110 Million Now Forcibly Displaced as War, Climate Crisis Wreak Global Havoc
by Julia Conley, CommonDreams
on June 15, 2023
The United Nations refugee agency on Wednesday released its annual report on forcible displacement across the globe, revealing that the refugee population has hit a new record of 110 million people who have been driven from their homes due largely to violent conflicts and climate-related disasters—with the numbers showing the crisis is rapidly intensifying with each passing year.
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The U.S. should not provide cluster munitions to Ukraine
by Norman Solomon, The Hill
on June 07, 2023
To glimpse just how far the moral compass of many members of Congress has declined, consider a recent little-noticed statement by the ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee, Adam Smith (D-Wash.), on the subject of cluster munitions.
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Biden Just Gave Up His Power To Help Student Debtors
by Julia Rock, The Lever
on June 05, 2023
Through weak policy efforts and debt ceiling capitulations, Biden has helped derail his student loan relief plan — and time is running out to salvage it.
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What Liberal Elites Don’t Know About Rural Americans Can Hurt Us
by Wendell Berry, Barn Raiser
on June 05, 2023
The New York Review of Books strikes out, again.
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What word would MLK have used to describe Biden’s debt ceiling deal? ‘Demonic’
by Norman Solomon, San Francisco Chronicle
on May 31, 2023
The debt-ceiling deal reached by President Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is a picture of priorities that Martin Luther King Jr. deplored.
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Democrats in Congress Demand More Aggressive Ukraine Policy
by Kyle Anzalone, The Libertarian Institute
on May 31, 2023
Several members of the Democrat Party in Congress are urging the White House to provide Kiev with significantly more military support.
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Minnesota Dems Set Bar for State Legislatures, Passing Nearly Every Item on 'Transformational' Agenda
by Julia Conley, Common Dreams
on May 25, 2023
"The work we've done over the last five months will make a generational impact on our state—it will lower costs, improve lives, and cut child poverty," said Gov. Tim Walz.
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Biden is at his moment of maximum risk. Look out.
by Ryan Grim
on May 24, 2023
From the moment Joe Biden announced his candidacy, the biggest risk the country faced from a potential Biden presidency was that he would wind up in high-stakes negotiations with Republican congressional leaders, and those Republicans would fleece him blind.
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100 Organizations Publish Petition in The Hill Calling for Ukraine Peace Talks and Ceasefire
by Peace In Ukraine
on May 23, 2023
Representatives of the Peace in Ukraine Coalition will fan out across U.S. Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., and over 65 congressional home district offices on Wednesday, May 24th, to deliver a petition in The Hill that urges Biden, Putin, and Zelensky to support peace talks and a ceasefire in Ukraine.
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War is over -- if you want it
by Ryan Grim
on May 18, 2023
I’ve always thought of the famous John Lennon refrain, “War is over/if you want it,” as mostly a thought experiment meant to shake us out of the learned helplessness that can lead to forever wars.
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