make the birds’ honeymoon haven one of them.

Meena Miriam Yust

We Must Stop Biden From Sending Cluster Bombs to Ukraine

This time it’s not just left-leaning activists and human rights campaigners who recoil in horror at Biden’s escalation in Ukraine, but congressional Democrats who previously stood by their president.

Medea Benjamin,Marcy Winograd

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