by Julia Conley, staff writer "This forced pregnancy act will drive women back into the [pre-Roe] shadows," warned one Democratic lawmaker in the state.
by Kenny Stancil, staff writer "The Pentagon and the military industrial complex have been plagued by a massive amount of waste, fraud, and financial mismanagement for decades," said Sen. Bernie Sanders. "That is absolutely unacceptable."
by Andrea Germanos, staff writer "Simply put, the government should not collect journalists communications records unless it's investigating them for a crime or as part of an investigation into foreign espionage in which case it should get a warrant."
by Brett Wilkins, staff writer "The American people deserve answers about how this happened, why it happened, and what we will do to ensure our democracy is never threatened in this way again."
by Jake Johnson, staff writer "The U.S. cannot continue to give the right-wing Netanyahu government billions each year to commit crimes against Palestinians."
by Jessica Corbett, staff writer "With U.S. leadership on international clean energy investments, we can stop financing the climate crisis, support domestic clean energy jobs, and join the global community in moving away from fossil fuel investments."
by Kenny Stancil, staff writer "Damage to vital infrastructure and insufficient fuel supplies have affected water, sanitation, and hygiene services for hundreds of thousands of people," said the U.N.'s emergency relief coordinator.
by Amira Hass The numerous incidents of killing entire families in Israeli bombings in Gaza—Parents and children, babies, grandparents, siblings—attest that these were not mistakes. The bombings follow a decision from higher up, backed by the approval of military jurists.
by Richard Heinberg We have built up civilization to a scale that can temporarily be supported by finite and polluting energy sources, and we have simply assumed that this scale of activity can continue to be supported by other energy sources that haven't yet been developed or substantially deployed.
by Gregory Shupak The fatal flaw in the "both sides" narrative is that only the Israeli side has ethnically cleansed and turned millions on the Palestinians' side into refugees by preventing them from exercising their right to return to their homes.
by Laura Flanders Republican governors in state after state are cutting off the federal aid. They'd rather turn away free money than relieve pressure on the poor.
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