GOP Senator Tells Arab American to “Hide Your Head in a
WEB5 days ago · A Republican senator has sparked outrage after he spewed Islamophobia and anti-Arab racism at an Arab American witness during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing about rising hate crimes across the U.S. on Tuesday. In the exchange between Sen. John Kennedy (Louisiana) and Arab American Institute Executive Director Maya Berry, the …
US Military Policy Is Stoking the Risk of Nuclear War on Korean ...
WEB4 days ago · This is a major, and widely misunderstood, component of the unfinished Korean War — that for over half a century, some of the largest military maneuvers on Earth are conducted on an annual basis in Korea within sight of the border bisecting the peninsula. Although the U.S. and Republic of Korea (ROK), South Korea’s official name, …
450 Wounded, 14 Dead After Lebanon Hit With Second Wave of …
WEB5 days ago · People across Lebanon were hit with a second round of handheld device explosions on Wednesday, wounding over 450 people as hospitals are already overwhelmed with the scores of people injured across the country in a similar attack orchestrated by Israel the day before. At least 14 people were killed by a wave of walkie …
For-Profit US Health Care System Still Ranks Last Among
WEB4 days ago · A report out Thursday shows that the United States’ for-profit healthcare system still ranks dead last among peer nations on key metrics, including access to care and health outcomes such as life expectancy at birth.. The new analysis from the Commonwealth Fund is the latest indictment of a corporate-dominated system that …
Lebanon Death Toll Rises as UN Experts Condemn Israel’s
WEB4 days ago · On Thursday, the Lebanese Health Ministry reported that the death toll from the pager and walkie talkie explosions in the previous two days is at 37, while over 3,000 people have been injured. Tuesday’s attacks killed 12 people, while Wednesday’s attack killed 25 so far. The death toll may still rise; some 300 people are still in critical ...
Sanders Launches Bid to Block Biden Administration’s $20B
WEB5 days ago · Kevin Dietsch / Getty Images. On Wednesday, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) formally announced that he is preparing to introduce legislation that leverages U.S. law to block the Biden administration’s massive $20 billion weapons sale to Israel, citing Israel’s “illegal and indiscriminate” massacres of Palestinians in Gaza and the ...
House Passes Bill to Label Products From West Bank ... - Truthout
WEB4 days ago · The bill would make permanent an extremist Donald Trump-era policy to mislabel products from Palestine. Under the proposal, products from areas encompassing the majority of the West Bank would be labeled as a “Product of Israel” or “Made in Israel.”. Meanwhile, the bill would also mandate that products from the occupied West Bank and ...
Kentucky Governor Beshear Signs Ban on Conversion Therapy
WEB4 days ago · Kentucky Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear signed an executive order on Wednesday that bans the practice of conversion therapy for minors in the state. So-called conversion therapy — which is often promoted by far right religious groups — is a form of pseudo-psychology that its proponents wrongly claim can change the sexuality or …
As a Former Hostage of the Palestinian Resistance, I Refuse
WEB5 days ago · Catherine Hodes, T ruthout. Published. September 18, 2024. A member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) stands with hostages after three passenger jet airliners were hijacked and diverted to Dawson Field by the organization, near Amman, Jordan, in September 1970. Catherine Hodes and her sister were among the …
Amazon Delivery Drivers in New York Join Teamsters in Surge
WEB5 days ago · Amazon Prime packages are being delivered in Manhattan, New York City, on July 6, 2024. Hundreds of Amazon drivers at a delivery station in Queens, New York, marched on their bosses Monday to announce they are joining the Teamsters. They are demanding the logistics giant recognize their union and negotiate a contract.
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