Saturday, August 10, 2024

■ The Week in Review


'Heinous': Children Among 100 Killed by Israel Bombing of Gaza School Just Hours After US Weapons Approval

"It is hard to comprehend how the Biden administration can justify rewarding Israel with new weapons, despite Israel's persistent defiance of every single plea the Biden administration has made urging a modicum of restraint."

By Jon Queally • Aug 10, 2024



'Corporate Greed Is Out of Control': Warren Slams Kroger's AI Pricing Scheme

"Kroger is trying to pull a fast one on us by using digital price tags—a move that could let them use surge pricing for water or ice cream when it's hot out," said the senator.

By Julia Conley • Aug 9, 2024



Trump Gives 'Unbelievably Bad' Answer When Voter Asks How He'll Help Working People

"'Drill, baby drill' doesn't help people with housing needs," said one economic justice advocate. "We need living wages and investment in affordable housing."

By Julia Conley • Aug 8, 2024



Tlaib Slams White House for Criticizing Cori Bush's Vow to Fight AIPAC

One observer predicted that one day, Bush will "be remembered for valiantly standing up for the rights of Palestinians when too many still did not have the political courage to do so."

By Brett Wilkins • Aug 8, 2024



'They're Going to Lay the Groundwork,' Trump Once Said of Group Leading Project 2025

The Washington Post revealed that the former president took a private jet flight with the head of the think tank behind Project 2025.

By Jake Johnson • Aug 8, 2024



'Jaw-Dropping' Energy as Voters Line Up for Miles for Harris-Walz Rally in Wisconsin

"One day after Kamala Harris had a packed house in Philadelphia, she is following it up with another packed house in Wisconsin," said one activist.

By Julia Conley • Aug 7, 2024



'Who Are They Fooling?' Project 2025 Leader Delays Book With Vance Foreword

"Hiding the 920-page blueprint from the American people doesn't make it less real—in fact, it should make voters more concerned about what else Trump and his allies are hiding," said Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign manager.

By Julia Conley • Aug 7, 2024



House Dems Demand Heritage Leader Come Clean on Project 2025's Secret 180-Day Plan

"It is time to stop hiding the ball on what we are concerned could very well be the most radical, extreme, and dangerous parts of Project 2025."

By Jake Johnson • Aug 6, 2024



'Excellent Choice': Progressives Applaud Harris for Picking Walz as Running Mate

"Walz has proven that he has the necessary skills and authentic populism to go on offense—calling out the extremist and weird Trump-Vance agenda."

By Jake Johnson • Aug 6, 2024



Israeli Minister Laments That 'Nobody Will Let Us' Starve 2 Million Gazans To Death

"This is what fascism and the desire for mass extermination and displacement look like," a Palestinian-American expert said. "These criminals want to eliminate all Palestinians in Gaza, not just Hamas."

By Edward Carver • Aug 5, 2024


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■ Opinion


What I Would Have Said as My Friend Defied Citi With Song

Biologist Sandra Steingraber was invited to speak as climate activist John Mark Rozendaal disobeyed a restraining order to play cello outside CitiBank’s headquarters. However, that speech was never delivered.

By Sandra Steingraber • Aug 10, 2024


'We're Not Going Back': Seniors Agree with Kamala Harris and Tim Walz

We’re not going back on Social Security. We're not going back on Medicare. We're not going back on lower drug prices.

By Nancy J. Altman • Aug 9, 2024


The Lights are Flashing Red: The Fed Must Call an Emergency Meeting to Cut Rates

Making people walk an economic tightrope is not the path forward to a healthy economy.

By Dr. Rakeen Mabud • Aug 9, 2024


Tim Walz Is a First! A Union Member and Not a Lawyer

Before Walz was chosen the last thirteen people to grace the Democratic ticket were lawyers. And a union member to boot? Never.

By Thomas J. Adams • Aug 8, 2024


AIPAC Hijacks Rep. Cori Bush's Race–and Our Elections

The progressive lawmaker's defeat in her Democratic primary is a tremendous blow to progressives and to the U.S. electoral process itself.

By Medea Benjamin • Aug 7, 2024


The 'New Economic Bill of Rights' Comic Strip: A Vision for 2024 and Beyond

After 50 years of class war from above and concerted efforts to suppress the working class, the great majority of Americans still crave—and deserve—an economy built for working people. Now we have to fight for it.

By Harvey J. Kaye,Matt Strackbein • Aug 7, 2024