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WEBAug 26, 2024 · By. Edward Carver , C ommon D reams. “ Since the debate there have been disruptions in the everyday lives of all people in Springfield, Haitian and otherwise. Bomb threats have been cast toward institutions that all of our children and families need. – Adam Banks, Pastor of the First Baptist Church of Springfield, from Community Groups in ...
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LGBTQ Voices Are Increasingly Speaking Up for Palestinians …
WEBNov 15, 2023 · As debates about Israel’s war on Palestinians proliferate, LGBTQ people are increasingly finding themselves caught in the rhetorical crossfire. These conflicts reveal the fault lines of progressive queer politics between those in service of intersectional solidarity and those who advocate homonationalism in service of racism and militarism.
No, Black People Can’t Be “Racists” - Truthout
WEBOct 20, 2021 · The term “racism” must be understood within the context of an anti-Black American polity. By. George Yancy , T ruthout. October 20, 2021. The attacks waged against everything deemed “critical race theory” constitute a new form of McCarthyism that spreads fear of a future in which Black professors may again be labeled by the state as ...
6 Years After Standing Rock, Native Tribes Still Fight ... - Truthout
WEBOct 9, 2023 · The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ordered the Army Corps to prepare an EIS for the Standing Rock portion of the pipeline on March 25, 2020, because the pipeline’s “ effects on the quality of the human environment are likely to be highly controversial.”. It has taken the Army Corps more than three years to produce the ...
Why the US Should Have Universal Health Care | Truthout
WEBDec 14, 2016 · Of the 25 wealthiest nations in the world, the United States is the only one that doesn’t have it. The majority of these countries use single-payer. Even countries like the Netherlands — with its “managed chaos” form of healthcare — are still universal. The United States has the highest health expenditure per capita of any country.
Abortion Is as Old as Pregnancy: 4,000 Years of Reproductive …
WEBJan 22, 2016 · Abortion in Times of Old. Instructions for inducing an abortion appear in the Bible. In Numbers 5:11-31, God is described as instructing Moses to present “The Test for an Unfaithful Wife” (NIV) – a ritual to be used by priests against women accused by their husbands of unfaithfulness.The ritual involves the drinking of “bitter water,” a potion that will abort any pregnancies that ...
How the Powers That Be Maintain the “Deep State”: An ... - Truthout
WEBFeb 21, 2016 · In The Deep State, author Mike Lofgren, whose 2011 commentary, “ Goodbye to All That: Reflections of a GOP Operative Who Left the Cult,” remains the most-read article at Truthout.org, connects the dots between apparently disparate aspects of our current dystopia. “The deep state,” argues Lofgren is “the red thread” linking the ...
House Passes Bill That Defines Criticism of Israel as “Antisemitism”
WEBMay 2, 2024 · House lawmakers voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to approve legislation directing the U.S. Department of Education to consider a dubious definition of antisemitism, despite warnings from Jewish-led groups that the measure speciously conflates legitimate criticism of the Israeli government with bigotry against Jewish people.
Panel on Supreme Court Reforms Lauds Ideas of Term Limits, …
WEBAug 22, 2024 · President Joe Biden recently announced support for reforms to the court, including term limits and new ethics standards. By. Chris Walker , T ruthout. Whitehouse also noted that the court’s decisions were very personal to voters. “I think the Supreme Court got very real with the Dobbs decision,” Whitehouse said, referring to the case that ...