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Before dawn on August 6, 1945, Tsuyako Kubota gave birth to her second daughter at her home in Hiroshima’s Nishikanon neighborhood. A few hours later, in a blinding flash, much of the…
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The genocide in Gaza is being conducted by killers without conscience. That much is obvious. But only a few of them fire the guns, drop the bombs, or aim the missiles. Most are…
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The actor Mandy Patinkin and his wife, playwright and actor Kathryn Grody, address the policies of Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and reflect on what it means to be Jewish…
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The Global South-led organization BRICS continues to expand. While the United States and Israel were busy waging war on Iran in June, BRICS quietly announced that Vietnam had accepted…
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The private jet lobby is pushing hard for a massive tax break for billionaires and centi-millionaires that use the most polluting form of transportation on the planet. Legislation…
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There are few things more pitiful than a desperate magician repeating a failed trick. The crowd has seen the rabbit, the dove, the disappearing subpoena. They’ve clapped politely. Some…
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Israeli leaders who have overseen what one United Nations expert described as an "unrelenting war" on Gaza's healthcare system—including countless direct hits on dozens of…
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Flight-tracking websites showed dozens of Air Force aerial refueling planes departing from military bases in the United States and heading to Europe on Sunday, fueling speculation of…
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United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories Francesca Albanese pushed back Tuesday against Israel and its defenders, who for years have attempted to…
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I have written this article before. In fact, I could write it every year when a  new Global Report on Food Crises is published. The report rests on four points: The number of…
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