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TOP NEWS: 'We Refuse to Go On Like This': Student Walkouts Across US

 


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May 26, 2022
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott appears at a press conference
'Counting Dollars While They Were Counting Bodies': Abbott Attended Fundraiser Hours After Massacre
"The same governor who told Beto O'Rourke this isn't the time for politics took the time to stop at a political fundraiser for himself after he knew... kids had been murdered in a Texas elementary school."
by Jake Johnson



Students protest gun violence
'We Refuse to Go On Like This': US Students Walk Out to Demand Gun Control
"We are walking out because we refuse to accept a country where gunfire can ring out at any moment," said student organizers in California.
by Julia Conley



Ted Cruz cut-out outside NRA convention
Faith Leaders, Teachers Mobilize for Protests at NRA's Houston Meeting in Wake of Uvalde Massacre
"Don't look away," said one advocacy group. "Rally against the NRA."
by Julia Conley
More Top News
• NY Appeals Court Rules Trump and Two of His Kids Must Testify in Financial Fraud Case
• With 'Bounty-Hunting' Law, Oklahoma Enacts Nation's First Total Ban on Abortion
• After Racist Massacre in Buffalo, Senate GOP Blocks Domestic Terrorism Bill
• 'We Need Fewer Guns in Schools, Not More': Teachers Reject GOP Call for Armed Educators
• Ocasio-Cortez Endorses Entire Slate of Democratic Socialists in NY
• Bernie Sanders, Lindsey Graham to Kick Off New Debate Series
• 'We Continue to Fail to Protect Our Youngest': Guns Leading Cause of Death in Kids
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Beyond Gun Control, We Need Hatred Control
The lone wolves out there, the lost souls, who have chosen to play real war in response to their own demons, might seek another course of action if they had fewer political and corporate role models.
by Robert C. Koehler



US soldier in Somalia
Meanwhile, Back in Washington, and Somalia, and Syria, and Kenya, and ...
Most Americans appear to know far more of the activities of the Russian and Ukrainian militaries than they know about their own.
by Tom Gallagher



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The Deep Need to Organize for a Better World
Sadly enough, progressive ideas aren’t permeating our society anywhere near as quickly or defiantly as right-wing ones.
by Beverly Gologorsky


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