Monday, March 11, 2024

■ Today's Top News 


Biden 2025 Budget Would Offer 'Welcome Relief,' But Not Enough

One expert said that enacting his reforms "will begin to reverse the 40-year one-way ratchet of falling taxes for the wealthy and corporations and instead invest in workers and families."

By Jessica Corbett



State Department-Commissioned Report Warns AI Could Be an 'Extinction-Level' Threat

The report says the U.S. government must move "quickly and decisively" to address the threat of artificial intelligence.

By Thor Benson



UN Chief Warns Rafah Invasion Would Plunge Gazans Into 'Even Deeper Circle of Hell'

"The eyes of the world are watching. The eyes of history are watching," said United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres. "We cannot look away."

By Jake Johnson



Groups Form 'Reject AIPAC' Coalition to Fight Israel Lobby's Attacks on Progressives

"For too long, AIPAC and its Republican megadonors have demanded our elected leaders unconditionally support the Israeli military and government—or else," said coalition member Jewish Voice for Peace Action. "Enough."

By Brett Wilkins



Greta Thunberg, 40+ Other Climate Activists Block Entrance to Swedish Parliament

"Sweden is unfortunately not unique in completely ignoring the climate crisis," Thunberg said.

By Thor Benson



Support for Gaza War Must End, Says Sanders, But Biden-Trump Choice Is 'Day and Night'

"The election of Trump would be a disaster for this country and, in my view, the world," said Sen. Bernie Sanders.

By Jake Johnson


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Union Decries GOP Subpoena Over Gaza Resolution as 'Attack' on Free Speech


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Top US Nitrogen Gas Producers Ban Use in Executions


'Social Security Is on the Ballot,' Say Advocates as Trump Threatens Cuts


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■ Opinion


The Best Thing the US Can Do for Haiti Is Get Out of Its Way

Haiti has a chance at returning to a more stable, democratic path, but only if the Biden administration will let it.

By Brian Concannon


The Zone of Interest Is a Film About the Nazi Official as a Settler

Since 1939, mainstream Western education, media, and discourse about the Holocaust have striven to depict Nazism as a catatonic movement of unbridled hate, rather than a settler-colonial one in continuum with those of other Western powers.

By Hazem Fahmy


Fears Grow Over Future of Social Infrastructure in a Second Trump Term

His strategy will shift from “death by a thousand cuts” to abolish, terminate, and destroy.

By Luisa Deprez,Ryan LaRochelle


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