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4 Children Have Died of Hunger This Week in Gaza as Half a Million Face Famine
A fifth of households in Gaza are reporting having to go days without food due to Israel’s starvation campaign.
Sanders Report Reveals Right-Wing Billionaires’ Aim to Sabotage Public Education
Public schools are underfunded as voucher programs to subsidize private schools with taxpayer dollars surge.
UNRWA Only Has Funding Through August, With Emergency Appeals Underfunded
The US is one of only two countries still withholding funding to the UNRWA, the agency chief said.
Settlers Are Already Executing Smotrich’s Plan to Annex West Bank, Residents Say
“They make it impossible for you to stay, they make your life miserable,” said Palestinian activist Issa Amro.
WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange Is Set to Be Freed Following Plea Deal
Assange will be sentenced to “time served” in a British prison, and is expected to return to his family in Australia.
Colorado Judge Rejects Industry’s Attempt to Kill Landmark Climate Lawsuit
Last year, the Supreme Court rejected Exxon and Suncor's attempt to move the case to federal court.
Supreme Court Will Hear Challenge to Ban on Gender-Affirming Care for Youth
Bans on gender-affirming care are “medically unsound” and “a violation of fundamental human rights,” one advocate said.
US Surgeon General Calls Gun Violence a “Public Health Crisis” and Urges Action
On nearly every day of 2024 so far, a burst of gunfire has hit at least four people somewhere in the US.
Infant Mortality Rose 13 Percent in Texas After Abortion Ban, Study Finds
Deaths of babies under 28 days old increased by over 10 percent between 2021 and 2022.
Israeli Government Has Spent $8.6M on Campaign to Influence US, European Policy
A former Israeli minister imagined the campaign as a military unit that conducts PR missions abroad.