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The headlines are increasingly dire. This media coverage is urgent and necessary—and criminally late. Devastatingly late to care Since the October 7…
As oligarchs Donald Trump and Elon Musk continue their pursuit of power unfettered by the Constitution, many citizens wonder why their elected representatives…
When a new peer-reviewed study (Nature Communications, 7/25/23) announces that a crucial Atlantic Ocean circulation system, a cornerstone of the global climate, may…
When Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D.–Wash.) called Israel a “racist state” at the Netroots Nation conference, corporate media dutifully covered the political backlash—but…
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is the new chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions—and the New York Times has something…
More than a year after it froze $7 billion of Afghanistan’s central bank reserves in the wake of the Taliban’s military victory,…
A lot less, particularly when they’re victims of the US
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