Tuesday, April 9, 2024

■ Today's Top News 


'Victory for Cleaner Air' as Federal Court Upholds California Vehicle Emissions Standards

"This ruling ensures that the 17 other states that follow California can keep driving towards a future with cleaner air and cleaner vehicles," said one advocate.

By Julia Conley



Arizona Supreme Court Upholds 1864 Abortion Ban—But Voters Will Get 'Ultimate Say' in November

"Arizona is what happens when abortion policy is, as Donald Trump claims he wishes, left up to the states," said one columnist.

By Julia Conley



Refuting Jurists, Lloyd Austin Says US Has No Evidence of Gaza Genocide

The U.S. defense secretary's remarks came after Sen. Elizabeth Warren and other law experts around the world asserted that Israel's Gaza onslaught meets the legal definition of genocide.

By Brett Wilkins



Three-Day Sanders Institute Event Details the Case: 'Housing Is a Human Right'

"We can't address the housing crisis by chopping the weed off at the top. We have to pull it out by the roots," said one panelist at the intimate event in Los Angeles that looked at the issue from the local, state, and federal level.

By Jon Queally



Average US Taxpayer Contributed More to Militarism Than Medicare in 2023: Report

"This year $5,109 of the average American's taxpayer dollars went to fund the military and its support systems," said the co-author of a new analysis.

By Jake Johnson



Jayapal, Sanders, and Khanna Say US Housing Crisis Must Be 'At the Top of Our Agenda'

"We really need a revolution in housing and how we deal with housing," said Sen. Bernie Sanders at a gathering on the issue.

By Jake Johnson


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■ Opinion


Why Israel Should Be Banned From the Paris Olympics

If the IOC has excluded Russia from the games for actions contrary to the Olympic ethos of peace, then consistency demands scrutiny of all participants.

By Sophia Brooks


If Trump Wins, the GOP Is Ready to Wage War on the Working Class

Project 2025 offers a plan to thoroughly dismantle more than a century of workers’ achievements in the struggle for both dignity and simple on-the-job survival.

By Rebecca Gordon


How Biden Can Win on the Economy: Stop Mass Layoffs

The federal government awards approximately $700 billion per year in federal contracts; what if the Biden administration added one simple clause: “No compulsory layoffs.”

By Les Leopold


No, We’re Not Stuck With Nuclear Weapons

To say an technology will always be with us because it can’t be disinvented is like saying you will always be alive because you can’t be disborn.

By David P. Barash,Ward H. Wilson


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