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Catastrophic flooding in the Himalayan country has left families searching for answers. The wall outside Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal, is covered with photographs of people who have not come home.

Nepal Pays for a Climate Crisis It Didn’t Create Catastrophic flooding in the Himalayan country has left families searching for answers.

For Palestinians in Gaza who have lost identification documents, missing records can complicate official procedures such as obtaining a passport and proving inheritance.
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In mid-September, after another 6 to 3 majority of the Supreme Court rejected Trump’s attempt to control mail-in voting, he lambasted Barrett and Gorsuch again, along with Brett Kavanaugh, for betraying him:

“These are not the people I interviewed to serve on the United States Supreme Court, they are merely a shell of their original selves.”

Donald Trump’s Loyalty Problems Trump has appointed individuals willing to provide fawning approval of his every whim.

Across the country, candidates are running unapologetically on Medicare for All—and winning.

In just the last several months, three Democratic contenders for U.S. Senate seats clinched primary election wins after making Medicare for All a centerpiece of their campaigns.

Why Medicare for All is now possible The politics of health care are finally catching up with patients and physicians.

"Last month, my little brother decided to take swimming lessons. During one of his sessions, the Israeli military opened fire."

The Sea We Learned to Fear Last month, my little brother decided to take swimming lessons. During one of his sessions, the Israeli military opened fire.

On June 18, Trump’s Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a memorandum opinion concluding that neither Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act nor Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requires states to integrate individuals with disabilities into community settings.

Even more alarming, it asserts that states can offer any “nonarbitrary rationale” for keeping someone institutionalized, including budget constraints.

Block Trump’s Push to Lock up Disabled People If Trump's assertion of ableism is successful here, that won't be the end of it.

The President’s goal in these renamings is to glorify himself and project his vision of national identity.

Why Trump’s Renaming Fixation Is Frightening The President’s goal in these renamings is to glorify himself and project his vision of national identity.

America’s legal system proclaims that even lifeless, human-made, paper entities called “corporations” are endowed with the human rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

But if an inanimate, corporate thing can have enforceable rights to legal protections and life privileges, why not natural beings like, well, nature?

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Nael Sadi, a man in his late twenties, runs a pet supply store in the Sheikh Radwan area of Gaza City. Before the Israeli genocide, he operated two branches—one in northern Gaza, and another further south in Deir al-Balah. Both were destroyed by Israeli airstrikes.

Economic restrictions have limited residents’ disposable income, making it difficult to keep family businesses afloat.

What Declining Purchasing Power Looks Like in Gaza Economic restrictions have limited residents’ disposable income, making it difficult to keep family businesses afloat.

Be wary of people who try to frighten you into doing things.

Read the full story from disability rights activist Mike Ervin on The Progressive.

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