Wednesday, May 8, 2024

Tag: violence

Alarming surge in violence and human rights abuses in the West...

Record highs in fatalities and rights violations spark global concern.

Conformist media outlets hide realities of power. Noam Chomsky has exposed...

For many decades, the core of corporate greed and militarism has remained basically the same. So has the core of Chomsky’s message.

The dangerous assumption that violence keeps us safe

A romanticized belief in violence renders people irrational to the point of hurting ourselves, over and over again.

Over 84 million people forcibly displaced by climate emergency, insecurity, and...

“The international community must redouble its efforts to make peace, and at the same time must ensure resources are available to displaced communities and their hosts.”

A parable of (all-American) violence

Accountability and the war of terror...

Lessons from the past: Protecting women and girls from violence during...

Little attention has been paid to women and girls in humanitarian settings, those whose safety has already been reduced due to conflict, natural disaster or displacement.

Climate deniers backed violence and spread pro-insurrection messages before, during, and...

As the mass radicalization wave surged, some individual opponents of climate action may have been swept along by its broad rightward push, propelling them closer to endorsing political violence.

Sixth correctional officer pleads guilty to covering up beating of inmate

“Correctional officers must abide by and adhere to the same laws they take an oath to uphold and enforce.”

4 corrections officers charged with beating inmate and cover-up

If convicted, Finch, Thomas, and Blaylock face a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison for the civil rights charges.

Ceasar: Grief and challenge

The intersection of guns, drugs, poverty, scant education, substandard health care, high unemployment, and corruption are literally producing conditions that invariably redound the hardest and worst on young people of color.

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Israel seizes Rafah crossing, cutting off Gaza’s last humanitarian lifeline amid famine crisis

This move effectively cuts off a critical humanitarian aid route to the enclave, where the majority of the population faces imminent famine due to ongoing conflict.

Oil companies contaminated a family farm. The courts and regulators let the drillers walk...

The oil and gas industry has reaped profits without ensuring there will be money to plug and clean up their wells.
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Senator Sanders demands US withdraw military aid as Israel escalates attacks in Rafah

Amidst escalating violence in Rafah, Senator Bernie Sanders challenges the U.S. administration to cease military support for Israel, citing severe humanitarian risks and a potential large-scale tragedy.
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‘They are starving,’ says doctor back from Gaza; world food program warns North in...

We get an update on conditions among the besieged and starving population of Gaza—including of children now suffering from the psychological effects of intense and prolonged trauma—from Dr. Walid Masoud.

New era of inequality: Billionaires pay less in taxes than the working class

Economist Gabriel Zucman's analysis reveals that for the first time, U.S. billionaires have a lower effective tax rate than working-class Americans, sparking a renewed debate on wealth tax.