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Plastics Are Fossil Fuel Industry’s Plan B. Fenceline Communities Pay the Price.
Production is concentrated in poor communities and communities of color, and residents face elevated health threats.
Famine Expert: Israel’s Starvation of Gaza Has No Parallel in Modern Times
“The speed of deterioration of humanitarian conditions is absolutely terrifying,” the expert said.
84 Percent of Voters Say Corporate Greed Is Causing Inflation, Poll Finds
The proportion of Americans who say corporate greed is a “major cause” of inflation has risen by 15 percent since 2022.
States Weigh Bills to Stop Armed Intimidation of Voters and Election Officials
A California bill incorporates the state’s policy against firearms at the polls into anti-voter intimidation law.
House GOP Defends Fossil Gas Exports as Industry Profits at Consumers’ Expense
Fossil industry-backed House Republicans advanced a bill to undo Biden's pause on climate-warming LNG export terminals.
Data Broker Sold Data From 600 Planned Parenthood Visits to Anti-Abortion Group
"We urgently need to … enact comprehensive privacy rules to protect us from these grave harms in the post-'Roe' era.”
Biden Urges House to Approve Bill With $14B to Israel and Cuts to UNRWA Funding
Foreign policy expert William Hartung says the package’s main effect would be “to ship weapons overseas into war zones.”
Ireland Pledges $21M for UNRWA, Slams Israel’s “Disinformation Campaign”
Roughly 70 percent of aid to the UNRWA has been suspended by countries like the US and Germany.
Indonesian Defense Minister Declares Electoral Victory Ahead of Official Results
Prabowo Subianto is a former US-trained general in an army unit implicated in genocidal violence.
IDF Storms Nasser Hospital, Killing at Least 1 and Injuring Many More
Many cannot evacuate and others worry that Israeli forces will shoot them if they try to leave.