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A Year in, Biden Hasn’t Fulfilled Promise to Repair Refugee Resettlement Program
Trump left the system in shambles, but Biden let in a record low number of refugees over the last fiscal year.
Desmond Tutu, Fierce Opponent of South African and Israeli Apartheid, Dies at 90
Desmond Tutu helped lead South Africa's anti-apartheid struggle and supported the BDS movement for Palestinian rights.
Warrior Met Coal Miners Are Spending Christmas 2021 on Strike
The current impasse in negotiations, miners report, is over what happens when the strike, which began in April, ends.
Apple Workers Held Christmas Eve Walkout for Their Safety Amid Holiday Shopping
A group of Apple employees are also calling on customers to not shop in the tech giant's retail or online stores.
Thousands of Virginians Have Faced Years of Sickness-Inducing Landfill Pollution
Residents of Bristol, Virginia, are reporting intense symptoms due to a city-owned landfill's noxious and toxic fumes.
The Climate Won’t Survive Our Current Appetite for Consumerism and Consumption
We must dismantle the military-industrial complex and rein in consumerism before we destroy life as we know it.
Guantánamo Film Ignores the War on Terror’s Ongoing Tangible Harms
Abu Zubaydah’s story is not about unequal justice, but the absence of justice altogether.
Two Years of COVID Have Forced Us to Recalibrate Our Concept of Hope
Hope, now, is for me an exercise to see if I still have it in me to hope, despite all the reasons not to.
Republicans With Gun-Themed Xmas Photos Are Usual Recipients of Gun Lobby Cash
A group that bills itself as to the right of the NRA gave thousands to gun-wielding Republicans in 2020.
Sanders Takes Aim at Manchin’s Argument Against Build Back Better: “Not True”
Sen. Bernie Sanders noted Sen. Joe Manchin's uncritical support for a “bloated military budget” and “corporate welfare.”