Wednesday, September 25, 2024

■ Today's Top News 


Rights Group Condemns Texas National Guard for Firing Pepper Balls at Migrants

"In separate incidents this summer, witnesses saw Texas National Guard members firing pepper-spray projectiles at migrants who posed no risk to National Guard members or anyone else."

By Edward Carver



Rights Groups List 50+ Calls for Gaza Genocide on Israel's Channel 14

"Incitement to war crimes is part of the Channel 14 poison machine, and its aim is to create a forever war here," said one campaigner.

By Brett Wilkins



With All Eyes on Gaza, Israel Bulldozed 'Mile After Mile' of West Bank

"We watched their bulldozers tear up streets, demolish businesses, pharmacies, schools," said one local leader. "They even bulldozed the town soccer field, and a tree in the middle of a road."

By Jessica Corbett



Progressive US Lawmakers Call for Arms Embargo to Halt Israeli Escalation in Lebanon

"We cannot continue to stand idly by while innocent civilians are being bombarded with our tax dollars," said U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar.

By Jake Johnson



Landmark Declaration of Rights Safeguards Biobío River in Chile

"A paradigm shift is necessary," said an advocacy group. "Let's recognize now that the Biobío River has value in itself."

By Julia Conley



Blinken Faces Calls to Resign Over Lie That Israel Is Not Blocking Gaza Aid

"When a senior American official lies to Congress in the middle of genocide so that the government can keep funding that genocide, he is deliberately flouting the law and prolonging the suffering of millions of innocent people."

By Jake Johnson


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■ Opinion


Even a Good President With a Gun Won’t Save Us

VP Harris’ recent political messaging about guns has been less about curbing them and more about how she and her running mate Tim Walz possess them. But that won’t prevent mass shootings.

By Will Bunch


Please Vice-President Harris, Stay Away from Wall Street!

Whoops, too late.

By Les Leopold


It’s Time for the US to Kick Its War Habit and Get Mad at MAD

Using the vernacular of the day, perhaps it’s particularly on target to say that our whole country suffers from Militarism Abuse Disorder or (all too appropriately) MAD.

By Frida Berrigan