Saturday, April 5, 2025

Tag: human rights

Protest wave sweeps the nation: Illinois streets and Capitol Hill erupt...

Activists in Illinois and Washington D.C. stand in defiance, calling for an end to the siege on Gaza and urging U.S. officials to back a ceasefire.

Israeli MP Galit Distel Atbaryan advocates for erasing Gaza, raising alarm

An Israeli Member of Parliament's statement advocating for Gaza to be "erased from the face of the earth" raises alarm and highlights the intensifying rhetoric in the region.

Gaza’s unseen crisis: Tens of thousands of children and pregnant women...

Why has the global community been slow to react to this water crisis?

Protests surge globally as Gaza death toll rises to unprecedented levels

Massive protests sweep the nation as global outrage over Gaza crisis reaches fever pitch.

In war crime, Israel is still blocking water, electricity to Gaza’s...

Willfully impeding relief supplies is a war crime, as is collectively punishing civilians for the actions of armed groups.

‘I expect you to die’—Israel’s biggest crime isn’t threatening hospitals, it...

Netanyahu is saying the same thing to pregnant mothers, toddlers, and other civilian collateral damage of his total war on Gaza.

Palm oil: the ingredient behind human rights abuses and eco-destruction that’s...

Palm oil is found in 50 percent of all consumer goods. And it’s killing the environment.

Missouri set to execute Marcellus Williams despite DNA evidence proving innocence—again

Unless we reform this corrupt system, racist politicians will be rewarded with higher political offices–for–”frying a black man.” 

Why do we have weekends?

While many workers now enjoy weekends won by organized labor, the fight continues for those who don’t. 

The Titan and the Titanic: two tales of capitalist hubris

The doomed OceanGate submersible offers us many of the same lessons that the 1912 Titanic sinking did.

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China retaliates against Trump tariffs with sweeping countermeasures as global markets plummet

Beijing responds to Trump’s aggressive new tariffs with 34% duties on all U.S. goods, rare-earth export controls, and sanctions on U.S. firms, signaling a major escalation in the global trade war

Only 15 senators back effort to block arms to Israel as Gaza deaths surpass...

Despite an escalating humanitarian crisis in Gaza and allegations of war crimes, the U.S. Senate overwhelmingly rejected resolutions to halt $8.8 billion in weapons sales to Israel, with only 15 senators supporting the effort.

Ending militarism in America

Taking on the MICIMATT(SH)!

The Homeless Garden Project is opening new doors to helping the unhoused

This one-year program provides transitional employment, job training, and housing resources for people experiencing homelessness.

Since 1975, $79 trillion has been redistributed from the bottom 90% to the top...

Has this massive redistribution, driven by policies favoring corporations and the wealthy, reshaped the American economy?