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Trump’s Plan to Make America Healthy Again? Continued Exposure to Lead in Water.
No one knows how many lead pipes funnel tainted water into schools and daycares, but the GOP is derailing remediation.
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I’m 1 of More Than 600 People on CA’s Death Row. Newsom Must End Death Penalty.
Twenty-three states have abolished the death penalty. California should join them in ending state-sponsored executions.

Acting Social Security Commissioner Resigns Amid Pressure From “DOGE”
“There is no way to overstate how serious a breach this is,” one critic of “DOGE's” work said.

Missouri Clinics Resume Abortions After Judge Strikes Restrictions
“Today’s decision is a triumph for all Missourians,” the president of Planned Parenthood Great Plains said.

Donald Trump Has Launched a War Against the Working Class
The next four years will be filled with battles as resistance springs up amid the administration’s assault on workers.

We Are About to Learn What a Post-Truth Approach to Public Health Feels Like
Trump and Musk are slashing global vaccination efforts, funding for medical research and access to health information.
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Retailers Ration Eggs as Prices Jump 18 Percent Since Trump Inauguration
Trump promised on the campaign trail that consumer prices will “come down fast” but has since reneged on that pledge.

Genocide Ran the Yazidi From Their Homeland. A Decade Later, Some Are Returning.
ISIS wrecked 80 percent of public infrastructure and 70 percent of civilian homes in Sinjar City and surrounding areas.

Behind Trump Tariffs Is Capital’s Warfare Against the Working Class
Trump’s tariffs will escalate exploitation and desperation of US workers. That’s the point.

Data on Corporate Pollution and Emissions Now Threatened Under Trump
Researchers have published data on corporate pollution and emissions since 2004. Now the data is at risk under Trump.

Frederick Douglass’s Words Ring True: “Power Concedes Nothing Without a Demand”
Let’s draw on the defiant wisdom of Frederick Douglass as Trump carries out a blitzkrieg against democracy in the US.

Gaza Life Expectancy Slashed Nearly in Half by Israel’s Genocide, Study Finds
Researchers said this estimate is conservative, as it doesn’t include deaths to factors like starvation and disease.

Stonewall Monument’s Transgender History Scrubbed by Trump Administration
“Let us be clear: Stonewall is transgender history,” the Stonewall Inn said in a response.

Trump Admin Is Misleading Public About Venezuelans at Guantánamo, Attorneys Say
The administration is publishing photos of migrants transferred to Guantánamo while denying them access to lawyers.
Economy & Labor

IRS Said He Led the “Worst of the Worst” Tax Scams. Now He’s a Trump Adviser.
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Wealthy Investors Exploit This Loophole to Raise Rents on Poor Tenants
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Group Says Some Airbnb Hosts Illegally Spiked Rental Prices Amid LA Fires
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Reproductive Labor Has Always Been Fundamental to Social Movements’ Resistance
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GOP Proposes $4.5T Tax Giveaway to Rich While Slashing Food Stamps, Medicaid
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Agency Tasked With Regulating Commercial Space Flight Braces for Musk’s DOGE
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Workers Resist Amazon’s Attempts to Divide Them by Race Ahead of NC Union Vote
“Let’s call this move what it is: an extremist power grab designed to dismantle public schools and enforce ideological conformity.”
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Struggle and Solidarity: Writing Toward Palestinian Liberation

Rubble. Sewage. Desperation for Clean Water. This Is Gaza After Ceasefire.
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Gaza Is Not for Sale — No Matter What Trump Says
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The War on Gaza Has Taken My Home, My Dreams and My Grandmother. What’s Left?
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A Forged Viral Post Has Made Pro-Palestine Students in Missouri Live in Fear
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Even at an Anti-Racist Educators’ Summit, Decrying Genocide Proved Controversial
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Israel’s Killing of Hind Rajab 1 Year Ago Is a Stain on Our Collective Humanity
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Until Israel’s Siege and Occupation End, Every Palestinian Remains a Hostage