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February 21, 2023

Top News

Letting 'Secrecy Prevail,' SCOTUS Declines to Hear Challenge to NSA Mass Surveillance

"If the courts are unwilling to hear Wikimedia's challenge, then Congress must step in to protect Americans' privacy," said the Knight First Amendment Institute's litigation director.

Jessica Corbett

'Too Many Holes': Rail Workers Say Buttigieg Plan of Action Is Not Enough

"Rank-and-file railroad workers can diagnose and fix the problems. We will believe Pete Buttigieg is serious when he starts talking about public ownership of critical railroad infrastructure and enacting some of our solutions."

Kenny Stancil

EPA Orders Norfolk Southern to Clean Up Contamination From Ohio Train Crash

"Let me be clear," said EPA Administrator Michael Regan. "Norfolk Southern will pay for cleaning up the mess they created and for the trauma they've inflicted on this community."

Julia Conley

For First Time in 6 Years, US Allows UN Security Council to Denounce Israeli Settlements

One human rights campaigner said the watered-down statement is "a far cry from the full-throated condemnation the grave situation deserves."

Kenny Stancil

McCarthy Hands 41,000 Hours of Jan. 6 Footage to 'Unrepentant Manipulator' Tucker Carlson

"Funneling footage of a domestic riot to only one member of an extremist media organization is not releasing the footage to 'the public.'"

Jake Johnson

'Dangerous and Reckless': Putin Halts Russia's Participation in Nuclear Treaty With US

"Russia must immediately return to full compliance with the agreement and continue to adhere to warhead limits," said the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons.

Jake Johnson

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Barbara Lee Officially Announces Senate Run, Vowing to 'Stand on the Side of Justice'

Democratic Governors Form Reproductive Freedom 'Firewall' to Protect Access

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Opinion

Who's Winning and Losing the Economic War Over Ukraine?

After a year of slaughter and destruction in Ukraine, we can declare that the economic winners of this war are: Saudi Arabia, ExxonMobil and its fellow oil giants, Lockheed Martin, and Northrop Grumman.

Medea Benjamin,Nicolas J.S. Davies

'Embarrassed' by 'Racist' Israeli Government, Sanders Threatens Bill to Withhold Aid

Sanders lashed out at the new, extremist government in Israel, which includes a minister once convicted of incitement to racial violence.

Juan Cole

McCarthyism, Then and Now

Washington has long been a stranger and more ominous place than one might imagine.

Tom Engelhardt

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