Monday, February 5, 2024

■ Today's Top News 

100+ Groups Pressure Banks and Businesses to Stop Backing LNG

"It's now up to the financiers and insurers of LNG to listen to us, hear stories of the impact on our kids' health, and end the financial backing of this dying industry," said one frontline organizer.

By Jessica Corbett

Senate Deal Would Block All Funding to UNRWA as Gazans Starve

"It bars all funding in the pipeline," said one policy expert. "I don't see any other way to read it."

By Julia Conley

Poor People's Campaign Vows to 'Wake the Sleeping Giant' of Low-Income Voters

"Forty-seven percent of the voters are poor or low-wage," said one activist. "Getting that vote in is very important."

By Brett Wilkins

'Like a War Zone': At Least 122 Killed in Deadliest Fires in Chile's History

"We are becoming one of the most vulnerable territories in the world to fires," Chilean president Gabriel Boric said in 2023.

By Olivia Rosane

Amnesty Condemns Israeli Military's 'Shocking' Violence Against West Bank Civilians

"These unlawful killings are in blatant violation of international human rights law," said the rights group.

By Julia Conley

'A Death Sentence for Many': Rights Groups Implore Congress to Reject Border Deal

"If this bill passes, it will mark a complete abdication of the United States' legal and moral commitments to refugees," said one advocacy organization.

By Jake Johnson

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Palestinian Groups Warn of Catastrophe as Israeli Forces Close in on Rafah

Outrage over Bigotry, Islamophobia in Wall Street Journal & New York Times

Powerful Protest Against Racism Sweeps Germany

A Year After Ohio Disaster, Renewed Calls for Rail Safety Legislation

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■ Opinion

This Armageddon Election Won't Be Like the Others

No matter who wins in the end, divisions across the electorate are only likely to deepen during the course of this presidential campaign season.

By James Zogby

For God’s Sake Joe, What the Hell Are You Doing?

From U.S. military attacks on Syria, Iraq, and Yemen to the related complicity in Israel’s genocide in Gaza and settler violence in the West Bank, Biden’s course of action is a danger to U.S. national security.

By Ann Wright

Many Jews and Jewish Organizations Recognized the Dangers of Zionism. They Were Right

The American Jewish Committee, going back to 1917 in the United States, expressed grave warnings that a Jewish state could oppress non-Jews in Palestine.

By Abba Solomon