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February 17, 2024

Israel’s Symbolic “Ban” Must Not Distract From Atrocity Crimes in Gaza: UN Expert

Francesca Albanese United Nations Human Rights Office

Respecting international law and ending the system of apartheid that Israel imposes on the Palestinians is the only way to achieve lasting peace, human security and regional stability—for no one can be safe until everybody is safe.

February 17, 2024

Faced With ‘Cop City’ Referendum Push, Atlanta Changes Up Its Election Rules

Piper French Bolt

In an 11th-hour change, Atlanta approved new rules for citizen-led petitions to include signature matching—a practice decried by Cop City protesters and voting rights advocates.

February 17, 2024

Labor Network To Support Ceasefire in Israeli War

National Labor Network for Ceasefire UE

National Labor Network for Ceasefire aims to further expand unprecedented ceasefire support.

February 17, 2024

The AFL-CIO Can Be Reformed

Steve Early Submitted to Portside

Locally and from the Bottom-Up!

February 17, 2024

Democrats Eye New Immigration Strategy After Suozzi Win

Rafael Bernal The Hill

Suozzi’s message was twofold: more border security and an expansion of legal pathways for migrants to come in legally.

February 16, 2024

Salaria Kea

Peter Neil Carroll Sketches From Spain: Homage to the Abraham Lincoln Brigade

The only African American woman to serve in the Spanish Civil War, nurse Salaria Kea fought racism all of her life.

February 16, 2024

Tens of Thousands of Workers in Florida Have Just Lost Their Labor Unions. More Is Coming

Daniel Rivero WLRN South Florida

Workers at a table - annoyed.

An outright crisis is emerging for public sector unions. Some fear that with the new union law in effect the working class in Florida faces a bleaker future.

Why Do Amazonian People Have Some Australasian DNA?

February 16, 2024

With the help of expert geneticists Tábita Hünemeier and Marcos Araújo Castro e Silva we discuss one of the biggest questions in archaeology and prehistory: Who was Population Y?

PSA: “This Is F***ed Up” | Fani Willis Is Not On Trial

February 16, 2024

Stephen Colbert urges Americans not to become numb to Donald Trump’s crimes.

The Greatest Misinformation Campaign in History

February 16, 2024

Big Oil has known for more than 50 years that fossil fuels pose a huge danger to the climate. They covered it up to keep raking in profits.