Kaiser’s Massive Mental Health Care Settlement Sends Strong Message to Providers That Ignore Patient Needs
A California settlement compels the state’s largest health care provider to spend $150 million on behavioral health services.
Propaganda Blitz: How Mainstream Media is Pushing Fake Palestine Stories
By Alan MaCleod / MintPress News After Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israel, IDF forces responded with airstrikes, leveling Gazan buildings. The violence so far has claimed the lives…
House Progressives to Biden: Pressure Israel to End Assault on Gaza Civilians
Israel's massive attack on Gaza "must be carried out according to international law and take all due measures to limit harm to innocent civilians," asserted 55 House Democrats.
The US Knew the President of Honduras Was Trafficking Drugs — It Supported Him Anyway
Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández transformed his country into a de facto narco state, stealing elections with drug money and stacking state security services with crime lords. A Department…
Ukraine Receives $1.15 Billion in Direct Budgetary Aid from US
The aid funds government services and salaries
Israel Is Using Starvation as a Weapon of War Against the Palestinian People
A full-scale ground offensive on Gaza is imminent, even as Palestinians are already suffering collective punishment.
‘Will You Urge Israel to Not Starve and Slaughter People?’ — State Dept. Ignores Series of Sam Husseini Questions
The State Department gets tough questions from Max Blumenthal and Said Arikat on Israeli war crimes. I ask questions throughout but am never called on.
Report From Gaza: Fears That Israeli Army Is Preparing for Ethnic Cleansing
As Israel massacres entire families and wipes out whole neighborhoods, the Israeli army's calls for Gazans to flee to the Egyptian border are stoking fears of genocide and ethnic cleansing.
Israel Accused of ‘Blatant War Crime’ as HRW Confirms White Phosphorus Used in Gaza
"Any time that white phosphorus is used in crowded civilian areas, it poses a high risk of excruciating burns and lifelong suffering," said one Human Rights Watch official.
Israeli Intelligence Suddenly Knows Exactly Where Hamas Is
By Caitlin Johnstone / Substack It’s interesting how last week Israel had no idea what Hamas was up to, and yet this week they know every mosque, school and hospital…
Philadelphia Considers First US Bill to End Unlawful Medical Deportations
Philadelphia considers first US bill to end unlawful medical deportations.
Auto Workers Escalate: Surprise Strike at Massive Kentucky Ford Truck Plant
By Keith Brower Brown / Labor Notes Every Friday for the past four weeks, Big 3 CEOs have waited fearfully for Auto Workers (UAW) President Shawn Fain to announce which…
Suffering in the Shadows
Humanitarian Calamities That Aren’t on the World’s Agenda.
Report From Gaza: Two Palestinians Describe ‘Horror’ on 6th Day of Israel Bombing Besieged Enclave
By DemocracyNow! We speak with two Palestinians in Gaza City about Israel’s devastating bombing campaign while blocking all food, water and fuel from entering the besieged territory. The U.N. reports…