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Unfathomably, it’s been a year since a horrific Hamas assault set off a more horrific Israeli genocide in which an insatiable, unraveling Zionist project has slaughtered, burned, starved, maimed and broken hundreds of thousands, mostly women and children, in the ungodly name of vengeance. A year of blood, terror, protests,Continue Reading

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Introduction According to an estimate published by the World Health Organization in April 2023, infertility affects roughly one in six (17.5%) adults of reproductive age worldwide. Factors causing or contributing to infertility can occur before birth or develop later in life and are so varied and complex that, in manyContinue Reading

when-john-and-yoko-seized-american-tv

As the Vietnam War raged into 1972, John Lennon and Yoko Ono took their Bed-In for Peace to the American airwaves. Now, on what would have been Lennon’s 84th birthday, Erik Nelson’s “Daytime Revolution” documents that landmark week in February when the pair co-hosted the massively popular “Mike Douglas Show.”Continue Reading

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With the first anniversary of the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel, the death toll in Gaza climbing to more than 41,500, and Israel inflicting ever more extreme violence on the West Bank and now on Lebanon as well, something very different happened recently in a poky classroom at Columbia University. Two young men, one Palestinian and oneContinue Reading

the-hostages,-one-year-later

In the run-up to the first anniversary of Hamas’ attack on Israel, there has been no shortage of dramatic events making headlines in Israel. On Oct. 1, Israelis took shelter during Iran’s missile attack. In the days leading up to that, Israel assassinated Hassan Nasrallah, Hezbollah’s longtime leader, in Beirut; invaded Lebanon; andContinue Reading

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Debris seen in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene on September 30, in Asheville, N.C. Mike Stewart/AP hide caption toggle caption Mike Stewart/AP Rumors, misinformation and lies about the federal government’s response to Hurricane Helene in the southeastern United States have run rampant since the storm made landfall, especially around fundingContinue Reading