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Trump Picks Medicare Privatization Proponent Dr. Oz to Oversee Medicare Agency

Critics point out that Mehmet Oz also peddles baseless health advice and “profits from fringe medical ideas.”

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Aid Entering Gaza “At Its Lowest Level in Months” as Israel Ignores US Deadline

The Biden administration had given Israel 30 days to step up aid deliveries, which are now far below the level demanded.

12.11.2024 5

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Trump Threatens to Defund Schools for Teaching US History

Education advocates implored voters to take Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s latest comments on public schools on Friday seriously...

19.10.2024 20

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Global Water Cycle Out of Balance for First Time in Human History, Report Says

Researchers warned that policy makers must urgently “reframe the hydrological cycle as a global common good.”

18.10.2024 6

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Georgia Judge Strikes Down Rule Mandating Hand Counting of Ballots

“Anything that adds uncertainty and disorder to the electoral process disserves the public,” said Judge Robert McBurney.

16.10.2024 2

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Georgia Judge Rules Local Officials Can’t Refuse to Certify Election Results

“Election superintendents in Georgia have a mandatory fixed obligation to certify election results,” the judge wrote.

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FEMA Workers Told to Flee North Carolina After Threats From “Armed Militias”

MAGA's “lies have real world consequences,” Carolina Forward, a North Caroline-Based think tank, said.

14.10.2024 4

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Hiroshima Survivor and Nuke Abolitionist Wins Nobel Peace Prize, Spotlights Gaza

Calling for peace in war zones around the world and an end to the proliferation of nuclear weapons, a grassroots group organized by survivors of the...

11.10.2024 10

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Banned Books in US Tripled to at Least 10,000 Last Year Under GOP State Laws

Iowa and Florida alone banned around 8,000 titles in libraries and public schools during the 2023-2024 school year.

23.09.2024 5

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Flooding Displaces Many in Europe as Death Toll Grows and Others Remain Missing

The international climate group Greenpeace on Friday called on European leaders to “reciprocate” the courage shown by first responders in several...

16.09.2024 3

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Boeing Workers Go on First Strike Since 2008 After Rejecting Tentative Contract

“We’re fighting for every family,” said the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, the union that represents about...

13.09.2024 6

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Protests Sweep France After Macron Names Right Wing PM Despite Election Results

In cities and towns across France on Saturday, more than 100,000 people answered the call from the left-wing political party La France Insoumise for...

08.09.2024 20

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Missouri Judge Rules Abortion Rights Ballot Initiative Invalid

Campaigners who last month celebrated the success of their effort to place an abortion rights referendum on November ballots in Missouri faced...

08.09.2024 5

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House GOP Is Threatening Government Shutdown to Force Through a Voter ID Measure

Leading U.S. Senate Democrats on Friday accused House Republicans of “wasting precious time catering to the hard MAGA right” as House Speaker Mike...

07.09.2024 4

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Human Rights Groups Tell Biden His Own Policy Requires US to Stop Arming Israel

The administration need look no further than its own memo released months ago, 25 organizations pointed out in a letter.

04.09.2024 3

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US Leads World in Subsidies for Ineffective Tech Fixes for Climate Crisis

Among the world’s wealthiest countries, the U.S. leads the way in spending public money on so-called climate “solutions” that have been proven...

29.08.2024 5

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Trump-Appointed Judge Halts Protections for Undocumented Spouses

Immigrant rights advocates said Monday that they were “deeply troubled” by Trump-appointed judge’s ruling that brought the Biden...

27.08.2024 3

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National Labor Relations Board Rules Amazon Must Bargain With Delivery Drivers

A decision by the National Labor Relations Board on Thursday marked “the beginning of the end for Amazon’s favorite legal loophole,” said one...

23.08.2024 10

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Arkansas Supreme Court Disqualifies Abortion Amendment From November Ballot

Abortion rights defenders in Arkansas said Thursday it was “a dark day” after the state’s Supreme Court ruled a ballot measure that would...

22.08.2024 6

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World Could Raise $2.1 Trillion Annually by Adopting Spain’s Wealth Tax

A tax on the top 0.5 percent of households could raise enough to finance climate action as well as other pressing needs.

19.08.2024 7

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Harris Unveils Economic Agenda With New Child Tax Credit and Medical Debt Relief

After announcing earlier this week that U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris plans to take on corporate price gouging with the first-ever federal ban in...

16.08.2024 6

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Project 2025 Proposal Would Tax Benefits for More Than 15 Million Workers

A new analysis finds that the policy would particularly cut into employer-sponsored health insurance.

15.08.2024 5

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Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Accepts Call to Lead Bangladesh’s Interim Government

Economist Muhammad Yunus won the Nobel prize in 2006 for establishing the microcredit institution Grameen Bank.

06.08.2024 4

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Arkansas Supreme Court Orders State to Count Abortion Amendment Signatures

The secretary of state had previously tried to disqualify the petition that more than 100,000 residents signed.

24.07.2024 4

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A New Poll Shows Project 2025 Gets Less Popular the More Voters Learn About It

Just 11 percent of people polled viewed the agenda favorably, while 43 percent had unfavorable views.

23.07.2024 8

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UNICEF Reports Israel Is Killing Kids at Shocking Rates Amid West Bank Assault

Three days after the International Court of Justice issued an advisory opinion stating that Israel’s occupation of the West Bank and Gaza is...

