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The movement opposing Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza has transformed this country’s conversation about Palestine and opens a path to forcing a change in US policy.

It’s clear that genes, receptors and neurons all play a role in detecting odors. But much of how we make sense of what we sniff remains mysterious. A neuroscientist explains. Q and A with Neurobiologist Peter Mombaerts.

'We were standing, visible to the army, just standing around not doing anything. Nothing was happening. I heard two shots,' says a fellow protester who also attended the demonstration where Aysenur Ezgi Eygi was killed.

We stand with the people of Ukraine and all victims of this war, who deserve peace, reconstruction and freedom as soon as possible. Nevertheless, one thing is clear: neither peace nor reconstruction and freedom will be possible without negotiation.

Educational inequality is a major issue, and change is necessary. But a takeover is not the answer. Too often, it is an instrument of conservative politicians wielded against local communities who find their voices shut out.

The country broke diplomatic relations with Israel earlier this year. Now, it has increased the pressure by banning coal exports.

A New Model for Worker-Led Organizing

Yet, all along, from the very start, I believed in a mixed economy along social democratic lines, not a free market “neoliberal” economy.

Houston seeks to be a national model for plastic recycling. But a program that started in 2022 hasn’t yet found its footing.

As Minnesota poet Susan Cossette reminds us, watch out for prophets!