"What we are seeing has nothing to do with keeping Jews safe and everything to do with crushing dissent," said one Barnard College student.

This is corruption and self-dealing on an unprecedented scale. And let’s be clear: Democrats are fully complicit in the grift, with Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) leading the charge as the bill's ...

The Second Circuit Court of Appeals today denied the Trump administration’s attempt to further delay Rümeysa Öztürk’s transfer to Vermont. The appeals court ordered the government to comply with a ...

After an all-day markup, the House Committee on Natural Resources advanced its portion of the Republican reconciliation package in a vote in the dead of night.Committee members moved forward the ...

The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (Nobel Peace Prize 2017) has issued the following statement from its Executive Director, Melissa Parke:“ICAN is gravely concerned at the ...

The Washington Post reported that the Interior Department temporarily suspended an air-quality monitoring program in the national parks. This follows after the United States experienced some of the ...

Jewish Voice for Peace congratulates Palestinian poet and author Mosab Abu Toha on winning a Pulitzer Prize in journalism! On Saturday, May 3rd, Abu Toha spoke at JVP’s National Member Meeting to a ...

AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement in opposition to Frank Bisignano’s confirmation to lead the Social Security Administration: “The Senate just escalated threats to Social ...

The following is a statement from Nancy Altman, President of Social Security Works, on the Senate’s vote, along party lines, to confirm Frank Bisignano as Social Security Commissioner:“Elon Musk and ...

Amnesty International condemns Israel's aid blockade in Gaza, leading to mass starvation and malnutrition among children. The ...

Led by corporations such as Elon Musk’s Starlink, the current 8,100 telecom satellites in orbit are about to proliferate at an estimated rate of 10,000 new satellites a year. By 2040, some 60,000 ...

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