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Thursday, December 26, 2024

■ Today's Top News 


'Unacceptable Tragedy': 10,000+ Migrants Died Trying to Reach Spain This Year

"These figures are evidence of a profound failure of rescue and protection systems," said one campaigner.

By Brett Wilkins



WHO Chief OK But Others Killed in Israeli Strike on Yemen Airport

State media reports at least four people were killed and 21 others injured.

By Jessica Corbett



'Major Victory': New Law Makes NY Second State to Hold Big Polluters Accountable

"The billions begin to add up. This is, more or less, how the states slowly and then quite rapidly took down the tobacco industry," said climate leader Bill McKibben.

By Julia Conley



'Concentration Camps': Border Czar Says Trump to Detain Migrant Families

"Decent people all over the world will hate this country... and they should," said one critic.

By Jessica Corbett



Analysis Shows US Lawmakers Traded Up to $113 Million in Arms Stocks This Year

"If Congress wants to wash itself of conflicts of interest it can start by passing a stock trading ban."

By Brett Wilkins



From Wall Street to Big Pharma: The Corporate Giants Bankrolling Trump's Inauguration

The pharmaceutical industry's top U.S. lobbying group and Goldman Sachs are among the corporate donors to the president-elect's inaugural committee.

By Jake Johnson


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■ Opinion


The World’s 10th Largest Economy Just Signed on to Make Climate Polluters Pay

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul’s announcement that she would sign the climate superfund bill shows that a state-by-state approach can work in the Trump years.

By Bill Mckibben


A Tale OF 2 Hospitals on Christmas and Hanukkah 2024

How can we reconcile this orderly, peaceful, well-appointed hospital down the road from our homes, with a hospital in north Gaza (not the only one) that is besieged, attacked, and blockaded?

By Jennifer Scarlott


The World’s 4 Legacy Empires Are in Free Fall—What Comes Next?

If France, Russia, China, and the U.S. now give way in a collective version of collapse, instead of one succeeding another, we may come to know a new world order whose shape is as yet unimaginable.

By Alfred W. Mccoy