Saturday, December 16, 2023

■ Week in Review

Milei Couples 'Total Crackdown' on Protest With Economic Shocks in Argentina

"Protest is elemental to Argentine social and political life, so it's not difficult to imagine how this ends," said one journalist.

By Julia Conley • Dec 15, 2023
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Israeli Soldiers Violently Assault Palestinian Journalist Live on CNN

The head of the International Federation of Journalists condemned the "violent and aggressive" attack on Anadolu Agency's Mustafa Alkharouf.

By Jake Johnson • Dec 15, 2023
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'Huge': 1,600+ Institutions Holding $41 Trillion in Assets Have Now Divested From Fossil Fuels

The milestone, one campaigner said, should "give hope to folks that we are making an impact."

By Olivia Rosane • Dec 15, 2023
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Hollywood Blockbuster 'Civil War' Coming to a Theater Near You Amid 2024 Election

"What kind of American are you?"

By Jon Queally • Dec 14, 2023
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'Groundbreaking' Legal Action Demands EPA Finally Ban Glyphosate

"EPA lacks a legal human health assessment of glyphosate to support its current use," said a lawyer for the Center for Food Safety.

By Julia Conley • Dec 13, 2023
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Witnesses Say IDF Troops 'Executed' Women and Children in Gaza School

The Biden administration "must respond to the reported execution-style massacre of women, children, and babies," said the spokesperson of a U.S. Muslim advocacy group.

By Brett Wilkins • Dec 13, 2023
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■ Opinion

Constitutional Convention: A Right-Wing Fever Dream Would Destroy This Nation Once and for All

Time to wake up, people. It's no longer just a dream—but a nightmare one step closer to happening.

By Thom Hartmann • Dec 14, 2023
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Joe Manchin's Entire Political Career Should Be Treated Like the Scandal It Is

This kind of pervasive corruption — in both major parties and all branches and levels of government — shouldn’t be normalized.

By Basav Sen • Dec 14, 2023
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Merry X-mas Elon Musk: GM Just Gave Tesla a Free Ride!

You might think that GM would be worrying more about the confidence of consumers, not hedge funds. But apparently not.

By Les Leopold • Dec 12, 2023
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Want to Understand Israel-Palestine? Consume Noam Chomsky, Not Corporate Media

Over the decades and with few exceptions, in major U.S. media—notably unlike major media in most of the rest of the world—Chomsky has been persona non grata.

By Norman Solomon • Dec 12, 2023
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