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Paris Olympics Slammed for “Social Cleansing,” Mass Displacement, Militarization & Greenwashing

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Just hours before Friday’s opening ceremony for the 2024 Summer Olympics, a series of apparently coordinated arson attacks were reported on France’s high-speed rail network. No one has claimed responsibility yet. Before the games, protests highlighted the displacement of thousands of migrants,...

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http://www.democracynow.org/2024/7/26/headlines

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http://www.democracynow.org/2024/7/26/christina_assi_olympics_slain_journalists

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http://www.democracynow.org/2024/7/26/feroze_sidhwa_thalia_pachiyannakis_gaza_war

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Trump’s VP Pick, J.D. Vance, Pushed for Police to Track & Criminalize Abortions

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As Donald Trump and his new running mate J.D. Vance try to soften their anti-abortion position ahead of the 2024 election, new documents uncovered by The Lever show Vance lobbied just last year to let police track people who cross state lines for abortions. Vance, a first-term senator from Ohio,...

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Meet the Journalist Who Lost Her Leg in Israeli Strike & Carried Olympic Torch for Slain Colleagues

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As Paris hosts today’s opening ceremony for the 2024 Olympics, we speak with Lebanese photojournalist Christina Assi of Agence France-Presse, who carried the Olympic torch Sunday in Paris to honor journalists wounded or killed on the job. Assi lost her leg in the same Israeli attack that killed...

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U.S. Doctors Back from Gaza Say True Death Toll “Much Higher,” Demand Ceasefire

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We speak to two doctors who are part of a group of 45 U.S. doctors, surgeons and nurses who have volunteered in Gaza since October 7 and wrote an open letter to President Biden and Vice President Harris, the Democratic presidential candidate, demanding an immediate ceasefire and an international...

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https://www.democracynow.org/2024/7/26/headlines/american_federation_of_teachers_prepares_to_join_general_strike_on_may_day_2028

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California Gov. Newsom Orders Evictions of Unhoused People in Wake of SCOTUS Ruling

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California Governor Gavin Newsom has ordered officials to begin removing encampments of unhoused people on state property and will encourage local officials to carry out similar sweeps. Newsom announced his executive order on Thursday, just weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court voted to criminalize...

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