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Tuesday, April 2, 2024 ■ Today's Top News  Forbes Billionaires List Shows 'Utterly Unconscionable' Wealth Growth of World's Richest The Forbes Billionaires List "is essentially an annual calculation of how much of the wealth created by the global economy is captured by a tiny caste of oligarchs rather than being used to benefit humanity as a whole." By Julia Conley Biden Announces 'Long Overdue' Rail Safety Rules Despite Industry Objections "Safety improvements have come too slowly to the railroads but it is great to be finally working with an administration that is listening to workers," said one Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen leader. By Thor Benson Genocide Prevention Group Issues 'Urgent SOS Warning' as Israel Takes Aim at Rafah The Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention said that if U.S. President Joe Biden "fails to act on his own words" to prevent genocide in Gaza, "his betrayal of humanity will be remembered by the world forever." By Jake Johnson US Economy Performs Far Better Under Democrats Than Republicans: Study Democrats have handled the economy better than Republicans since at least 1949. By Thor Benson 'Indictments Now,' Says UN Expert After Israel Massacres World Central Kitchen Workers "Israel is crossing every possible red line, still with full impunity," said Francesca Albanese, the United Nations special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories. By Jake Johnson 'This Is Unforgivable': Israeli Airstrike Kills 7 World Central Kitchen Workers "This is not only an attack against WCK, this is an attack on humanitarian organizations showing up in the most dire of situations where food is being used as a weapon of war," said the aid group's CEO. By Jake Johnson

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■ Opinion Hillary Clinton's Man in Honduras: A Reflection on Juan Orlando Hernandéz As head of the National Congress following the U.S.-supported coup in 2009, Hernandez—who later ascended to the presidency—was seen as particularly amenable to Washington's desires. By Atticus Canham-Clyne The NYT Finds US Complicity in Genocide Unremarkable By refusing to cover a new U.S. shipment of vast quantities of 2,000-pound bombs to Israel, the Times gave a boost to the process of normalizing the slaughter in Gaza, as if this was unnewsworthy. By Norman Solomon Israel's Dictionary of Deception in Gaza Statements made by Israeli and other world leaders that may appear to be true, and that continue to be taken at face value, are in reality dangerously deceptive and aim to justify Israeli politics regarding violence towards Palestinians. By Dubravka Žarkov

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