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Bernie Sanders Will Join Striking McDonald's Workers Demanding Higher Wages Ahead of the Chain's Annual Investor Meeting
Mary Meisenzahl, Business Insider
Meisenzahl writes: "Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez will join McDonald's workers in strikes planned around the US for higher wages on May 19, the day before the company's annual shareholders meeting."
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Biden Tells Netanyahu He Expects Israel to Significantly De-Escalate by Today
Jackie Northam and Avie Schneider, NPR
Excerpt: "As the conflict between Israel and Hamas entered its 10th day, President Biden pressed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday to de-escalate Israeli military action in a push to end the hostilities, the White House said."
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GOP Leaders Move to Blow Up Bipartisan January 6 Commission
Nia Prater, New York Magazine
Prater writes: "Days after members of Congress announced that they had finally reached an agreement on a bipartisan commission to investigate the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, both House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell came out against a bill that would establish the panel, almost certainly dooming its chances of becoming law."
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'I Am Seeking Justice': Tulsa Massacre Survivor, 107, Testifies to US Congress
David Smith, Guardian UK
Smith writes: "For nearly a century she was denied a voice by a culture of silence. Finally, at the age of 107, Viola Fletcher got a national stage on Wednesday to bear witness to America's deep history of racial violence."
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Biden's Supreme Court Commission Meets for First Time Amid Growing Calls to Expand the Court
Melissa Quinn, CBS News
Quinn writes: "President Biden's commission tasked with studying potential reforms to the Supreme Court gathered for the first time Wednesday as pressure to expand the number of seats on the high court grows following its decision to hear a blockbuster abortion dispute in its next term."
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Richard Falk | Israel Has Already Lost the Legal and Moral Arguments. Now It's Losing the Political Argument.
Richard Falk, The Middle East Eye
Falk writes: "Israel has already long lost the main legal and moral arguments and is in the process of losing the political argument."
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International Energy Agency Calls for End to New Fossil Fuel Supply Investments
Associated Press
Excerpt: "A report by the International Energy Agency says immediate action is needed to reshape the world's energy sector in order to meet ambitious climate goals by 2050, including ending investments in new coal mines, oil and gas wells."
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