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Wednesday, October 16, 2024 ■ Today's Top News  Report Warns Trump Would Likely​ Worsen GOP's Assault on Child Labor Laws "It's really urgent that we address our federal standards and raise them for children across the country," a co-author said. By Edward Carver Swing State Polls Show Harris 'Must Change Course' on Climate and Gaza, Says Sunrise "The polls we're seeing unfortunately tell the same story we're hearing from the 900,000 young swing state voters we've contacted in the past two months," said one organizer. By Julia Conley New FTC 'Click-to-Cancel' Rule Marks Latest Pro-Consumer Win by Lina Khan "Consumers shouldn't have to navigate a Rube Goldberg machine to get out of a subscription they purchased with a keystroke," said one advocate. By Julia Conley 'That's Oligarchy,' Says Sanders as Billionaires Pump Cash Into Trump Campaign "We must overturn the disastrous Citizens United Supreme Court decision and move to public funding of elections," said Sen. Bernie Sanders. By Jake Johnson IEA Report Underscores Urgency of Fossil Fuel Phaseout as Electricity Demand Surges "The world has the need and the capacity to go much faster." By Edward Carver 'Starvation Has Become a Lethal Weapon': Up to 21,000 Dying Daily From War-Fueled Hunger "Today's food crises are largely manufactured," said an Oxfam campaigner, pointing to Israel's use of starvation as a weapon of war in the Gaza Strip. By Jake Johnson

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■ Opinion No More Texts From My Sister, A Doctor in Gaza Murdered by Israel I kept calling her, over and over again, hoping that the line would crackle a bit, followed by a brief silence, and then her kind, motherly voice would say, “Marhaba Abu Sammy. How are you, brother?” But she never picked up. By Ramzy Baroud Donald Trump's MAGA Death Cult Is Coming for Us All Any serious discussion of Trump leads to one conclusion: something terrible, vast, and irredeemable has befallen us and we have no language to describe our predicament. By Phil Wilson How Donald Trump (and the New York Times) Perpetuate Biological Racism Science has shown us that biological race, as a category, does not exist. Like it or not, according to the best evidence, there is only one biological race, the human race, and we’re all stuck in it. By Les Leopold Insurance Companies Are Not Good Neighbors to Have in a Climate Crisis Major insurers are denying legitimate claims following extreme weather events while underwriting fossil fuels and lining their CEOs’ pocketbooks. By Sam Pizzigati

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TOP NEWS: Planet Earth Is 'Quite Sick': 7 of 8 Boundaries for Safe and Just World Already Breached

 

June 01, 2023 Top News Manchin, Tester, and Sinema Join Senate GOP in 'Cruel' Vote to Repeal Biden Student Debt Relief "Forty-five million people with student loan debt will never forget when politicians, led by Republican extremists, went out of their way to push millions of working families, including their own constituents, into economic catastrophe," said one advocate. Kenny Stancil Funding Poland LNG Project Would Break Another Biden Climate Promise, Warns Group "If approved, this $500 million climate-wrecking handout would further threaten the air, land, and water of frontline communities in the United States and in Poland, making a mockery of Biden's purported commitment to environmental justice," said one campaigner. Julia Conley Judge in Defamation Case Rules Against Aussie 'Hero' Accused of War Crimes in Afghanistan "Today is a day of justice. It's a day of justice for those brave men of the SAS who stood up and told the truth about who Ben Roberts-Smith is—a war criminal, a bully, and a liar," said one of the journalists sued for defamation. Brett Wilkins Justice Jackson Voices Lone Dissent Against Supreme Court Attack on Right to Strike The Biden appointee accused the Court of overstepping its bounds in a ruling denounced by one labor leader as "shameful." Olivia Rosane Planet Earth Is 'Quite Sick': 7 of 8 Boundaries for Safe and Just World Already Breached, Study Says "Nothing less than a just global transformation... is required to ensure human well-being," researchers wrote. Kenny Stancil IEA Report Shows Growth of Renewable Energy on Pace to Shatter Records This Year "Solar and wind are leading the rapid expansion of the new global energy economy," said IEA chief Fatih Birol, who added that "achieving stronger growth means addressing some key challenges." Brett Wilkins

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