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November 02, 2023
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Thousands of Teachers Strike in Oregon's Largest School District
"We are sending a powerful message to PPS, to the city of Portland, to the state, that Portland communities won't settle for less than great public schools for all," said one strike leader.
Brett Wilkins
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Abortion Rights Groups in Ohio Make Final Push for Issue 1 as GOP Peddles Misinformation
Republicans "know they can't win a fair fight, so they're trying to rig the game," said former U.S. Labor Secretary Robert Reich.
Julia Conley
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Dick Durbin Becomes First US Senator to Call for Cease-Fire in Gaza
"Thank you for listening to tens of thousands of Jews calling for peace," wrote the Jewish-American advocacy group IfNotNow.
Jake Johnson
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'Important First Step': Durbin Moves to Subpoena Rich Benefactors of Alito, Thomas
"The American people demand and deserve an ethical Supreme Court," said the Democrat-controlled Senate Judiciary Committee.
Jessica Corbett
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'Unconscionable': Lee Calls Out GOP for Exploiting War to Protect Rich Tax Cheats as Poorest Suffer
The Pennsylvania Democrat argued that sending $14 billion in military aid to Israel would "result in the deaths of thousands more innocent Palestinian children in Gaza."
Jake Johnson
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'The Progressive Movement Has Lost a Hero': Ady Barkan, Medicare for All Champion, Dies at 39
"There are no words to capture Ady Barkan's brilliance, moral clarity, and immense capacity to imagine and fight for a new world."
Jake Johnson
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The Rhetoric of War and Genocide Is on Display by US and Israeli Media
The othering of the entire population of Gaza-alongside misleading rhetoric and incessantly one-sided coverage-has laid the groundwork for the uncritical demonization of Palestinians, a necessary prerequisite for dramatic violence against them.
Nicholas Rabb
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Biden, Do the Right Thing and Halt New LNG Export Facilities
What Colombia is to cocaine, the U.S. is to hydrocarbons-a supplier/pusher of molecules so dangerous that the two poles are now melting fast.
Bill Mckibben
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Right-Wing Billionaire Wins the World Series!
Most of the Major League Baseball teams are owned by billionaires. But the owners of the Rangers and the Diamondbacks are particularly disgusting.
Peter Dreier
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