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May 23, 2022

Top News

Florida Student's Graduation Speech About Curly Hair Highlights Cruelty of 'Don't Say Gay' Law

Having to use a euphemism to discuss his identity "was a really dehumanizing decision," said Zander Moricz. "I just had to be clever about it-but I shouldn't have had to be."

by Jessica Corbett

'Truly Dangerous': Biden Vows US Military Response If China Invades Taiwan

Biden's threat risks "helping to bring about a Taiwan conflict," said one foreign policy scholar. "Self-injurious and entirely unforced."

by Kenny Stancil

Tax Billionaire Wealth and Pandemic Profits, Says Oxfam, to End 'Inequality That Literally Kills'

"The super-rich have rigged the system with impunity for decades and they are now reaping the benefits," says Oxfam International's executive director.

by Jon Queally

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* WHO Chief Warns Humanity Lowers Guard Against Covid-19 'At Our Peril'

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Opinion

Why Americans Have a Special Responsibility in the Killing of Shireen Abu Akleh

Because our own tax dollars pay for 20 percent of Israel's entire military budget, the bullet or the gun used to kill Shireen could have even been purchased from U.S. weapons manufacturers with our own money.

by Phyllis Bennis, Richard Falk

George W. Bush Is Not Even a Little Bit Funny

The effective annihilation of a nation is hardly a laughing matter.

by Belén Fernández

The Greatest Casualty of the Ukraine War Could Be Planet Earth Itself

The world's ruling elites have chosen to place their geopolitical rivalries above all other critical concerns, including planetary salvation.

by Michael T. Klare

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