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News & Views | 5/17/21
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'Criminal Complicity': Outrage as Biden Pushes $735 Million Weapons Sale to Israel Amid Gaza Slaughter
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Approving more weapons to Israel would add fuel to the fire and would
only embolden Israel to continue its bombardments on Gaza."
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'Alarm Bells Are Ringing Loudly': Supreme Court Takes Up Case That Could Reverse Roe v. Wade
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
"Let's be explicit: Anti-abortion extremists made it clear that this was
the goal all along. It's why they couldn't wait to rush Amy Coney
Barrett onto the Supreme Court before the November election."
'A Huge Loss': Israel's Killing of Top Doctors Further Strains Overwhelmed Gaza Health System
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by Brett Wilkins, staff writer
"I have not seen this level of destruction through my 14 years of
work—not even in the 2014 war," said one emergency rescue official.
South Carolina Gov Signs 'Inhumane' Bill Forcing Death Row Inmates to Choose Firing Squad or Electric Chair
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"The cruelty is the point. Abolish the death penalty," said Rep. Ayanna
Pressley.
Pandemic 'Long Way From Over,' Says WHO Amid Stark Global Vaccine Access Divide
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by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus called on "high-income
countries that have contracted much of the immediate global supply of
vaccines to share them now."
Nearly 30 Senate Dems Call for Immediate Cease-Fire as Death Toll From Israeli Assault on Gaza Tops 190
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
More than half of the Senate Democratic caucus said a cease-fire is
urgently needed "to prevent any further loss of civilian life."
Watchdog Slams AT&T's Latest Mega-Merger Three Years After 'Disastrous' Time Warner Acquisition Cost 45,000 Jobs
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
"The merger does not even begin to register on the scale of the public
interest."
Sanders Says US Must 'Take a Hard Look' at Nearly $4 Billion in Annual Military Aid to Israel
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"It is illegal for U.S. aid to support human rights violations," said
the Vermont senator.
National Nurses United Condemns CDC for Endangering Frontline Workers With Latest Covid-19 Guidance
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
"Nurses follow the precautionary principle, which means that until we
know for sure something is safe, we use the highest level of
protections, not the lowest."
'Time for Us to Have Her Back': Sunrise Movement Endorses Nina Turner for Congress
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by Brett Wilkins, staff writer
The youth-led climate campaign called the former Ohio state senator a
"champion for people everywhere on a myriad of issues impacting our
communities."
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How to Stop Apartheid Israel
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by Ronnie Kasrils
South Africans, along with international humanity, raise the battle
cry Mayihlome in solidarity with the Palestinian people's just
resistance— our anger rises for the battle . There can be no neutrality
in the fight for freedom and justice.
How the United States Helps To Kill Palestinians
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by Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies
U.S. policy has perpetuated the crisis and atrocities of the Israeli
occupation by unconditionally supporting Israel in three distinct ways:
militarily, diplomatically and politically.
Who Benefits From Israel's Slaughter of Palestinians in Gaza?
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by Phyllis Bennis
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's political troubles—and an arms
industry eager to battle test new wares on Gazans—may help explain the
latest escalation of violence.
As Gaza Burns, Where is Washington's "Respect for Norms" Now?
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by Richard Eskow
Lamentations for the dead and dying in Gaza from the Biden
administration are nothing more than crocodile tears.
Redistribution of Health Through the American Families Plan
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by Laura Packard
The American Families Plan will make the Affordable Care Act subsidies
permanent—ensuring that millions of Americans can keep their care. And
the top 1% of taxpayers will pay for it.
Colonial Powers Have Long Demanded the 'Right to Self-Defense' Against the People They Have Colonized
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by Patrick Gathara
The fallacy of the colonial 'right to self-defense.'
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Newswire...
Sunrise and RISE St. James Rally to Demand Biden Stand Up to Environmental Racism, Revoke Formosa Plastics Permit and Give Good Jobs to All
Sunrise Movement
Israel/OPT: Pattern of Israeli Attacks on Residential Homes in Gaza Must Be Investigated As War Crimes
Amnesty International - USA
Gov. Inslee Signs Far-Reaching Plastic Pollution Bill
Environment America
Statement on Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization
ACLU Statement on Supreme Court Decision to Hear Case Challenging Roe v. Wade
ACLU
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