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“Clear Lines They Dare Not Cross”: Hakeem Jeffries Warns GOP Against Arresting Democrats democracynow.org/2025/5/14/head…

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José Mujica, the “World’s Poorest President” Who Fought Uruguay’s Dictatorship, Dies at 89 democracynow.org/2025/5/14/head…

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I'll be live for an interview today with Democracy Now! discussing the arrival of Afrikaner "refugees" in the US. Here's a piece I wrote on how right-wing populists and white nationalists exploit crisis to advance the interests of economic elites: africasacountry.com/2025/02/race-p…

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Donald Trump has welcomed white "refugees" from South Africa, claiming they face "genocide" as the country tries to address the ongoing legacy of apartheid. "This accusation of white genocide emanating from the White House is a conspiracy theory and a myth," says writer Andile

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Cornell law professor sandra babcock discusses a major new human rights report that adds to the growing consensus that "Israel has committed and is committing the crime of apartheid" against Palestinians. The report was released Thursday, on what Palestinians mark as Nakba Day.

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Alex de Waal from World Peace Foundation discusses the catastrophic levels of hunger in Gaza, where Israel has imposed a total blockade on all food for over 10 weeks. "Rations are getting low, and the poorest and most vulnerable are beginning to starve and die."

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"Trump's Fake Refugees": As U.S. Welcomes White South Africans, Trump Falsely Charges "Genocide" democracynow.org/2025/5/15/trum…

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Israel's "Crime of Apartheid": New Report by U.S. Professors as Palestinians Mark Nakba Day democracynow.org/2025/5/15/nakb…

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"Surveillance Humanitarianism": As Gaza Starves, U.S.-Israeli Plan Would Further Weaponize Food democracynow.org/2025/5/15/alex…

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Peace activists including Ben & Jerry’s co-founder Ben Cohen disrupted Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s Senate hearing on Wednesday. "Congress kills poor kids in Gaza by buying bombs and pays for it by kicking kids off Medicaid in the U.S.," Cohen said. More headlines:

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Israeli Bombing Claims 100 More Lives in Gaza; Israel Expels Sick and Wounded Patients from Al-Shifa democracynow.org/2025/5/15/head…

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The march to authoritarianism in the U.S. accelerated this month with the arrest of Mayor Ras Baraka of Newark, New Jersey. democracynow.org/2025/5/15/the_…