Thursday, October 17, 2024

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Amid tensions, Italians set to go to the polls

The national election scheduled for March 4 could see a breakthrough moment for the country’s new right, but fear and anger are building up.

How we’re fighting to save democracy from bribery and gerrymandering, one...

In Pennsylvania, the democratic system isn’t broken. It’s dead.

Attorney linked to Trump campaign pleads guilty to lying to investigators

The same day that Mueller’s office indicted 13 Russian nationals and three Russian companies for interfering in the 2016 presidential election, Alex Van Der Zwaan was criminally charged with lying to federal investigators.

Joe Arpaio promoted his GOP Senate candidacy with a publication that...

The anti-immigrant Joe Arpaio has a long history of racist and corrupt actions.

2017 elections bring hope for the future

It is too soon to say, but there is one year until the midterms, and many of us are waiting with bated breath.

7 ways Democrats misread the election results

Here are seven important lessons from the November 7 results that a lot of Democrats seem to have missed.

2017 Elections mark the dawn of change

Tuesday’s wins point a path towards even greater gains in midterm elections next year, which can deal a death blow to Trump’s heartless agenda.

Dirty Little Family Secret: Elections in the US & UK Aren’t...

The United States government has followed in the UK’s footsteps in using "first past the post" system to get the political outcome it wants. This means the people’s vote does not matter and this type of dirty politics needs to stop.

The New American Order

Out of the chaos of this prolonged moment and inside the shell of the old system, a new culture, a new kind of politics, a new kind of governance is being born right before our eyes. Call it what you want. But call it something. Stop pretending it’s not happening.

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New law requires clothing companies in California to have recycling program in place by...

Companies producing clothing, bedding, towels and upholstery are now mandated by law to administer and fund the repair, reuse and recycling of their products statewide.

World told act now or face 136 years of hunger, report warns

The report blames the combined crises of conflict, climate change, high food prices and mounting debt, all of which are denying billions of people the right to adequate food. 

‘Should shame the world’: Famine takes hold in Gaza as Israel cuts off food...

Israel's obstruction of humanitarian assistance and repeated attacks on aid convoys have sparked catastrophe in the Palestinian enclave.
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Ex-State Dept. official: Israel is starving Gaza now. We can’t wait another 30 days...

We speak with Josh Paul, a former State Department official who resigned last October over the push to increase arms sales to Israel.

Hurricanes Milton and Helene were intensified by climate change, researchers find

Hurricanes Helene and Milton are following the trend of these storms becoming supercharged and more likely to form, according to a pair of studies from the World Weather Attribution.