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Letter: Keep Kent out of Congress
Personally, I’m very happy to have a working-class person (Marie Gluesenkamp Perez) as our representative in Congress, but, realizing there are many Republicans who may be disenchanted with their party I wanted to provide information on Joe Kent. |
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Letter: Support Cortes in 18th District
I proudly support Adrian Cortes, democrat for state Senate in the 18th Legislative District. Each day, more and more people understand the good work needed to build up a community is one that cares to serve everyone fairly, justly, and with safety. I know Adrian’s caring reaches out to dignify others. I’ve seen him stand up for the rights of LGBTQ citizens, public safety and environmental concerns. |
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A giant leap for plastic recycling? University of California Berkeley chemists think so.
Despite the planet’s growing plastic pollution crisis, petroleum-based polymers have become an integral part of modern life. They make cars and airplanes lighter and more energy efficient. They constitute a core material of modern medicine by helping to keep equipment sterile, deliver medicines and build prosthetics, among many other things. And they are a critical component of the wiring and hardware that underlies our technology-driven civilization. |
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Vital Statistics for Sept. 17
Abigai Suhita Morales Perez, 26, Norcross, Ga., and Allan Flores, 26, Lawrenceville, Ga. |
The Chronicle - Centralia
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The Chronicle - September 17, 2024
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DemocracyNow!
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"Borderland: The Line Within": New Film on Who Profits from Deportations & Border-Industrial Complex
We speak with filmmaker Pamala Yates about her new documentary, Borderland: The Line Within, which explores the human impact of restrictive U.S. immigration policies and border militarization. The film tells the stories of asylum seekers fleeing violence in their home countries, activists fighting to protect the rights of undocumented immigrants, and others caught up in what Yates calls “the border-industrial complex, the billions of dollars of our tax money that is being spent to capture, incarcerate and deport immigrants.” She says the immigrants shown in the film are not victims but “leaders” who are “building strength in immigrant communities.” We also speak with Gabriela Castañeda, an immigrant rights organizer with the Movement of Immigrant Leaders in Pennsylvania, or MILPA, whose work is featured in the documentary. She faults both Republicans and Democrats for promoting anti-immigrant policies instead of using those same resources to improve the country. “What’s happening right now is that the immigrants are used as scapegoats. We are blamed for all the problems in the United States,” she says. Borderland continues the work of Yates over four decades and her past films, When the Mountains Tremble, Granito: How to Nail a Dictator and 500 Years: Life in Resistance. |
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"Erasing History": Yale Prof. Jason Stanley on Why Fascists Attack Education & Critical Inquiry
We speak with Yale philosophy professor Jason Stanley, author of the new book Erasing History: How Fascists Rewrite the Past to Control the Future, which examines the global rise of authoritarianism in the United States, Russia, Israel and beyond. He says attacks on education are a key part of the fascist toolkit to undermine democracy and pluralism. “They’re attacking the institutions, the universities, because the universities provide critical inquiry into the kind of myths that’s required for these kinds of politics,” says Stanley. |
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U.N. Experts Accuse Israel of "Starvation Campaign" in Gaza & Demand End to Western Complicity
Top United Nations human rights experts have condemned Western nations for supporting Israel’s devastating war on Gaza, urging the world to stop an unfolding genocide in Palestine. This comes as the U.N. special rapporteur on the right to food, Michael Fakhri, is accusing Israel in a new report of carrying out a deliberate starvation campaign in Gaza. “What we are witnessing in Gaza is the starvation of 2.3 million Palestinians. We’ve never seen a civilian population made to go hungry so quickly and so completely,” says Fakhri, who joins us from Brazil. We also speak with Francesca Albanese, the special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territory, who says Israel’s assault on Gaza is part of a larger plan of “getting as much control as possible over maximum land with minimum Palestinian people.” |
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Headlines for September 17, 2024
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Washington State News
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Full Highlights: Seahawks at Patriots
Watch The Top Plays From Seattle's Week 2 Matchup Against The New England Patriots Seahawks.com Watch the top plays from Seattle's Week 2 matchup with the New England Patriots. Seattle Seahawks quarterback Geno Smith throws a 56-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver DK Metcalf in Week 2 against the New England Patriots. Seattle Seahawks running back Zach Charbonnet rushes for a 1-yard touchdown |
