Israel Says No Criminal Probe Into Killing of Journalist Shireen Abu Akleh
Israel will not conduct a criminal probe into the murder of Shireen Abu Bakleh, a Palestinian American journalist, who was killed earlier this month. This has sparked worldwide outrage. Both reported the news Thursday. HaaretzThe Jerusalem Post. Abu Akleh, Al Jazeera’s correspondent in Palestine, was fatally shotWhile covering an Israeli raid on Jenin refugee camps […]
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Nearly All House Republicans Vote Against Bill to Alleviate Baby Food Shortage
Nearly all House Republicans voted against a bill to provide funding to address the baby food shortage and prevent future such crises despite the GOP’s complaints over the past weeks about the White House’s approach to the issue. The Infant Formula Supplemental Appropriations Act. passed the HouseWednesday’s vote of 231 to 192 would have provided […]
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26 of US’s Richest Billionaires Paid 4.8 Percent Tax Rate in Recent Years
A new analysis of leaked Internal Revenue Service (IRS) documents shows that some of the U.S.’s wealthiest people have paid a disproportionately low federal income tax rate in recent years. In analysis released Thursday, Americans for Tax Fairness found that, in relation to their wealth, 26 of the nation’s richest billionaires paid an average effective […]
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CPAC Speakers in Hungary Embrace Plan for “Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy”
The first Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), which was held in Europe, began in Budapest on Thursday morning. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán delivered the opening keynote address, laying out a 12-point “open source” plan for right-wing advocates around the world to replicate the “Christian conservative success” of his nation. Hungary, said Orbán, “is the […]
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Oklahoma GOP Passes Anti-Abortion Bill That Bans Procedure at Fertilization
The Oklahoma state legislature passed a bill this week that will ban almost all abortions in the state — and which could potentially also place restrictions on some types of birth control. The bill, which passed in the Republican-controlled state House of Representatives on Thursday, bans all abortion procedures from the moment of fertilization onward. […]
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AOC Says Bipartisan Bill to Grant Puerto Rico Self-Determination Is “Un Milagro”
A bipartisan group of legislators led by House Majority leader Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, unveiled a bill that would give Puerto Rico the ability to determine its own territorial status. The bill was negotiated between lawmakers with opposing views regarding how the colonized territory should have been designated. It is now known as the Puerto Rico […]
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Baby Formula Maker Chose Shareholders Over Safety Amid Deadly Bacterial Outbreak
Financial documents and whistleblower testimony highlighted in The GuardianFriday’s report showed that Abbott, the U.S.-based manufacturer of baby formula, used the enormous windfall profits between 2019 and 2021 it accumulated to enrich shareholders, even during a deadly bacteria epidemic that has triggered national outrage and caused a shortage in formula. “Abbott detected bacteria eight times […]
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The Supreme Court Is Wielding Illegitimate Authority in the US
Former president Jimmy Carter deemed the U.S. as having become “an oligarchy with unlimited political bribery” in the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s 2014 decision to strike down limits on campaign contributions, and the wielding of illegitimate authority within our political system has only grown more extreme in the eight years that have passed since […]
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Rep. Lucy McBath Warns Anti-Abortion Laws May Treat Miscarriage as Manslaughter
Lucy McBath, a Democratic Congressmember representing Georgia, shared her personal story about how she got reproductive care after having a stillbirth. She also pointed out that anti-abortion legislators and politicians fail to recognize the medical necessity of aborting in cases like hers. “We can be the nation that rolls back the clock, that rolls back […]
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Anti-Terrorism Bill Targeting White Supremacists Puts House GOP on the Defensive
In the wake of domestic “terrorism,” civil rights groups often warn that the expansion of federal law enforcement powers will likely be used to target Muslims, Black activists, leftist protesters and other citizens. So, when House Democrats rushed this week to pass legislation to prevent domestic terrorism in the wake of the racist mass shooting […]
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