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Ourbodiesourchoice
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What right does the Supreme Court have to rule?

December 7, 2021 Lallan Schoenstein
On Dec. 1, the U.S. Supreme Court heard the arguments from U.S. state attorneys supporting Mississippi’s 15-week abortion ban. A state law was passed in Mississippi in 2018 that would make most abortions illegal after […]
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How Congress loots the Treasury for the Military-Industrial-Congressional Complex

December 7, 2021 Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies
Despite a disagreement over some amendments in the Senate, the United States Congress is poised to pass a $778 billion military budget bill for 2022. As they have been doing year after year, our elected […]
SaveJoannLittle
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Who gets to claim self-defense?

December 6, 2021 Stephen Millies
How did Kyle Rittenhouse justify killing anti-racist activists Anthony Huber and Joseph Rosenbaum, as well as wounding Gaige Grosskreutz in Kenosha, Wisconsin? This white racist vigilante who worships Trump and the police claims that he […]
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Who killed Malcolm X and why?

November 27, 2021 Stephen Millies
“And we will know him then for what he was and is―a  prince―our own Black shining prince!―who didn’t hesitate to die, because he loved us so.” That was how the legendary actor Ossie Davis ended […]
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Their elections and our struggle

November 5, 2021 Stephen Millies
What do the Nov. 2 election results mean for poor and working people?  In the Virginia governor’s race, Republican Glenn Youngkin beat Democrat Terry McAuliffe by 80,000 votes. In New Jersey, the Democratic incumbent Gov. […]
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Stop terrorist ‘no-knock’ police raids!

November 2, 2021 Stephen Millies
Louisville, Kentucky, police with a “no-knock” search warrant broke down Breonna Taylor’s door after midnight on March 13, 2020, and started shooting. Six bullets struck the 26-year-old Black woman, killing her.  There were no Fourth […]
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New York Times on cybersecurity: More like war propaganda

October 28, 2021 Gary Wilson
The New York Times loves “dog bites man” stories, especially if they can say that the dog might be named Russia. In journalism, you may have heard, if a dog bites a man that’s nothing; […]
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Supply chain crisis? There’s more to that story

October 22, 2021 Gary Wilson
Fears of empty shelves and online shortages seem to dominate the daily TV news shows. The reports are completely overblown, as Barron’s admits in a report that’s blocked for common reading by a paywall. (Barron’s […]
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Propping up the U.S. military is driving the economy down

October 22, 2021 Gary Wilson
Talk about inflation. On Oct. 18, a Senate panel approved an annual Pentagon budget that’s at least $29 billion more than last year and $10 billion more than requested.  Most of the increase is earmarked […]
Abetterworld
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Our future vs. neoliberalism

October 21, 2021 Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies
In country after country around the world, people are rising up to challenge entrenched, failing neoliberal political and economic systems, with mixed but sometimes promising results. Progressive leaders in the U.S. Congress are refusing to back […]