Saturday, February 17, 2024
■ Week in Review
"In the view of the administration and a majority of members of Congress, some emergencies count more than others," wrote one policy analyst.
By Julia Conley • Feb 15, 2024
"The oil industry's lies are at the heart of the two most catastrophic pollution crises in human history," one advocate said.
By Olivia Rosane • Feb 15, 2024
"Mr. President, with all due respect, there is simply no explanation that PM Netanyahu—or you—could offer to justify this ongoing massacre and weaponization of humanitarian aid against the people of Gaza."
By Jessica Corbett • Feb 14, 2024
Sen. Ron Wyden warns that "if a data broker could track Americans' cellphones to help extremists" send ads to clinic visitors, "a right-wing prosecutor could use that same information to put women in jail."
By Jessica Corbett • Feb 14, 2024
"More than half of Gaza’s population—well over 1 million people—are crammed in Rafah, staring death in the face," said the United Nations' emergency relief coordinator.
By Jake Johnson • Feb 14, 2024
"The USDA's new data show that without policy changes, factory farms will continue to get bigger and bigger, wreaking havoc on public health, the environment, and the climate," said one expert.
By Jessica Corbett • Feb 13, 2024
"It only took literally everyone in the entire state telling him that he was being a monster," said one political scientist, "for him to do the absolute easiest thing and feed hungry kids."
By Julia Conley • Feb 13, 2024
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■ Opinion
The near-record profits of large corporations are coming, in part, out of the paychecks of average Americans — who are still struggling to get by.
By Robert Reich • Feb 16, 2024
An election between Trump and Biden might be a subplot in a Samuel Beckett play or a Franz Kafka novel. This is the darkest sort of comedy. And, like any good tragedy, there is no escape.
By Phil Wilson • Feb 14, 2024
Private equity giants want you to think they can make life better for workers. Not so fast.
By Les Leopold • Feb 14, 2024
The crisis in Gaza shows those nations that should be defending international law and humanitarian values to be openly betraying their commitments.
By Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi • Feb 12, 2024
If only the CIA’s rogue operations had been consigned to history as a result of the crimes exposed by the Church Committee, or at the least had brought the CIA under the rule of law and public accountability. But that was not to be.
By Jeffrey D. Sachs • Feb 12, 2024
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