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DeSantis Revives Vicious Attacks on LGBTQ Families as His Campaign Flounders
Nearly two-thirds of LGBTQ adults now say they face discrimination in their daily lives as anti-LGBTQ violence spikes.
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Walmart Is Selling Hanukkah Candles That Fund Anti-Arab Discrimination in Israel
The candles benefit the Jewish National Fund, the largest private landowner in Israel, which refuses to lease to Arabs.
Carbon-Trading Plans Are Thinly Veiled Land Grabs That Displace People Globally
The COP28 climate summit is in danger of codifying carbon-trading schemes that often displace Indigenous people.
AOC, Tlaib Rebuke Republicans for “Grasping for Straws” to Censure Jamaal Bowman
Republicans have accused Bowman of trying to obstruct the passage of a bill that he voted for.
Pennsylvania School Board President Sworn In on Stack of Banned Books
The board member said she wanted to demonstrate "the commitment I’ve had to fighting…for our students’ freedom to read."
Democrats Introduce Bill Banning Hedge Funds From Owning Single-Family Homes
The bill would force hedge funds to sell all of their single-family home stock over the next 10 years.
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Atmospheric CO2 Has Reached Levels Not Seen in 14 Million Years, New Study Finds
We’ve already pushed the atmosphere beyond anything we’ve seen as a species, said a corresponding author of the study.
Honoring the Life and Work of Gaza Scholar Refaat Alareer, Killed by IDF Strike
Alareer used his pen and his voice to fight back and to write back, says scholar and policy analyst Jehad Abusalim.
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Walmart Is Selling Hanukkah Candles That Fund Anti-Arab Discrimination in Israel
The candles benefit the Jewish National Fund, the largest private landowner in Israel, which refuses to lease to Arabs.
Jewish Groups Plan Massive NYC Ceasefire Protest for First Night of Hanukkah
Organizers are expecting over 500 people to attend the event as Israel’s assault enters its third month.
Hanukkah Is a Time for Palestine Solidarity, From Fasting to Public Disruption
This holiday of feasts begins as people starve amid genocide in Gaza. Activists are fasting weekly for a ceasefire.
Zionism Made Hanukkah About Israel, But It’s Always Been a Holiday of Diaspora
Forget Maccabean militarism. In this age of climate crisis, let’s talk about the miracle of burning less oil.