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Biden Has a Chance to Oversee Biggest River Restoration Project in US History
Removing four dams in the Pacific Northwest will help salmon recovery, clean energy, agriculture and Indigenous rights.
Israel’s Arms and Security Industry Is Reshaping State Violence Everywhere
States buying military and security products from Israel are complicit in the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians.
50 Years Later, a Majority of Americans Want the Drug War to End
The drug war’s contradictions are impossible to ignore. The nation is ready for a nonviolent approach.
Refugees Insist Humanitarian Organization UNHCR Disregards Their Humanity
With few or no media outlets available to them, refugees’ grievances are drowned out by the UNHCR-perpetuated narrative.
California Is Still Averaging About 34 New COVID Outbreaks in Workplaces Per Day
As businesses reopen, workplace outbreaks and infections are diminishing, but at an agonizingly slow rate.
Palestinian Lives Still Won’t Matter Under the Next Israeli Government
If chosen to succeed Benjamin Netanyahu as prime minister, Naftali Bennett won't end apartheid or the occupation.
Corporations Are Trying to Co-opt Mindfulness to Avoid Meeting Workers’ Needs
Toiling under surveillance, Amazon workers watch company videos about mindfulness in “ZenBooths” in the warehouses.
Outrage Over Israel’s Human Rights Violations Is Fueling the Global BDS Movement
As Israeli police threaten Palestinians with mass arrests, the push for boycotts, divestment and sanctions gains power.
In Working-Class NJ Town, Activists Push to Invest in Community, Not Police
Abolitionists are confronting racial capitalism and policing in the post-industrial city of Paterson, New Jersey.
Dark Money Groups Are Pouring Untold Millions Into 2021 Redistricting Efforts
This cycle, the stakes could not be higher.