Jessica Corbett, Author at Flux https://flux.community/creator/jessica-corbett/ A platform for change Mon, 30 Oct 2023 03:06:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 WHO calls Israeli demands for hospital evacuations ‘Deeply Concerning’ https://flux.community/jessica-corbett/2023/10/who-calls-israeli-demands-for-hospital-evacuations-deeply-concerning/ Mon, 30 Oct 2023 03:06:10 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=14352 The World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Sunday expressed alarm after a Palestinian humanitarian group announced that Israeli forces have ordered the immediate evacuation of Al-Quds Hospital in the Gaza Strip. The report from the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) “is deeply concerning,” the WHO chief said on social media. “We reiterate it’s impossible […]

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]]> Vengeance claims the lives of hundreds of children https://flux.community/jessica-corbett/2023/10/vengeance-claims-the-lives-of-hundreds-of-children/ Thu, 12 Oct 2023 04:18:25 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=14325 Israel’s retaliatory airstrikes across the Gaza Strip after Hamas’ weekend attack have killed at least 1,100 people in the besieged enclave, including 326 children, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said Wednesday. