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Thursday, February 29, 2024 ■ Today's Top News  New Report Warns of the Rise of Killer Robots Public Citizen says autonomous weapons "inherently dehumanize the people targeted and make it easier to tolerate widespread killing." By Thor Benson 60 Days Into 2024 and Millionaires Are Already Done Paying Into Social Security "Ninety-four percent of Americans contribute to Social Security all year long, but the wealthy stop paying after their first $168,600 in wage income." By Jake Johnson 'Worst-Case Scenario': Children Dying of Starvation, Dehydration in Gaza Hospitals "The international community is facing a moral and humanitarian test to stop the genocide in Gaza," said a Gaza Health Ministry official. By Brett Wilkins Putin Warns of Nuclear War If NATO Deploys Troops to Ukraine "The escalation of bellicose rhetoric over Ukraine needs to stop," the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons said in response. By Thor Benson Both Dems and GOP 'Completely Silent' as Macy's Guts Workforce After Rewarding Wall Street "Blindsided" workers feels pain as retail giant says it will slash over 2,300 jobs and shutter 150 stores. By Julia Conley Corporate Tax Avoidance Rampant During First 5 Years of Trump-GOP Law: Study "Corporate tax avoidance occurs because Congress allows it to occur, and the Trump tax law made it worse," says a new study by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. By Jake Johnson ■ More News 'Climate Time Bomb': Infrastructure Law Funds Highways Over Public Transit 'Enough Is Enough': Former Top Sanders Aide Urges Israel Arms Embargo Israeli Military 'Terrorizing' Palestinian Children in Detention, Aid Group Says Organizers Expand 'Uncommitted' Primary Campaigns to Push Biden on Gaza VIEW ALL NEWS SUPPORT COMMON DREAMS TODAY Invest in journalism that covers the news that matters. DONATE NOW ■ Opinion Kneeling With the Spirit of Aaron Bushnell His sacrifice begins to define the size of the changes we must make in our global politics, in our relationship with power, in our relationship with one another. By Robert C. Koehler Defunding UNRWA While Arming Israel Makes the US Complicit in Genocide Thousands of Palestinians—especially babies, children, pregnant women, and the elderly—will die as a result of these cuts. By Phyllis Bennis How to Bust the Bankers’ Club C. J. Polychroniou speaks with progressive economist Gerald Epstein about why alternative banking is possible and urgently needed. By C.J. Polychroniou THERE'S MORE HERE:  VIEW ALL OPINION Call 207.775.0488 to donate by phone or mail a check to: Common Dreams · PO Box 443 · Portland, ME 04112-0443 · USA Common Dreams is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Your contribution is tax-deductible. EIN: 20-3368194