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October 19, 2023

Top News

'For Shame': Pfizer to Charge $1,390 for Lifesaving Covid Drug That Costs Just $13

"Pfizer treats Paxlovid like a Prada handbag; a luxury for the few rather than a treatment for the many," said one consumer advocate.

FCC Takes 'Great Step' Toward Restoring Net Neutrality Rules

One expert called the move "a no-brainer to the millions of Americans who want the FCC to work to ensure that all of us are connected to quality, affordable, open, and secure broadband networks."

Jessica Corbett

'We Need Peace': Israelis Who Survived or Lost Loved Ones in Hamas Attack Speak Out Against War

"You can't cure killed babies with more dead babies," said the son of a peace activist likely held hostage in Gaza.

Palestinian Knesset Member: World Must Act to Stop Netanyahu's Rampage in Gaza

"Those of us who are Arab Palestinian citizens of Israel are uniquely positioned to see through his bluster and warmongering to the failure he really is—truths that the past several days have laid bare."

'Big Trouble for Trump' as Big Lie Lawyer Sidney Powell Pleads Guilty in Georgia Election Case

One reporter said the plea shows the prosecution is "working... up the proverbial food chain when it comes to flipping lower-level defendants and trying to get to the king at the top."

Human Rights Watch Says Countless More Children Will Die If Israel Doesn't End Gaza Siege

"Every hour that this blockade continues costs lives."

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Ahead of Pivotal Supreme Court Gun Case, Domestic Violence Murders by Firearm Surge

Jim Jordan Concedes Speaker Election—For Now—Backing More Power for Patrick McHenry

Cornel West Defends Accepting Campaign Cash From Right-Wing Billionaire Harlan Crow

Toxic Flame Retardants Contaminating Wildlife on Every Continent: Analysis

US State Department Official Resigns Over 'Destructive, Unjust' Arms Transfers to Israel

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Opinion

The Explosion of Israel's Formaldehyde Strategy in Gaza

There can be no peace in Palestine without justice, which means Israel's 20-year policy of disengagement, brutal apartheid, and occupation must end.

In Gaza, We Need a Cease-Fire Right This Minute

If we’re serious about preventing violence, we need to change the conditions from which this brutality sprang. Sending more bombs, warplanes, guns and bullets won’t solve the problem.

It's a Poverty Emergency and We Must Act

Lives cut short from poverty and low-wealth is a moral indictment of a society that is abandoning millions amid abundance.

Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II,Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis

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