Friday, November 24, 2023

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Nevada Abortion Rights Advocates Vow to Fight Ruling Against Ballot Measure

"Nevadans overwhelmingly support putting reproductive rights into our state constitution," said one abortion rights campaigner.

By Brett Wilkins
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Barcelona City Council Suspends Ties With Israel Over Gaza Slaughter

"It's not a war, it's a genocide," said Councilmember Ada Colau. "We not only need to denounce it, we must act and not stay on the sidelines."

By Brett Wilkins
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Newborns in Gaza Dying From Preventable Causes Due to Israeli Siege: Oxfam

"Oxfam is urgently calling for a full cease-fire and unimpeded humanitarian access," said the group, explaining that a four-day pause in fighting is not sufficient.

By Julia Conley
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Xenophobic Rumors About Stabbing Attack Fuel Far-Right Riots in Dublin

"We saw last night in Dublin a consequence of politicians spending years demonizing immigrants," said one critic.

By Julia Conley
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'Biggest Ever Global Strike Against Amazon' Kicks Off on Black Friday

"This day of action grows every year because the movement to hold Amazon accountable keeps getting bigger and stronger," said the head of UNI Global Union.

By Jake Johnson
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US Coal Plants Killed 460,000 People Between 1999 and 2020

"Air pollution from coal is much more harmful than we thought," said the lead author of a new study published in Science.

By Jake Johnson
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■ Opinion


A 'Humanitarian Pause' Is Good. And Now We Need a Total Cease-Fire in Gaza

With Palestinians, UN officials, humanitarian experts and internationally known genocide scholars naming Israel’s bombardment and blockade as genocide, the violence simply must stop. That is only possible through a mutual, binding agreement to ceasefire.

By Khury Petersen-Smith,Phyllis Bennis
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The Poverty of Education When We Make Our Teachers Poor

In the richest country in the world, we can do so much better. What will it take to reverse the trend?

By Jacob Goodwin
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Israel’s Genocidal Antisemitism Against the Arab Civilians of Gaza

Netanyahu's right-wing government has unleashed a “unifying” genocidal war against every child, woman and man that comprise the 2.3 million population of Gaza.

By Ralph Nader
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