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Thursday, May 2, 2024 ■ Today's Top News  THIS IS THE DEFICIT THAT REPUBLICANS LAMENT.... Tax Rates for Big Corporations Fell by Nearly Half After Trump Cuts And this is the policy Republicans and their presumptive presidential nominee are vowing to extend if they win in November. By Jake Johnson Nearly All 600,000 Kids in Rafah 'Injured, Sick, Malnourished,' Says UNICEF A full-scale Israeli assault on the crowded southern Gaza city "would bring catastrophe on top of catastrophe for children." By Jessica Corbett Biden Condemned for Ahistorical and 'Politically Suicidal' Attack on Campus Protests "Biden's claim that 'dissent must never lead to disorder' defies American history, from the Boston Tea Party to the tactics that civil rights activists, Vietnam War protesters, and anti-apartheid activists used to confront injustice." By Jake Johnson Fossil Fuel Companies Use Enclosures to Hide Planet-Heating Methane Flares "If you enclose the flare, people don't see it, so they don't complain about it," said one expert. "But it also means it's not visible from space by most of the methods used to track flare volume." By Brett Wilkins 'Stop Sending Arms': Global Day of Action to End Israel's Assault on Gaza "The Global Day of Action must serve as a wake-up call to states that continue to supply arms to all parties to the conflict in Gaza that they are at risk of being complicit in war crimes," said one campaigner. By Julia Conley 'Tragic and Unjust': Trump Judges Grant Biden DOJ Request to Toss Youth Climate Case "We will keep fighting for climate justice," said one plaintiff, "but this is another dark day for protecting young people from climate harm imposed by their government." By Jake Johnson JOIN THE MOVEMENT As a people-powered nonprofit news outlet, we cover the issues the corporate media never will. Your contribution supports this bold media model—free, independent, and dedicated to reporting the facts every day. Stand with us in the fight for economic equality, social justice, human rights, and a more sustainable future. JOIN WITH US TODAY ■ More News Professors, Speakers Cut Ties With Universities Over Police Crackdowns on Protests 'An Affront to the World': Shell Posts Billions in Profits as Planet Burns excerpt: Oil major Shell announced $7.7 billion in profits during the first quarter of 2024 on Thursday, as well as a $3.5 billion share buyback program. The news comes as every month covered by the period was the hottest of its kind on record. The three-month period also saw the second-largest wildfire in Texas history, extreme heat in West Africa and the Sahel, and the beginning of the Great Barrier Reef's fifth mass bleaching event in eight years. Scientists have clearly linked global heating, and the weather disasters it exacerbates, to the climate crisis driven primarily by the burning of fossil fuels. "As extreme weather accelerates and the cost-of-living crisis rumbles on, Shell's latest billion-pound profits are an affront to the world," Izzie McIntosh, climate campaign manager at Global Justice Now, said in a statement. "The grotesque wealth that this Earth-wrecking company continues to accumulate is something we cannot allow ourselves to accept as normal." 'Their Blood Is on Gene Block': UCLA Students Injured in Violent Police Raid 57 House Dems Call On Biden to Prevent Israeli Assault on Rafah VIEW ALL NEWS ■ Opinion Antisemitism: The Big Lie Smearing Campus Protesters The people who make, report, and teach history should take note: it has never been kind to those who spread Big Lies. This time will be no different. By Richard Eskow Breaking Down AOC Derangement Syndrome Relentlessly tearing down one of our most effective leaders undermines the capacity for progressives to win. And win we must. By Aaron Regunberg The Biden Administration's Hypocrisy on College Protests Must End While the White House is quick to condemn any allegation of antisemitism at protests, whether verified or manufactured, it has repeatedly failed to condemn verified incidents of anti-Palestinian racism and Islamophobia on college campuses. By Edward Ahmed Mitchell,Shafiquil Mushna 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