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‘A moral obscenity’: Trump budget pairs record military boost with billions in cuts to social programs
“To pay for his endless wars, he wants the biggest increase to military spending in 70 years,” said Rep. Greg Casar. “Hell no.”
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‘The rope is for Arabs only’: Israel’s new death penalty law for Palestinians recycles a colonial playbook
The passing of the recent Israeli death penalty law aimed at Palestinians formalizes what Israel and colonial powers have always d...
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The US and Israel are making Gaza-style war the new normal
In Iran and Lebanon, the US and Israeli militaries are bombing dense residential blocks, destroying civilian infrastructure, slaug...
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Faculty fight anti-union tactics at St. John’s University in New York
Administrators at St. John’s University abruptly canceled labor negotiations, pushing faculty to scale up organizing.
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‘Wow, he actually admitted it’: Trump says US can’t pay for childcare because it’s ‘fighting wars’ instead
“Trump is right. A pointless war or universal daycare,” said one Democratic politician. “He’s right: That’s the choice.”
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Lawsuits expected after Trump orders creation of national voter list, mail-in voting crackdown
“This executive order is a blatant, unconstitutional abuse of power,” said Sen. Alex Padilla. “Make no mistake: Trump’s attacks on...
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‘Don’t be a snitch’: US postal workers side with communities over collaboration with ICE
“As a union, we have it on the books. We do not collaborate… If ICE shows up, I don't know anything. If the cops show up, if you d...
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Rubio ironically says Iran should spend money on its people, not on the military
The Trump administration has requested a record-shattering $1.5 trillion Pentagon budget and $200 billion for the war.
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César Chávez’s shadow
Revelations that the co-founder of the United Farm Workers Union sexually abused young girls and women, including fellow civil rig...
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This Canadian journalist is in Iran to show the sides of war corporate media won’t
Award-winning journalist and former TRNN board member Dimitri Lascaris is reporting on the ground in Iran right now. You need to s...
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Trump declares ‘Cuba is finished’ while letting Russian oil tanker break illegal US blockade
The president’s decision means the US “will not illegally intercept and seize the entirely legal and legitimate sovereign trade in...
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The FBI’s return to Ecuador is nothing new
The announcement of a permanent FBI office in Quito is the latest iteration of the US using security cooperation to intervene in t...
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‘Beyond despicable,’ says Democrat after White House official says Trump ‘bored’ with Iran war
“Real people have paid the price of this war,” said Rep. Don Beyer. “Civilians have been killed throughout the Middle East, includ...
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Abby Martin: The US military is ‘Earth’s greatest enemy’
“We are in the imperial core. We are the only ones that can actually change this. The rest of the world's been ready. They are wai...
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More war in Latin America feared as farmers describe torture from US-Ecuadorian ‘Operation Total Extermination’
An Ecuadorian human rights group has called for a probe after “bombings, burning of homes, arbitrary detentions, torture, and thre...
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How the United States stole Mexico
A look back at devastating history of foreign intervention in Mexico amid Trump’s present-day threats against the region. This is...
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Immigrant workers launch largest US meatpacking strike in 40 years
“Workers are fighting to be able to afford the same food that they produce for the rest of the country, to be able to buy beef at...
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‘Mind-blowing corruption’: traders placed massive bets minutes before Trump post on Iran
“Who was it? Trump? A family member? A White House staffer?” asked US Sen. Chris Murphy.