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Thursday, March 21, 2024 ■ Today's Top News
Major Corporations Making the World Water Crisis Worse"When big corporations pollute or consume huge amounts of water, communities pay the price in empty wells, more costly water bills, and contaminated and undrinkable water sources," one advocate said.By Olivia Rosane
House Progressives Applaud as Biden Student Debt Relief Tops $143 Billion"Let's keep fighting until we cancel student debt for EVERY single borrower," said Rep. Ilhan Omar.By Brett Wilkins
Trump, House GOP Converge on 15-Week Federal Abortion BanA Texas woman who almost died after being denied care said the Republican "is actively planning to ban abortion nationwide if he's elected, inflicting the same cruelty and chaos I've experienced on the entire country."By Jessica Corbett
New Wage Data Shows When Workers Organize and Fight 'It Pays Off—Literally'Union contracts negotiated in 2023 earned workers wage increases they haven't seen in over 35 years.By Jake Johnson
Green Groups Protest 'Nuclear Fairy Tale' in Brussels"All the evidence shows that nuclear power is too slow to build, too expensive, and it remains highly polluting and dangerous," one activist said.By Olivia Rosane
Former US Diplomat Says 'Collaboration' in Gaza Genocide Could Make Biden 'Target of Prosecution'"It is evident that making Gaza uninhabitable is a feature, not a bug in this operation," wrote former State Department adviser Barnett Rubin.By Julia Conley
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■ More NewsAOC, Sanders Renew Fight for Green New Deal for Public HousingEmissions From Just 5 Oil Giants Could Kill 11.5 Million People Prematurely by 2100Eyewitnesses Report 'Unlawful Killings' by IDF as Raid on al-Shifa Hospital ContinuesDOJ, 16 States Challenge Apple's 'Monopoly Power' in Landmark Antitrust Suit | ||||||||||||||
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■ OpinionLet Them Eat Bread! On the Abhorrent Use of Starvation as a Weapon of WarThe madness of war has beset us from the very dawn of the human presence on this planet, but the use of hunger as a weapon in war compounds this insanity with the poison of cruelty.By Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi
The False Charges of 'Antisemitism' by Apologists for Israel's Atrocities in GazaThe gist of the trick is to equate Israel with the Jewish religion—and then to equate opposition to Israel with antisemitism.By Norman Solomon
Wealthy Corporations Are Cheating Ordinary Americans TwiceCorporate tax dodging deprives the nation of billions of dollars in revenue while exorbitant executive pay siphons money from worker wages, R&D, and other productive investments to support a strong economy.By Sarah Anderson
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