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Independent journalism serving as a voice for peace, social justice, and the common good since 1909. June / June issue OUT NOW!
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In this interview, Lawyer Gheed Kassem, who represents Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, speaks about the fight for the rights of Palestinian detainees. #Gaza #Israel #Prisons.
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Lawyer Gheed Kassem, who represents Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, speaks about the fight for the rights of Palestinian detainees.
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We can resist by disrupting ICE's dependence on local law enforcement. Every sheriff who refuses to cooperate weakens Trump’s machine. @AToback .#ICE #Immigrants #Democracy .
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We can resist by disrupting ICE's dependence on local law enforcement. Every sheriff who refuses to cooperate weakens Trump’s machine.
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The Democratic establishment could learn from Zohran Mamdani, who hasn't caved to Trump's bullying, but has instead lifted up immigrants, workers, and members of the LGBTQ+ community. @WajahatAli #NewYork #Mamdani .
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The Democratic establishment could learn from Zohran Mamdani, who hasn't caved to Trump's bullying, but has instead lifted up immigrants, workers, and members of the LGBTQ+ community.
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RT @McCourtSchool: A new executive order may put protections for bilingual students at risk. Linnea Saxton, an incoming undergraduate stude….
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Multilingualism is a gift to students, communities, and our country. The Trump Administration is trying to hinder it.
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A new book, 'What Is Free Speech?: The History of a Dangerous Idea' by Fara Dabhoiwala questions the decision to frame free speech as an absolute.#FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech .
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A new book questions the decision to frame free speech as an absolute
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Thomas M. Nelson's second book explores the political and socioeconomic reverberations of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald. @NelsonforWI.#labor #economy #History .
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Thomas M. Nelson's second book explores the political and socioeconomic reverberations of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald.
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Rye lacks mainstream market demand in the United States. But a group of family farmers in Colorado are banking on its potential to help combat the area’s water shortage. @giles_clasen.#colorado #farming .
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A new documentary tells the story of Hiroshima and Nagasaki from the perspective of the atomic bomb’s victims, rather than its inventor. #antiwar #nuclear #Japan .
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A new documentary tells the story of Hiroshima and Nagasaki from the perspective of the atomic bomb’s victims, rather than its inventor.
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Republican Senator Ron Johnson is betting that he can do massive damage to the people he represents without paying a political price. #Wisconsin #RonJohnson #Republicans.
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Republican Senator Ron Johnson is betting that he can do massive damage to the people he represents without paying a political price.
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A nuclear war would be catastrophic. We must eliminate nuclear weapons to ensure events like the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki never happen again. @IraHelfand .#Hiroshima #Nagasaki #nuclearweapons .
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A nuclear war would be catastrophic. We must eliminate nuclear weapons to ensure events like the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki never happen again.
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A nuclear war would be catastrophic. We eliminate nuclear weapons to ensure events like the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki never happen again.
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A nuclear war would be catastrophic. We must eliminate nuclear weapons to ensure events like the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki never happen again.
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The squatter’s Department of Labor withdrew a rule that could have ended subminimum wages for workers with disabilities. #DisabilityRights #Trump #MinimumWage.
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The squatter’s Department of Labor withdrew a rule that could have ended subminimum wages for workers with disabilities.
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Hasty rulings on cases in the Supreme Court’s growing ‘shadow docket’ have fundamentally altered United States governance. #supremecourt #SCOTUS #Trump.
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Hasty rulings on cases in the Supreme Court’s growing ‘shadow docket’ have fundamentally altered United States governance.
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The tornado that tore through St. Louis in May wreaked havoc on several neighborhoods. But they are in very different positions when it comes to rebuilding and recovering. #climate #disaster #Missouri .
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The tornado that tore through St. Louis in May wreaked havoc on several neighborhoods. But they are in very different positions when it comes to rebuilding and recovering.
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In response to the negative effect of private equity acquisitions on patients, workers, and communities, states have taken the lead in reining in private equity’s reach in the health care sector. @DaigonGlenn #healthcare #trump #privateequity .
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A proliferation of bad outcomes is prompting lawmakers to act.
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When families refuse to leave ‘failing public schools’ for charters and vouchers, what’s next? .@palan57 .#education #schoolchoice .
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When families refuse to leave ‘failing public schools’ for charters and vouchers, what’s next?
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The backsliding of democracy has direct effects on the public health outcomes of our nation. @HealthierWe @PhilPolakoffMD .#health #democracy .
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The backsliding of democracy has direct effects on the public health outcomes of our nation.
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Director Mahdi Fleifel’s newest feature, ‘To a Land Unknown’, is the latest theatrical release from Palestinian-owned distributor Watermelon Pictures.
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Director Mahdi Fleifel’s newest feature is the latest theatrical release from Palestinian-owned distributor Watermelon Pictures.
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RT @6MattMinton14: I wrote about TO A LAND UNKNOWN, director Mahdi Fleifel’s crime drama that lives in the world of films like MIDNIGHT COW….
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Director Mahdi Fleifel’s newest feature is the latest theatrical release from Palestinian-owned distributor Watermelon Pictures.
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