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November 02, 2023

Top News

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.

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.

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.

'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.

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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."

'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."

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UN Expert Calls on Amazon, DoorDash, and Walmart to Answer for Poverty Wages, Labor Violations

Reporters Without Borders Files ICC War Crimes Petition Over Israel, Hamas Killing of Journalists

After East Palestine, Will Cincinnati Voters Stop Norfolk Southern From Buying Their City's Railway?

Backed by MAGA Speaker, 'Serial Liar and Indicted Fraudster' George Santos Avoids Expulsion

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Opinion

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.

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.

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.

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