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Opinion

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The Fighting Soul: On the Road With Bernie Sanders

Tom Gallagher ·
Rabin-Havt considers Sanders "the most principled person I could ever imagine running for president," who "managed to move this country in a more progressive direction than any other person who failed to win the White House."
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The People Must Create a New America

Elaheh Farmand ·
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Unshackle the Women Forced to Give Birth in Chains

Robert C. Koehler ·
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Further

A column by Abby Zimet
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Direct Action Works: Elbit Have Left the Building

Offering a glimmer of hope "the merchants of death are not invincible," Palestine Action has successfully shut down the London headquarters of Israel's largest arms company Elbit Systems after pummeling them with six actions in six weeks. Days later, activists also again occupied a drone factory in Shenstone, arguing, "If you aid war criminals, you are war criminals." The London closure marks the second rout of an Elbit site in the U.K. in under two years, prompting the group's defiant slogan "2 Down, 8 To Go." "Maybe (Elbit) should have a think," says one member. "We are not going away."

Abby Zimet · Jun 27, 2022

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Pat Cipollone

Jan. 6 Panel Subpoenas Trump White House Counsel Pat Cipollone

Jessica Corbett ·

Tlaib Levin

Sanders Pushes Back Against AIPAC Super PAC With Endorsements of Tlaib and Levin

Brett Wilkins ·

Plan B

Missouri Hospital System Resumes Providing Plan B After 'Shameful' Ban

Jessica Corbett ·

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'An Act of Conquest': Native Americans Condemn SCOTUS Tribal Sovereignty Ruling

Brett Wilkins ·

Dick Durbin

'Lunacy': Democrats Risk Running Out of Time to Confirm Federal Judges

Julia Conley ·

Thousands of people took to the streets of New York City on July 26, 2017 in opposition to anti-trans policy moves by then-President Donald Trump.

Citing Death of Roe, Alabama Urges Judge to Reinstate Trans Care Ban

Kenny Stancil ·

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Flint Residents 'Disgusted' After Court Throws Out Indictments of Top Officials

Jessica Corbett ·

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Sanders, Fetterman Urge Buttigieg to Fine Airlines Over Flight Cancellations

Jake Johnson ·

The Newswire

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War & Peace

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Scores Feared Dead and Wounded as Russian Missiles Hit Ukraine Shopping Center

"People just burned alive," said Ukraine's interior minister, while the head of the Poltava region stated that "it is too early to talk about the final number of the killed."
Brett Wilkins ·
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NATO to Boost Ranks of High-Readiness Forces by 650% to Over 300,000

Jake Johnson ·

Thousands turned out to march for peace in Ukraine on February 6, 2022 in central London

Amid Putin's Saber-Rattling, 65 Nations Condemn 'Any and All Nuclear Threats'

Brett Wilkins ·

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'Unconscionable': House Committee Adds $37 Billion to Biden's $813 Billion Military Budget

Kenny Stancil ·

António Guterres

Demanding Global Ban, UN Chief Calls Nuclear Weapons a 'Recipe for Annihilation'

Brett Wilkins ·

Climate Emergency

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'Flies in the Face of Science': Biden Sued for Restarting Oil Leasing on Public Lands

"Overwhelming scientific evidence shows us that burning fossil fuels from existing leases on federal lands is incompatible with a livable climate," said one environmental lawyer.
Kenny Stancil ·
A gas drilling rig sits in an area of southeastern Utah managed by the Bureau of Land Management.
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UN Chief Warns of 'Ocean Emergency' as Leaders Confront Biodiversity Loss, Pollution

Julia Conley ·

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'Morally Bankrupt' G7 Slammed for 'Caving' to Fossil Fuel Lobby on Climate

Jessica Corbett ·

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Looming US Supreme Court Climate Decision Could 'Doom' Hope for Livable Future

Jessica Corbett ·

German energy company RWE has sued the Netherlands for 1.4 billion euros as compensation for the country's plan to phase out coal by 2030.

Spain Demands EU Withdraw From Energy Treaty That Undermines Climate Action

Kenny Stancil ·

Covid-19

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After WTO Failure, Nations Urged to 'Outright Defy' Pharma Patent Rules to Fight Covid

"Governments must take immediate actions to bypass the WTO's prioritization of pharmaceutical monopolies over human lives," says a global coalition of nearly 300 civil society groups.
Jake Johnson ·
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WTO delegates seen during the final day of the ministerial conference

WTO Deal on Vaccine Patents Decried as a 'Sham' Dictated by Rich Nations, Big Pharma

Jake Johnson ·

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House Dems Urge Biden to Work With Cuba to Vaccinate the World

Brett Wilkins ·

Activists protest pharma monopolies

In Last-Ditch Push, Campaigners Urge WTO to Reject 'Indefensible' Vaccine Patent Deal

Jake Johnson ·

Vaccine equity campaigners carry a mock coffin in London.

Mexican Official Says Flawed WTO Proposal on Vaccine Patents 'Worse Than None at All'

Jessica Corbett ·

Economics

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Sanders, Fetterman Urge Buttigieg to Fine Airlines Over Flight Cancellations

"The American people are sick of airlines ripping them off, canceling flights at the last minute, and delaying flights for hours on end," said the Vermont senator.
Jake Johnson ·
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Oxfam Condemns G7 for Leaving 'Millions to Starve' as Global Hunger Surges

Jake Johnson ·

G7 protesters clash with police in Munich, Germany

Global Windfall Profit Tax of 90% Needed to Address 'Catastrophic' Food, Climate Crises: Oxfam

Jon Queally ·

Nearly empty bucket with grains in South Sudan

UN Chief Warns of Impending 'Unprecedented Global Food Crisis'

Julia Conley ·

Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks at the Labor Notes conference

'Corporate Greed Is Destroying This Economy': Sanders Pushes for Windfall Profits Tax

Jake Johnson ·

Politics

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Jan. 6 Panel Subpoenas Trump White House Counsel Pat Cipollone

Noting his refusal to cooperate beyond an informal April interview, the committee's chair said that "we are left with no choice."
Jessica Corbett ·
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Tlaib Levin

Sanders Pushes Back Against AIPAC Super PAC With Endorsements of Tlaib and Levin

Brett Wilkins ·

Dick Durbin

'Lunacy': Democrats Risk Running Out of Time to Confirm Federal Judges

Julia Conley ·

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Progressive Delia Ramirez Defeats Billionaire PAC Money to Win Illinois Primary

Jake Johnson ·

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'Witness Intimidation. Clear as Day': Jan. 6 Panel Teases Evidence of Cover-Up Effort

Jessica Corbett ·

Rights & Justice

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Missouri Hospital System Resumes Providing Plan B After 'Shameful' Ban

The health network had stopped offering emergency contraception over fears of violating the state's abortion law—a "dangerous" move that critics warned could become a national trend.
Jessica Corbett ·
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'An Act of Conquest': Native Americans Condemn SCOTUS Tribal Sovereignty Ruling

Brett Wilkins ·

Thousands of people took to the streets of New York City on July 26, 2017 in opposition to anti-trans policy moves by then-President Donald Trump.

Citing Death of Roe, Alabama Urges Judge to Reinstate Trans Care Ban

Kenny Stancil ·

Flint demonstration

Flint Residents 'Disgusted' After Court Throws Out Indictments of Top Officials

Jessica Corbett ·

Voting rights

In Blow to Voting Rights, SCOTUS Saves Louisiana's Racially Rigged Electoral Map

Brett Wilkins ·

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