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Don’t Call It Genocide?

Don’t Call It Genocide? Don’t Call It Genocide?

The reality of Israel’s military actions.

Jan 22, 2024 / OppArt / Tjeerd Royaards

Yemenis drive past a billboard depicting the navy destroyers of foreign countries, including the US and the UK, and the words “Navy coalition will be defeated” on a street in Sana’a, Yemen, on December 31, 2023.

President Biden Needs to Go to Congress for Authorization on Yemen President Biden Needs to Go to Congress for Authorization on Yemen

Congress should have a say in military strikes against the Houthis.

Jan 22, 2024 / Rep. Ro Khanna

A group of migrants of varying ages, with children holding adult’s hands, photographed from behind while walking up a dirt hill.

On Immigration, Biden Made His Own Bed On Immigration, Biden Made His Own Bed

The president is still trying to appease his conservative critics on immigration, putting his reelection at risk.

Jan 22, 2024 / Gaby Del Valle

Brittany Watts, dressed in a warm pink coat and white gloves and a hat, speaking outside at a microphone.

What About Our Right to Life? What About Our Right to Life?

As we’re seeing now in tragic cases, abortion bans violate much more than just privacy rights.

Jan 22, 2024 / Michele Goodwin

The bond office at Division 5 of the Cook County Department of Corrections is empty on Sept. 18, 2023, in Chicago.

Jails Are Closing Across America. Why? Jails Are Closing Across America. Why?

Communities all over the country are shutting their jails. Sometimes this is because of victories like bail reform. But foes of mass incarceration don’t always benefit.

Jan 22, 2024 / Brian Dolinar

President Joe Biden speaks during a National Education Association event in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, D.C., on July 4, 2023.

These Teachers Want the Largest Union in the Country to Rescind its Biden Endorsement Over Gaza These Teachers Want the Largest Union in the Country to Rescind its Biden Endorsement Over Gaza

A rank-and-file campaign inside the National Education Association is demanding the president stop “sending military funding, equipment, and intelligence to Israel.”

Jan 22, 2024 / Sarah Lazare

A close-cropped photo of Ron DeSantis holding a microphone, looking down.

The DeSantis Debacle Is Over The DeSantis Debacle Is Over

The once and never Trump successor’s campaign collapsed about a year ago. His ego got finally the news.

Jan 21, 2024 / Joan Walsh

Steve Brodner

Steve Brodner Steve Brodner

Snow.

Jan 19, 2024 / Steve Brodner

Nikki Haley talks to a group of people while campaigning in New Hampshire.

Nikki Haley and Vivek Ramaswamy Can’t Escape GOP Racism Nikki Haley and Vivek Ramaswamy Can’t Escape GOP Racism

The two presidential candidates are boxed in by the bigotry they deny exists.

Jan 19, 2024 / Jeet Heer

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-La.) speaks to the press alongside from left, Representatives Mike Turner, (R-Ala.), Mike Rogers, (R-Ohio), and Mike McCaul, (R-Tex.), following a meeting with President Joe Biden and congressional leaders outside the West Wing of the White House in Washingtion, D.C., Wednesday, January 17, 2024.

Border Wars: The Phantom Menace Border Wars: The Phantom Menace

Congress has once again extended the deadline for a budget agreement, all but guaranteeing a sequel to threats of a government shutdown.

Jan 19, 2024 / Chris Lehmann

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