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by Julia Conley, staff writer
"This movement is growing every single day," said the Muslim Association of Britain.


Gwinnett County workers begin their recount of the presidential election ballots on November 13, 2020 in Lawrenceville, Georgia. (Photo: Megan Varner/Getty Images)

by Julia Conley, staff writer
" This is further shameful evidence that the Big Lie is becoming state policy," said attorney Marc Elias.



by Ralph Nader
"To know about what is happening daily, you do not need to rely on the evidence compiled by the U.S. mainstream media... just take it from the Israeli media and Israelis themselves."


Officers from multiple law enforcement agencies pile on William Jennette, a 48-year-old father of five who died at the Marshall County Jail in Lewisburg, Tennessee on May 6, 2020 after being hogtied, kneeled on, and taunted for several minutes. (Photo: Marshall County Jail)

by Brett Wilkins, staff writer
"You shouldn't be able to breathe," one officer replied to William Jennette's plea moments before the man's death at the Marshall County Jail in Lewisburg last May.


Shareholders on Friday approved a hedge fund's proposed takeover of Tribune Publishing, which owns the Chicago Tribune and other major newspapers. (Photo: Raymond Boyd/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
A union leader had urged the newspaper company's second-largest shareholder to vote "no," warning that "Alden ownership would be a disaster for Chicago, democracy, and society at large."


Paola Sanchez speaks during a Sunrise Movement rally to take action for an economic recovery and infrastructure package prioritizing climate, care, jobs, and justice, calling on Congress to pass the THRIVE Act on April 7, 2021 in New York City. (Photo: Noam Galai/Getty Images for Green New Deal Network)

by Kenny Stancil, staff writer
"If Democrats learned anything from the past ten years, it has to be that negotiating against ourselves doesn't work," said one climate justice advocate.



by Julia Conley, staff writer
Those committing such attacks, said one Palestinian-American writer and activist, "are not in solidarity with Palestinians, they are in solidarity with racism, a force we suffer from."


Activists and protesters take part in a rally in support of Palestinians near the Washington monument in Washington, D.C. on May 15, 2021.

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"We cannot simply let another huge arms sale go through without even a congressional debate."



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."


An Israeli airstrike destroys a high-rise building in Gaza City that housed several media outlets, including the Associated Press and Al-Jazeera.

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Deliberately targeting media outlets constitutes a war crime," said Reporters Without Borders.

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