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May 23, 2022
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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



U.S. President Joe Biden speaks at a joint press conference with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Tokyo on May 23, 2022.
'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



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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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A portrait of slain Al Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Akleh
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



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George W. Bush Is Not Even a Little Bit Funny
The effective annihilation of a nation is hardly a laughing matter.
by Belén Fernández



Oil war protesters
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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