News Releases

  • The ‘War on Seniors’

    The future of Social Security is on the line. Nancy Altman, president and co-founder of Social Security Works, has “never been this worried” about the future of the program. Meanwhile, Martin O’Malley, commissioner of the Social Security Administration (SSA) from 2023 to 2024, is warning that Elon Musk and Donald Trump’s steps to hollow out SSA will result in a “system collapse” in the next 30 to 90 days.


  • Israel Restarts Large-Scale Bombing of Gaza, Killing Over 400

    “Pictures and videos from Gaza that have surfaced online show there is a large number of child casualties. ‘Israeli bombardment has returned to Gaza, bringing massacres with it once again,’ Al Jazeera reporter Anas al-Sharif wrote on X. ‘The bodies of children, killed in their sleep, lay scattered in the aftermath.’ The massive attack came about two weeks after Israel imposed a total blockade on aid and all other goods entering Gaza at the end of the first phase of the ceasefire deal. Israel violated the agreement by imposing the blockade, refusing to engage in negotiations on the second phase,…


  • Trump Bombing Yemen for Israel

    U.S. warplanes struck Sana’a and seven other provinces in Yemen in what U.S. defense officials described as the beginning of a large-scale military campaign against the Houthis.


  • Is Trump Going to Tank the Economy?

    Though the Trump-Vance administration inherited the strongest economy for an incoming administration in a quarter century, experts say there are already signs flashing red on the economy.


  • Protests Target Swiss for Caving on Geneva Conventions and Israel

    “Switzerland intentionally sabotaged (and then cancelled) the Conference of High Contracting Parties to the 4th Geneva Convention on behalf of the Israeli regime.”


  • Syria: Civil War to Holy War?

    tempered by fear for the future. The victorious insurgents were supported by outside powers and had a track record of brutality comparable to Assad’s in addition to religious fanaticism.


  • Trump Uses ICE to Attack First Amendment in Service of Israel 

    The Trump administration’s attempt to deport Mahmoud Khalil, a lawful permanent resident who hasn’t been charged with any crime, represents a frightening erosion of First Amendment protections that threatens all Americans.


  • Fears for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

    Evidence is abundant that the Trump administration is illegally attempting to destroy the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).


  • “Not Another Child, Not Another Hospital”

    “Every single day in Gaza, Palestinians are recovering large numbers of bodies of people killed during the past 17 months. Hossam reports 50 bodies from this mass grave today. Horror.”


  • Block Taxpayer Funding for Elon Musk’s Contracts?

    A new proposal calls for halting federal contracts with Elon Musk’s companies. The Freedom Forward organization has launched a national campaign to get U.S. senators to block all taxpayer funding for Musk. 


  • The Israel-Affiliated Organization Leading the Backlash Against Student Protests

    “Among those addressing a crowd of Israeli-flag-waving counterprotesters, with the encampment holding the pro-Palestinian demonstrators directly behind them, was Israel’s Consul General to the Pacific Southwest, Israel Bachar. Also speaking was Jonathan Greenblatt, the CEO of the Anti-Defamation League. Then came Carr, who announced that the fight had begun. ‘We will take back our streets.…

  • War, Lies and Protests

    Gupta is an investigative reporter. His pieces include: “Claims of Mass Rape by Hamas Unravel Upon Investigation” and for The Intercept “American Media Keep Citing Zaka — Though Its October 7 Atrocity Stories Are Discredited in Israel” about the scandal-ridden Israeli organization. The Washington Post recently reported: “Business titans privately urged NYC mayor to use…

  • “Students for Gaza are Undeterred”

        “Students say this movement is not going away until the genocide is ended and there is a permanent ceasefire. Many are organizing to be on the streets of Chicago during the Democratic National Convention in August. They also plan to keep organizing and protesting over the summer in anticipation of a renewed movement…

  • South Africa Emergency Hearing to Charge Israel with “Extermination Zones”

    “The changed circumstances in Gaza are manifest in at least three key respects overall. First, Rafah is now effectively the last refuge in Gaza for 1.5 million Palestinians from Rafah and those displaced by Israeli action, and the last viable centre in Gaza for habitation, public administration, and the provision of basic public services, including…

  • The Remnant Alliance

    In Texas, a coalition of organizations called the Remnant Alliance is mobilizing congregations to take over local school boards. 

  • Against Comparing This Moment to the 1960s

    In his column for The American Prospect, Rick Perlstein argued against comparing this moment on U.S. college campuses to the 1960s. 

  • Gaza: More Resignations; Now from Defense Intelligence Agency

    “As the descendant of European Jews, I was raised in a particularly unforgiving moral environment when it came to the topic of bearing responsibility for ethnic cleansing — my grandfather refused to ever purchase products manufactured in Germany — where the paramount importance of ‘never again’ and the inadequacy of ‘just following orders’ were oft…

  • What Price Zionism?

    “Having sought to become a Jewish majority state at any price, [Israel] paid the price of creating a vast Palestinian refugee problem that it still refuses to address. Having enjoyed a Jewish majority for the first two decades of its existence, its greed for additional territory transformed it after 1967 into a country half of…

  • Biden Administration OK with Israel’s Violations of Law

    Doctors Without Borders released a statement: “In seven months, 35,000 people — mostly civilians — have been killed, including nearly 500 health workers. Israeli forces have obstructed aid by attacking humanitarian convoys and bombing and raiding hospitals. They have forced medical staff to hastily evacuate health care facilities and leave patients behind.” The group states…

  • Gaza: South Africa Asks for More Orders from ICJ as UN Votes on Palestine

    The International Court of Justice has just reported that South Africa has asked for additional provisional measures against Israel in its genocide case. In past provisional measures, the ICJ has ordered Israel to stop all genocidal acts. The UN General Assembly has voted 143 in favor, 9 against, 25 abstentions to admit Palestine, but without…

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