22.07.2024 4

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Entire Families Were Killed During Israel’s Attack on Gaza City

Gaza’s Civil Defense reported Friday that the Israel Defense Forces left the bodies of at least 60 Palestinians in their wake after withdrawing from...

12.07.2024 6

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Gaza City Hospitals Forced to Shut Down Amid Bombings and Evacuation Order

Healthcare officials were joined by human rights experts on Tuesday in condemning Israel’s latest evacuation orders for Gaza City, which the World...

09.07.2024 4

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Iowa Supreme Court Upholds 6-Week Abortion Ban

“We now live in a state where pregnant people have fewer rights than a bag of trash,” said the Iowa Abortion Access Fund Friday after the state...

29.06.2024 7

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Hawaii Commits to Transit Decarbonization in Settlement of Youth Climate Lawsuit

The plaintiffs in the case alleged Hawaii violated their rights by investing in fossil fuel-intensive infrastructure.

21.06.2024 3

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The IDF’s Nuseirat Raid May Amount to a War Crime, UN Human Rights Office Says

Citing the “principles of distinction, proportionality, and precaution” that international humanitarian law demands military forces obey, the...

11.06.2024 6

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Israeli Minister Calls to Reduce Humanitarian Aid as Palestinians Starve in Gaza

Humanitarian aid deliveries to Gaza remained almost entirely halted by Israeli forces on Friday, but Israel’s national security minister, Itamar...

07.06.2024 4

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UAE Used COP28 to Push $100 Billion in New Oil Deals, New Analysis Shows

A new analysis released by human rights and anti-corruption group Global Witness on Wednesday left no room for doubt, said one campaigner, that the...

05.06.2024 8

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Trump Supporters Issue Threats of Violence Online After Guilty Verdict

As supporters of Donald Trump flood right-wing platforms with threats against the jurors and judge following guilty verdicts Thursday in his criminal...

31.05.2024 20

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Texas GOP Platform States “Abortion Is Not Healthcare, It Is Homicide”

Reproductive rights advocates warn that the party may push the death penalty on those who obtain abortion care.

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Reproductive rights advocates: Texas GOP wishlist includes death penalty for abortion patients

"Putting pregnant people to death for abortion has officially gone mainstream," said one reproductive justice group on Wednesday as the Texas...

30.05.2024 10

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Israel threatened ICC prosecutor over war crimes probe amid “coordinated effort” with Trump: report

Just over a week after the International Criminal Court announced it had officially applied for an arrest warrant for two top Israeli officials over...

29.05.2024 7

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“Nowhere Is Safe”: Israel Bombs Tent Camp in Rafah, Killing 45 Palestinians

International rights groups and leaders who for months have demanded a cease-fire in Gaza expressed renewed horror as images emerged from Israel’s...

27.05.2024 20

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International Court of Justice to Israel: Immediately Halt Rafah Offensive

Emphasizing that Israel had not convinced the International Court of Justice that sufficient efforts have been made to protect civilian life from...

24.05.2024 10

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Louisiana Moves to Classify Abortion Pills as “Controlled Dangerous Substances”

Ignoring the pleas of nearly 300 doctors and other healthcare professionals, the Republican-controlled Lousiana state House on Tuesday was poised to...

22.05.2024 30

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Report Indicates Israel Uses WhatsApp Data in Targeted Killings of Palestinians

The Palestinian digital rights group Sada Social on Saturday called for an investigation into Israel’s alleged use of WhatsApp user data to target...

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Forever Chemicals “Ubiquitous” in Water, Atmosphere in Great Lakes Basin

A first-of-its-kind study published this week shows that levels of toxic per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, are now so ubiquitous in the...

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Most Democratic Voters Believe Israel Is Committing Genocide, Poll Shows

Fifty-six percent believe Israel is committing a genocide in Gaza, according to Data for Progress and Zeteo.

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Romney and Blinken Admit Tiktok Ban Sought to Censor Gaza News

A discussion between U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Sen. Mitt Romney over the weekend included what one critic called an “incredible...

06.05.2024 10

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Labour Wins Landslide in Local UK Elections Amid Tory Crackdown on Migrants

Nearly two weeks after the British Conservative Party pushed through a proposal to deport asylum-seekers to Rwanda in what one lawyer called...

04.05.2024 10

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UN Warns of Impending Catastrophic Escalation of Sudan Conflict

The United Nations’ top humanitarian affairs officials on Friday called for an immediate deescalation of hostilities in Sudan, where rival factions...

27.04.2024 10

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Texas state troopers in riot gear crack down on UT students' Gaza protest

Civil rights advocates on Wednesday expressed alarm at a rapid escalation by Texas state troopers who descended on a student-led protest at University...

25.04.2024 7

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Rejecting Safety Amendments, TN GOP Passes Bill Allowing Handguns for Teachers

A Democratic leader in the Tennessee House on Tuesday warned that a bill pushed through by Republicans to permit teachers to carry concealed handguns...

24.04.2024 30

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Human Rights Advocates Slam UK Move to Deport Asylum Seekers to Rwanda

Legal and human rights experts on Tuesday said the British Conservative Party’s decision to push through a bill allowing the government to deport...

23.04.2024 30

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Coalition Condemns Google’s Illegal Firing of Workers Protesting Israel Contract

The peace coalition No Tech for Apartheid accused Google of a “flagrant act of retaliation” late Wednesday night as the Silicon Valley giant...

18.04.2024 10

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