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APEC Summit Will Celebrate Corporate Power. Activists Plan to Shut It Down.
APEC has taken on new importance as a vehicle to reinforce U.S. hegemony and militarism that activists hope to combat.

“Ceasefire” Shouldn’t Be a Controversial Word
The world watches in horror as U.S. leaders — defying protesting constituents — normalize the genocide of Palestinians.

Media Blame Homelessness on Substance Abuse. The Data Tell a Different Story.
As a California-based homelessness researcher and physician, I know we’re misdiagnosing the problem.

Upcoming Newsom-DeSantis Debate Is a PR Gambit for Both Governors
California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will play each other’s foils in a Fox News debate this month.

As a Journalist In Gaza, All I Can Do Is Write the Stories of the Dead
All around us our loved ones are being killed, leaving behind only memories. Here are just three of their stories.

Apocalyptic Ecocide Looms If Sea Keeps Rising, Marshall Islands Activists Warn
Sea level rise floods low-lying islands first, but climate crisis will eventually come for us all, activists warn.

US Immigration Policy Is Designed to Divide the Working Class
A policy that legalizes some immigrants and criminalizes others pits workers against each other for employers' benefit.

“Killers of the Flower Moon” Shows Wealth-Building Doesn’t End Racial Injustice
The history of the Osage people reminds us that access to wealth does not bring racial justice to communities of color.

Palestinians Face Genocide. Now Is Not the Time for Academic Neutrality.
“If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor,” Desmond Tutu once warned us.

Biden’s Backing of Israeli War Crimes Carries on a Sordid US Tradition
This is not the first time the U.S. has used disinformation to justify a political ally’s targeting of civilians.