House Progressives Pushed Negotiations With Russia, Then Buckled Under Pressure
On October 24, 30 members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus signed a letter to President Joe Biden calling for “direct talks with Russia” to finish the warfare in Ukraine. However in an alarming about-face, they withdrew the letter the following day. The letter urged Biden “to make vigorous diplomatic efforts in help of a negotiated […]
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Elon Musk Completes Twitter Takeover With Help From Saudi Prince
Tesla CEO Elon Musk accomplished his $44 billion buy of Twitter on Thursday after a chaotic, months-long buyout course of, leaving the richest man on the planet in command of one of many world’s most generally used social media and communication platforms. Musk wasted no time imposing himself on the corporate, swiftly firing a number […]
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Ten Years Ago, Occupy Sandy Helped New Yorkers and Redefined Disaster Relief
This text was originally published on Oct 28 5:00am EDT by THE CITY A decade in the past, a bunch of pals who had come collectively to protest financial inequality as a part of the 2011 Occupy Wall Street motion needed to determine find out how to assist New Yorkers affected by Superstorm Sandy. They […]
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East African Climate Activists Are Fighting a Destructive Pipeline Project
A brand new evaluation launched Thursday by a local weather analysis agency reveals environmental assessments used to realize approval for the East African Crude Oil Pipeline in Uganda and Tanzania failed to totally take into account the large quantity of fossil gasoline emissions that can consequence from the venture. The sooner assessments took into consideration […]
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We Must Unlearn the Lie That State Violence Is Inherently Legitimate
Be aware: The textual content that follows is an excerpt of an interview with Kelly Hayes that’s featured within the anthology of antifascist writing No Pasarán! (AK Press, October 2022). “Kops and Klan go hand in hand!” This chant was shouted in road gatherings throughout the nation throughout the 2020 rebellion towards white supremacy and […]
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Including Noncitizens in Census Devalues Votes of Citizens
You’ll have missed it, however a latest Census Bureau report revealed that the bureau made vital errors in the newest census, overcounting the inhabitants of eight states and undercounting the inhabitants of six states. Consequently, the residents in undercounted states, reminiscent of Florida, didn’t obtain all the congressional illustration to which they’re entitled, whereas residents in states […]
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White House Sticks to ‘Suppression’ Claim Despite Big Georgia Early Vote
Georgia election legal guidelines have been supposedly so restrictive that President Joe Biden traveled in January to Atlanta, the place he stated, “Jim Crow 2.0 is about two insidious issues—voter suppression and election subversion. That’s not hyperbole. That’s a truth.” Nevertheless, on Thursday, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger’s workplace introduced that 1.13 million Georgians […]
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Patients of Color Get Lifesaving COVID Drug Far Less Often Than Whites
New analysis from the Facilities for Illness Management (CDC) reveals deep racial disparities in entry to Paxlovid, a drug generally used to deal with COVID-19 infections for higher-risk sufferers, elevating longstanding considerations about racism throughout the well being system as officers concern an explosion of COVID instances over the winter. The CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality […]
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‘Save Our Democracy’ Is the New ‘Russia Collusion’
At this level, it might save everybody time if Democrats may merely level to a coverage agenda merchandise that isn’t going to avoid wasting democracy—if such a factor exists. If Republicans vote, they’re killing democracy. In the event that they don’t vote, they’re killing democracy. The one solution to “save democracy,” writes The Washington Put […]
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Social Media Giants Systemically Fail on Hate and Disinformation, Report Says
Fb, TikTok, Twitter, and YouTube are failing to curb the unfold of right-wing extremism and disinformation on their platforms and should instantly implement safeguards with the pivotal U.S. midterm elections lower than two weeks away, a watchdog warned Thursday. In Empty Promises: Inside Big Tech’s Weak Effort to Fight Hate and Lies in 2022, Free […]
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