Tuesday, June 4, 2024

■ Today's Top News 


US Senate Hearing Highlights Impacts of 'Horrific Anti-Abortion Crusade'

Sen. Patty Murray described the event as "a close accounting of the trauma Republicans are inflicting on women and families across our country, and the damage they are doing to basic reproductive healthcare."

By Jessica Corbett



42 House Dems Help GOP Pass Bill Targeting ICC Officials Over Israel

The ACLU warned the legislation would "harm free speech protections" and "undermine the rule of law and the independence of the ICC."

By Brett Wilkins



Climate Groups Call for Rich to Pay More as International Meetings Begin

"We have to put the social justice element upfront," an architect of the 2015 Paris agreement said as the world's climate delegates gathered in Germany.

By Edward Carver



ACLU Plans Lawsuit Over Biden's Trumpian Attack on Asylum Rights

"It was illegal when Trump did it, and it is no less illegal now."

By Brett Wilkins



Nagasaki Mayor Withholds Israel's Invitation to Peace Ceremony

"Given the critical humanitarian situation in Gaza and international opinion, there is a risk of unpredictable disruption occurring at the ceremony," Mayor Shiro Suzuki said.

By Brett Wilkins



Incessant IDF Strikes Making Gaza Aid Deliveries 'Virtually Impossible': Oxfam

"When hunger claims many more lives, nobody will be able to deny the horrifying impact of Israel's deliberate, illegal, and cruel obstruction of aid."

By Jake Johnson


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■ Opinion


Elon Musk Shows Us Why Individuals Can't Save the World

"Live by public will, die by public will," is a mantra the faux libertarian techno billionaires should memorize. They are not our saviors, but rather obstacles to a better future for consumers and workers alike.

By Manuel Pastor


A Fascist Donald Trump and the Lawyer's Dilemma

Trump’s assault on democracy’s essential institutions has always been open and notorious. Examples abound—and they are laced with lies. If you were an attorney committed to defending democracy, could you defend this man?

By Steven Harper


No, I Will Not Be Attending Netanyahu's Speech

These children and thousands more are the direct result of Netanyahu’s policies—Netanyahu, the man Speaker Johnson has invited to address Congress.

By Bernie Sanders


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