Friday, November 8, 2024

■ Today's Top News 


'Ready to Fight' for Climate, Students Walk Out Over Trump

"We won't stand by while Donald Trump's dangerous agenda threatens everything we believe in," said one student.

By Jessica Corbett



As DOJ Unseals Murder Plot Charges, Fears of Trump Iran Policy Mount

"Trump is inheriting a mess that he helped create," said the National Iranian American Council. "All parties need to focus not on threats but on dialogue to end these crises."

By Jessica Corbett



Trump's Planned Immigrant Purge Sends Stagnant Private Prison Stocks Soaring

"The GEO Group was built for this unique moment... and the opportunity that it will bring," said the firm's chair.

By Brett Wilkins



'Horrific Reality': Nearly 70% of UN-Verified Gaza Deaths Are Women and Children

The United Nations human rights office noted the "unprecedented levels of killings, death, injury, starvation, illness, disease, displacement, detention, and destruction" wrought by Israel's 13-month onslaught.

By Brett Wilkins



Tax Justice Groups Brace for Fight as Trump's GOP Prepares New Corporate Giveaway

"Billionaires and big corporations are sharpening their knives in anticipation of huge tax cuts, already lobbying and donating to get the tax plan that gives them the biggest windfall."

By Jake Johnson



Self-Styled Working Class Fighter Trump Readies Cabinet Shaped by Billionaires

"Fascism backed by Big Money is one of the most dangerous of all political alliances," said former Labor Secretary Robert Reich.

By Julia Conley


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■ Opinion


We Will Need Each Other to Confront King Trump

We are seeing in real time how autocracy happens, by creating hopelessness and despair among the mass of people who once might have fought back.

By Will Bunch


US Politics Has Become the Fiefdom of Billionaires

At its core, the promise of democracy is “one man one vote”; but the attraction of capitalism is “one man many votes,” meaning the rich guys get the best things and lots of them, while the poor guy loses out.

By David Mcwilliams