Yearly Archives: 2024
Democrats push Biden to halt marijuana prosecutions as federal reform stalls
Democrats urge Biden to prioritize marijuana reform by halting prosecutions and expanding clemency before leaving office.
Fact-checker alert
Is countering Trump’s falsehoods Is more urgent than ever?
Maine becomes ninth state to sue Big Oil for climate deception
The state will take fossil fuel companies including Chevron, BP and ExxonMobil to court for climate lies and damages.
Lebanon ceasefire underlines that both Israel and Hezbollah lost the war
The ceasefire is the truce of the weak on both sides.
US Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration to award millions for port improvement projects
$580 million from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to fund 31 port improvement projects in 15 states and one U.S. territory.
MIT’s crackdown on pro-Palestine activism: Bans, censorship, and retaliation against students and faculty
MIT faces backlash for silencing pro-Palestine activism, raising concerns about academic freedom and its ties to Israeli military institutions.
Cease-fire in Lebanon holds as Gaza faces relentless bombardment and rising death toll
As Lebanon and Israel agree to a cease-fire, Gaza remains under heavy attack, with tens of thousands killed and a growing humanitarian crisis.
Landlords evicted Maui residents and housed wildfire survivors for more money. FEMA didn’t take...
When the agency inked contracts with private companies to identify homes they could rent for survivors, it didn’t prohibit them from signing up properties that had been occupied by long-term residents.
Illinois students face felony charges for protesting Gaza genocide
University of Illinois students face felony charges for peaceful Gaza protest, raising concerns over free speech suppression and institutional bias.
A reformist program on immigration (or what Harris might have said)
A radical program would embrace the freedom to migrate as universal and therefore reorient the global location of investment to serve that freedom both domestically and internationally.