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‘The rain was black’: A plant explosion set off a toxic bomb in this Louisiana town
“These people that say, ‘It was an accident, move on,’ they don't have to worry about what the contamination is going to do to the...
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State Department pushes human rights watchdog to ignore deadly, illegal boat strike campaign
As the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights was advised not to investigate the bombings, Pentagon officials expressed support...
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Everyone knows Israel is sabotaging the Iran ceasefire—even the Trump administration
“It's really a bit of a clown show… I think the US administration is quite committed to brokering this ceasefire with Iran, but Is...
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A lack of democracy in the United Farm Workers gave Chavez immunity
Frank Bardacke's history of the Farm Workers union opened many eyes to the reasons the UFW became a shadow of its former self.
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Iran’s top diplomat says Trump team sabotaged talks with deal ‘inches away’
“Zero lessons earned,” said Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi.
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‘Hungary has chosen Europe’ as voters end 16 straight years of Orbán’s far-right rule
“Europe has always chosen Hungary,” said the head of the European Union. “Together, we are stronger.”
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Inside Israel’s Prison Regime
"There is one law for Israeli Jews and there is another law for Palestinian Arabs."
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Trump is turning warehouses into ICE detention camps. Can Maryland stop him?
“Everything about this has been done in a very lawless, secretive way” Sonia Kumar of ACLU Maryland tells us.
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As Mexico enacts universal healthcare, advocate says insurers’ ‘stranglehold’ is moving US in ‘opposite direction’
Medicare for All advocate Wendell Potter said it’s “both inspiring and frustrating” to see other nations advance their public heal...
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‘Shameful’: $4,049 of average US taxpayer’s bill last year went to war and weaponry
“Our tax dollars are doing more to bomb children in Iran and other countries than to feed and educate children here.”
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US-Israeli war on Iran is intensifying all of global capitalism’s problems
This war is widening the deep systemic problems that were already present before February 28, says scholar Adam Hanieh.
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‘A black site concentration camp’: Residents fight ICE detention warehouse in rural Maryland
“A warehouse is meant to be an economic hub… Turning it into a jail and housing humans inside is ... well, it's gross. It's wrong....
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How US policy fueled Mexico’s cartel crisis
Drugs. They have been the boogeyman across Latin America for decades. An excuse that has led to so much violence. And Trump is tur...
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As U.S. and Iran agree to a temporary ceasefire, Israel launches ‘massacre’ in Lebanon, threatening entire deal
Hours after Iran and the U.S. reached a two-week ceasefire agreement, Israel launched a massive bombing campaign across Lebanon, k...
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Underpaid, uninsured, held at gunpoint: Baltimore security guards strike for a union
“I'm just trying to get healthcare," says Laura Dixon, a veteran security officer and Abacus Corporation employee. "I haven't had...
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‘It could go nuclear’: Canadian journalist reports from Iran as Trump deadline approaches
“[Iranians] don't want this war. They hate war. They desperately want peace, but they are not going to capitulate. They've made a...
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Trump issues openly genocidal threat to wipe out ‘whole civilization’ of Iran
“If any Iranians are killed pursuant to this threat,” said one expert, “President Trump will be guilty of genocide, as will those...
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DOGE attacks on Social Security have left millions in the lurch
Disabled, ill, and aging Americans are facing a broken system that’s now harder to navigate than ever.