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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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Many of today’s parents, having never witnessed the devastating effects of polio or whooping cough, are being lulled into a dangerous complacency. But we grandparents remember—and our grandkids are counting on us.
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Many of today’s parents, having never witnessed the devastating effects of polio or whooping cough, are being lulled into a dangerous complacency. But we grandparents remember—and our grandkids are...
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Facing public scorn, the Bezos-Trump-Kushner clan proposed piping their excrement into Surfside’s sewer system. OK, but when the city asked for $10 million to help cover the cost of the pipe, the billionaires squealed like stuck hogs!.@JimHightower .
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Words from populist author, public speaker, and radio commentator Jim Hightower.
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Three cases in the Supreme Court’s latest term highlight a strict adherence to the First Amendment’s establishment clause. #SupremeCourt #FirstAmendment #Religion.
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Three cases in the Supreme Court’s latest term highlight a strict adherence to the First Amendment’s establishment clause.
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I have photographed a number of protests and rallies this year in Chicago. It’s clear to me that we will all work together to ensure that trans folks and immigrants have a home in this city. #TransRights #Immigrants .
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I have photographed a number of protests and rallies this year in Chicago. It’s clear to me that we will all work together to ensure that trans folks and immigrants have a home in this city.
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The Trump-appointed chairman is turning the agency into an instrument to advance the President’s anti-democratic agenda. #FCC #DonaldTrump .
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The Trump-appointed chairman is turning the agency into an instrument to advance the President’s anti-democratic agenda.
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RT @KarenFOrlando: Zach Caddy talks about his younger "sister" coming out as trans in 2023 in this personal essay about his DSA/trans movem….
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Instead of cutting funds for disaster planning, the Trump Administration needs to prioritize risk reduction. @NRDC .#flooding #climate #FEMA.
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Instead of cutting funds for disaster planning, the Trump Administration needs to prioritize risk reduction.
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August 31 was International Overdose Awareness Day. It's time to make Narcan easily accessible to all. #opioidcrisis #narcan.
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August 31 is International Overdose Awareness Day. It's time to make Narcan easily accessible to all.
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Despite the risk of detainment and violence by Israeli forces, the activists of the Global Sumud Flotilla say they see no alternative other than taking this action. @sauravthewriter. #gaza #GlobalSumudFlotilla #PalestineGenocide .
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Organizers are leading the largest civilian attempt to break Israel’s blockade of Gaza.
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In his new book, Black History Is for Everyone, Brian Jones makes clear that Black history is not just for Black people—and we all need to commit to learning it. @RealRannMiller .#blackhistory #racism.
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In his new book, Brian Jones makes clear that Black history is not just for Black people—and we all need to commit to learning it.
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Before Israel’s siege of Gaza, Mohammed’s rare condition was successfully managed with medication, physical therapy, and a specialized diet. Now, he is fighting for his life. #gaza #famine #healthplanet .
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Before Israel’s siege of Gaza, Mohammed’s rare condition was successfully managed with medication, physical therapy, and a specialized diet. Now, he is fighting for his life.
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The Trump Administration wants to reintroduce mining in northern Minnesota. Indigenous resistance is a blueprint for fighting back. #mining #indigenousrights #environment.
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The Trump Administration wants to reintroduce mining in northern Minnesota. Indigenous resistance is a blueprint for fighting back.
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If history tells us anything about authoritarian governments, it’s that they must control the narrative. #history #Trump #authoritarians.
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If history tells us anything about authoritarian governments, it’s that they must control the narrative.
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Ryan Walters and other MAGA conservatives want to put teachers into an ideological straitjacket. @GlennSacks .#teachers #MAGA #Trump #education.
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Ryan Walters and other MAGA conservatives want to put teachers into an ideological straitjacket.
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Millions of Americans will lose health care and food assistance—and many state budgets will go deep in the red—unless statehouses get to work.
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Millions of Americans will lose health care and food assistance—and many state budgets will go deep in the red—unless statehouses get to work.
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Months after the Eaton Canyon fire, residents of Altadena, California, demonstrate how ‘only the people can save the people.’.@hearsey_tiffany #wildfires #disaster #california .
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Months after the Eaton Canyon fire, residents of Altadena, California, demonstrate how ‘only the people can save the people.’
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Groups like United Renters For Justice/Inquilinxs Unidxs por Justicia (IX) in Minneapolis, have been organizing for years to unite tenants and hold landlords accountable for unacceptable living conditions. #affordablehousing #landlords #housing
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It's not a housing crisis. It's a landlord crisis.
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Let’s not wait for the next disaster to act. The levees may have broken twenty years ago, but our obligation to rebuild with care, dignity, and equity remains. @atanksley .#HurricaneKatrina .
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The disaster helped accelerate the overdose epidemic, a public health crisis that rages on to this day.
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According to the American Hospital Association, there have been an estimated 1,887 hospital mergers between 1998 and 2021. In 2024 alone, seventy-two mergers were announced nationwide. #healthcare #corporations .
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Mergers, money, and the erosion of patient-centered care.
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Cultural and political regressions, as well as legal ambiguities, have allowed for a ‘whites only’ community to develop and expand. @TASullivan .#Arkansas #Racism #CivilRights .
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Cultural and political regressions, as well as legal ambiguities, have allowed for a ‘whites only’ community to develop and expand.
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