Wednesday, April 10, 2024

■ Today's Top News 


Why Trump Doesn't Get to Say Arizona 'Went Too Far' on Abortion

"In overturning Roe, Trump's Supreme Court directly invited Arizona's total ban," wrote columnist Robert Reich. "It's all Trump's doing."

By Julia Conley



'Do the Right Thing,' Say Assange Defenders as Biden Mulls Dropping Case

"This would be the best decision Biden ever made," said one supporter of the jailed WikiLeaks publisher.

By Brett Wilkins



NLRB Head Says Corporate Union-Busters Want to Distract Public With Legal Challenges

"These esoteric arguments came about why?" said National Labor Relations Board Chief Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo. "Because we dared to issue a complaint against SpaceX after it unlawfully fired eight workers."

By Julia Conley



Sanders, Schakowsky Introduce Corporate Tax Dodging Prevention Act

"American workers should not be paying more in federal income taxes, in a given year, than profitable companies like Target, Amazon, and T-Mobile," said the senator.

By Jessica Corbett



'Five-Alarm Fire' as GOP House Speaker Tries to Ram Through Spying Bill

"Absent significant amendment, RISAA will do nothing to prevent the government's repeated abuses of Section 702 to spy on Americans," critics said.

By Brett Wilkins



Chevron CEO Pay Jumped to $26.5 Million During Hottest Year on Record

News of Mike Wirth's 2023 compensation came after March was deemed the 10th month in a row to be the hottest ever recorded.

By Jake Johnson


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■ Opinion


Hey Germany, Stop Arming Israel’s Genocide in Gaza!

On April 8, 2024, the first day of ICJ proceedings in Nicaragua v. Germany, CODEPINK and other antiwar activists staged pickets and delivered letters to German consulates and embassies across the U.S.

By Marcy Winograd


How to Build a Climate Bomb

Starting and then stopping solar geoengineering would cause the warming that had been temporarily held in abeyance to show up quickly and with a vengeance.

By Richard Heinberg


Potomac Yard: a Rare Victory of People Power Over Stadium Socialism

The citizens and taxpayers of Virginia handed an ignominious defeat to the combined forces of corporate bread-and-circuses and the real estate-development complex.

By Mike Lofgren


Stopping the Dance of Death: Building a 21st Century Anti-War Movement

Foreign policy analysts Phyllis Bennis, Jackson Lears, and Jeffrey Sachs discuss how to win a cease-fire in Gaza, prevent a nuclear war, and shift U.S. policy and funds away from imperialist wars.

By Phyllis Bennis,Jackson Lears,Jeffrey D. Sachs


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