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Thursday, June 27, 2024

■ Today's Top News 


Big Win in California as Big Oil Drops Effort to Drill Near Schools and Homes

"Big Oil spent tens of millions of dollars trying to fool voters," said one campaigner, "but it was no match for the groundswell of people power and community support."

By Brett Wilkins



Key Senate Panel Launches Probe of Big Oil-OPEC Collusion

Illegal coordination between oil companies and OPEC may have cost U.S. families thousands of dollars in higher costs for gas and other necessities.

By Julia Conley



Supreme Court Puts Countless 'Lives at Risk' by Ruling Against Clean Air

"With this decision, the Supreme Court has abandoned any pretense of neutrality in cases involving environmental regulations," an expert said.

By Edward Carver



'Environmental Justice Nightmare': FERC Approves Major LNG Export Terminal Despite Biden Pause

"Even with FERC's reckless decision to approve CP2, the project cannot move forward without all federal permits, including those currently paused by the Department of Energy," one climate advocate said.

By Olivia Rosane



SCOTUS Ruling on Emergency Abortion Care Called 'Dangerous Preview for What Could Come'

"If Trump is elected again, he will appoint even more justices who could uphold future abortion bans and endanger our fundamental freedoms for decades."

By Julia Conley



'Genocide Denial': Tlaib, Lee Slam Bipartisan Effort to Suppress Gaza Death Toll

"They want to erase the Palestinians who are living," said Rep. Rashida Tlaib, "and now they are trying to erase the Palestinians who are dead."

By Brett Wilkins


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■ Opinion


Presidential Debate Questions for a Sweltering World

Among the issues the candidates will address, climate disruption belongs at the top.

By John J. Berger


Why the 2024 Election Could Be Our Last If We Don’t Get Our Act Together

The biggest challenge to our democracy may lie in the absence of any long-term focus on the need for fundamental structural changes in how our elections are run.

By Karen Greenberg,Julian Zelizer


Presidential Debate Prediction: Voters and Democracy the Likely Losers

A quality debate requires incisive questions that speak to people’s real needs and concerns as well as real-time factchecking to counter lies and deception. With CNN, we're almost guaranteed to get neither.

By Julie Hollar


We Need to Take Trump's Threat to Deport Millions of Migrants Seriously

Racist, violent, and genocidal rhetoric inevitably drives the process of forced expulsion, and Trump churns out a daily chorus of murderous bile that must bring a smile to Julius Streicher's corpse.

By Phil Wilson