Saturday, January 20, 2024
■ The Week in Review
"This is actual religious persecution of a Christian by the state," said one journalist. "An actual violation of religious liberty."
By Julia Conley • Jan 19, 2024
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"It's one thing for corporations to pass reasonable increased costs to consumers," said one analyst. "It's another for them to line their coffers by exploiting Americans who are just trying to get by."
By Julia Conley • Jan 18, 2024
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"Republicans are plowing ahead with their closed-door commission designed to cut Social Security and Medicare," said Social Security Works president Nancy Altman.
By Jake Johnson • Jan 18, 2024
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"All the universities in Gaza have been damaged or destroyed," said one international relations expert.
By Julia Conley • Jan 18, 2024
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"With this historic decision the court has moved decisively to ensure the constitutionally protected speech of authors, booksellers, publishers, and readers," said plaintiffs.
By Jessica Corbett • Jan 17, 2024
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"Even millionaires and billionaires like me are saying it's time," said Abigail Disney. "The elites gathering in Davos must take this crisis seriously."
By Jake Johnson • Jan 17, 2024
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Lawmakers from both parties overwhelmingly thwarted an effort by the progressive Vermont senator to bring some accountability to how U.S.-supplied weapons are being used by Israeli forces.
By Brett Wilkins • Jan 16, 2024
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Mennonite Action's fight against Israel's U.S.-backed bombardment of Gaza is "rooted in values that our cultural or spiritual ancestors passed down: peace, justice, community, mutual aid, and service."
By Julia Conley • Jan 16, 2024
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"This inequality is no accident; the billionaire class is ensuring corporations deliver more wealth to them at the expense of everyone else," said Oxfam's interim executive director.
By Jake Johnson • Jan 15, 2024
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■ Opinion
At a time in American history when the most influential leaders of America need to stand up loudly and clearly for the rule of law, for democracy, for decency, and against Donald Trump, Dimon is leading the charge in the opposite direction.
By Robert Reich • Jan 20, 2024
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The 40-year trickle-down delusion, fashioned by right-wing economists, politicians, and financial experts, has deprived average Americans of the means to support their families in a comfortable, debt-free manner. It was planned. It's insidious. It's ongoing. And it should outrage every last one of us.
By Paul Buchheit • Jan 19, 2024
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This is extraordinary because the states supporting Israel, above all the United States, have claimed the high moral and legal ground and lectured the states of the Global South about the importance of the rule of law.
By Richard Falk • Jan 17, 2024
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The corporate media and all too many politicians are blaming working people for the rise of Trump and MAGA. Yet, if we open our (lying) eyes a bit more, we can’t miss the massive horde of lawyers and businesspeople who serve as Trump’s enthusiastic enablers.
By Les Leopold • Jan 16, 2024
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Only an exceptional president could resist the endless war-profiteering of this mammoth war machine; alas, Biden doesn’t even try.
By Jeffrey D. Sachs • Jan 15, 2024
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