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LGBTQ Voices Are Increasingly Speaking Up for Palestinians …
WEBNov 15, 2023 · As debates about Israel’s war on Palestinians proliferate, LGBTQ people are increasingly finding themselves caught in the rhetorical crossfire. These conflicts reveal the fault lines of progressive queer politics between those in service of intersectional solidarity and those who advocate homonationalism in service of racism and militarism.
Abortion Is as Old as Pregnancy: 4,000 Years of Reproductive …
WEBJan 22, 2016 · Abortion in Times of Old. Instructions for inducing an abortion appear in the Bible. In Numbers 5:11-31, God is described as instructing Moses to present “The Test for an Unfaithful Wife” (NIV) – a ritual to be used by priests against women accused by their husbands of unfaithfulness.The ritual involves the drinking of “bitter water,” a potion that will abort any pregnancies that ...
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WEBDec 10, 2017 · US Leads World in Subsidies for Ineffective Tech Fixes for Climate Crisis. Over the last 40 years, the US has spent $12 billion in taxpayer money for carbon capture technology. By. Julia Conley , C ommon D reams. August 29, 2024.
What Does “Independent Media” Mean? Birthday ... - Truthout
WEBSep 10, 2015 · Britney Schultz, associate editor: Independent media, by definition, is free of influence by government or corporate interests. Many “alternative news” outlets claim to be independent, yet they sell out space on their sites for advertising. Additionally, journalism schools instill the idea of “fair and balanced” reporting, free of bias.
The Heritage Foundation Is Preparing the Ground for Trumpism to …
WEBDec 28, 2023 · In 2015, when Donald Trump entered the presidential fray, the Heritage Foundation critiqued him for favoring “Big Government” and not being nearly conservative enough.The D.C.-based think tank all but endorsed Sen. Ted Cruz in the primaries, and came out strongly against Trump’s tariff proposals.. A year later, however, it was serving as something of a gatekeeper for the Trump ...
Dahr Jamail - Truthout
WEBDec 10, 2017 · Dahr Jamail, a Truthout contributing writer, Board of Advisers member and former staff reporter, is the author of The End of Ice: Bearing Witness and Finding Meaning in the Path of Climate Disruption (The New Press, 2019), The Will to Resist: Soldiers Who Refuse to Fight in Iraq and Afghanistan (Haymarket Books, 2009), and Beyond the Green Zone: Dispatches From an Unembedded Journalist in ...
Corporate Media Harms Not Only Through Omission, But Also by …
WEBNov 15, 2021 · Corporate news media are guilty of both “sins of omission” (neglecting significant facts about important issues, failing to follow up on stories that challenge the status quo) and “sins of distortion” (framing news that contradicts conventional wisdom as “opinion,” failing to interpret clearly interrelated events, such as the recent ...