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Norfolk Southern Skips Public Meeting on Toxic Train Derailment in Ohio
Many say they distrust officials, who told residents the air and water were safe last Wednesday.
Seymour Hersh Defends His New Report Claiming US Bombed Nord Stream Pipeline
The legendary investigative journalist says the U.S. Navy carried out the sabotage, with help from Norway.
US-China Tensions Escalate Amid Mutual Accusations of Surveillance
Historian of modern China, Jake Werner, discusses the need for deescalation and how war is not inevitable.
UN Warns Earthquake Deaths Could Top 50,000 Amid Urgent Calls for Aid
Millions have been left homeless, including many Syrian refugees who were displaced by war.
Forced Immigrant Labor Used to Clean Up After Climate Disasters in the US
“As disasters have grown, this workforce has grown,” says author and longtime labor organizer Saket Soni.
Years of Foreign Intervention in Syria Made Recent Earthquakes More Destructive
The brutal 12-year war has complicated aid efforts in the wake of two earthquakes in Syria, says Yassin al-Haj Saleh.
Biden Calls for a Pathway for DREAMers and Further Border Militarization in SOTU
Rep. Delia Ramirez says compassion should be at the center of the debate on immigration.
WHO Estimates 23 Million Could Be Impacted by Earthquakes in Turkey and Syria
The 7.8 earthquake struck a region already wracked by the Syrian civil war, compounding an existing humanitarian crisis.
Blinken Cancels Trip to Beijing After US Shoots Down Suspected Spy Balloon
This comes after the Philippines agreed to allow the U.S. military to expand its presence there to counter China.
“Florida Is a Laboratory of Fascism”: Scholars Discuss Fight Over Black History
DeSantis is using Black history as a political pawn, says E. Patrick Johnson, whose work was purged from the curriculum.