Saturday, January 6, 2024
■ The Week in Review
"This war should never have started. But it's long past time for it to end," said United Nations emergency relief coordinator Martin Griffiths.
By Jake Johnson • Jan 6, 2024
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"This is going to be seen as like the Iraq War," the California Democrat warned. "Were you for a permanent cease-fire or did you just condone Netanyahu's bombing of women and children in Gaza?"
By Jessica Corbett • Jan 6, 2024
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“The American people deserve a fair and impartial review of Trump v. Anderson, free from any conflicts of interest."
By Jon Queally • Jan 5, 2024
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"It's Israel's way of intimidating and controlling news," said one critic.
By Julia Conley • Jan 5, 2024
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"We cannot allow indiscriminate and harmful cuts to happen because House Republicans are incapable of doing their jobs," said Rep. Brendan Boyle.
By Jake Johnson • Jan 5, 2024
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"While most Americans predominantly live off the income they earn from a job—income that is taxed all year, every year—the very richest households live lavishly off capital gains that may never be taxed."
By Jake Johnson • Jan 4, 2024
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"Members of Congress should not be allowed to trade stock," said one former congressional candidate. "It's corruption."
By Jessica Corbett • Jan 3, 2024
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"Taxing the rich, it's good," said one progressive advocate in the state.
By Julia Conley • Jan 2, 2024
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"In general, it's hard to prove an intention of genocide because no public statements to that effect are made during the fighting," said one expert. "But these irresponsible statements about erasing Gaza will require Israel to explain why they don't reflect such an intention."
By Julia Conley • Jan 1, 2024
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■ Opinion
Why don’t Americans know who’s manipulating our political system and why?
By Thom Hartmann • Jan 4, 2024
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Creating a sane healthcare system will depend on building a massive common movement to free our economy from Wall Street’s wealth extraction.
By Les Leopold • Jan 3, 2024
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The Yale professor treats political liberalism as a conspiracy against democracy and treats Trump and all of those who support him as victims of liberal power-grabbing. His argument deserves to be scrutinized—and then soundly rejected.
By Jeffrey C. Isaac • Jan 2, 2024
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The Israeli government argues that it is in a mortal fight for survival against Hamas, and therefore must take every measure, including the very destruction of Gaza, to survive. This is false.
By Jeffrey D. Sachs • Jan 1, 2024
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