Friday, March 20, 2026

Tag: death

Wildfire smoke could kill 71,000 people per year in the US...

A study published this week in Nature projects that wildfire smoke will cause approximately 71,000 excess deaths each year by 2050 under current emissions trends—an increase of roughly 30,000 deaths over today’s levels.

Gaza death toll nears 62,000 as thousands of missing presumed dead

As cease-fire talks continue, mass graves and bodies buried under rubble reveal the full scale of Israel’s U.S.-backed assault on Gaza.

Gaza’s unthinkable tragedy: Newborns abandoned, 90 percent casualties civilians

Decomposing newborns and civilian deaths raise questions about U.S. policy on Gaza.

The civilian deaths you haven’t heard about

The casualties of America's never-ending global war on terror.

As US mourns 500,000 lives lost, report shows billionaires added $1.3...

"Taxing those who have experienced windfall wealth gains to pay for COVID relief and recovery is a matter of equity and justice."

9-year-old girl’s asthma death officially linked to air pollution in unprecedented...

"Toxic air pollution is a public health crisis, especially for our children, and the inquest underlined yet again the importance of pushing ahead with bold policies such as expanding the Ultra Low Emission Zone to inner London."

Rest in power, Kevin Zeese

Kevin fought to bring truth every day. We must not lose this struggle.

America’s suicide epidemic

On a problem that literally has life-and-death significance for a pivotal portion of his base, Trump has been AWOL.

How colonization of the Americas killed 90 percent of their Indigenous...

There is now scientific evidence that links climate change to the first encounter and the cumulative destruction of Indigenous societies.

GOP House members reprimand racist Steve King – while silent on systemic...

Regardless of immigration status or increased agency authority – child abuse remains a federal felony.

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Balanced budget amendment would put Social Security, Medicare, and core public services on the...

The proposal would make revenue increases extraordinarily difficult while allowing tax cuts to pass more easily, shifting pressure onto widely used federal programs.
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Speeding up the ‘kill chain’: Pentagon bombs thousands of targets in Iran using Palantir...

The system, known as Project Maven, relies on technology by Palantir and also incorporates the AI model Claude built by Anthropic. Israel has used similar AI targeting programs in Iran, as well as in Gaza and Lebanon.

Pentagon seeks $200 billion for Iran war as costs surge and Congress pushes back

Lawmakers question the scale, legality, and strategy of a massive funding request as troop deployments expand and the conflict shows signs of escalation.

Searching for solace in a nuclearized world

The nightmare of Fukushima 15 years later.

Big Oil profits surge as Democrats push windfall tax tied to Iran war

Lawmakers and advocacy groups propose taxing fossil fuel windfalls as war-driven price spikes hit American households and deepen inequality.