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Most Empires In History Fell By Age 250
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (944+ words) scheerpost. com Most Empires In History Fell By Age 250 The US Is at a Weighty Crossroads. It's far past time to bring an end to US militarism. As a veteran of the U. S. war on Afghanistan, I visit high schools on…...
Taking on the Rich Is Possible. Our Illinois Coalition Won a Tax on Tech Giants.
6+ day, 13+ hour ago (127+ words) By Shaddi Zeid, Hannah Gelder, Marla Bramble This article was originally published by Truthout Our campaign won a digital advertising revenue tax that may generate over $1. 1 billion annually for the state's budget. This article was originally published by Truthout and…...
One Year On, Los Angeles Is Still Living with the Fallout of the Raids
1+ week, 2+ day ago (1652+ words) Elizabeth Aguilera and Ben Poston for Capital and Main When immigration agentsarrived at the Los Angeles car wash where he worked, Giovanni didn't see them until one was standing beside him. Giovanni's thoughts turned to his family: How would they…...
Will The World Cup Fuel Arrests Of Homeless People In Atlanta?
3+ week, 1+ day ago (1738+ words) Atlanta promises a welcoming World Cup for everyone. But just days before kickoff, homeless advocates worry the city lacks the safety net needed to keep unhoused residents from being displaced or jailed amid the influx of hundreds of thousands of…...
Trump Admin Uses Iran War Oil Shock to Push Drilling in Alaskan Wilderness
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (665+ words) This article was originally published by Truthout The five-year plan is expected to cause 4, 000 additional oil spills and the destruction of fragile ecosystems. The Trump administration and fellow Republicans are citing the Iran war as a pretext for oil drilling…...
California Democrats Keep Selling "Medicare for All" " While Protecting the System That Profits From Sickness
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (523+ words) The latest reporting from Cal Matters captures the political theater perfectly. Candidates speak reverently about single-payer, but few offer concrete plans, timelines or mechanisms to achieve it. That absence is not accidental. It reflects the central contradiction of modern California…...
Democrat in Name Only
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (749+ words) Desi Cortez LA Progressive Democrat?" Hell no. That's an endangered species of public nuisance: the'Lesser Spotted Spine-Free'Liberal,'migrating toward donors and nesting in bad decisions. Democrat In Name Only, i. e. ,'DINO America is 10 months pregnant,'combustible, and the Democrats are standing…...
Hatred Often Manifests In Violence: After San Diego Mosque Shooting, Muslim and Anti-hate Groups Condemn Rampant Islamophobia
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (667+ words) Sahar Fatima for Prism Muslim groups expressed pain, grief, and anger over rampant Islamophobia after a shooting at a San Diego mosque on Monday that killed three people. Two teenage suspects were also found dead after apparently shooting themselves, according…...
Did Newsom's $3. 8 Billion Hotels-To-Housing Program Pay off? We Filed 100 Records Requests To Find Out
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (1842+ words) By Lauren Hepler and Marisa Kendall, Cal Matters As COVID-19 tore through California, Jennifer Hark Dietz had a decision to make. The state was making perhaps its biggest push ever to get people off the street, offering up billions of…...
Gavin Newsom, A Candidate Fit For Dystopia
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (651+ words) Avik Jain Chatlani Prism We humans'when we take a little break from destroying the Earth'are quite talented at producing books and movies about impending dystopia. And, occasionally, art becomes life when trickles of a hyperstratified future leak into the present....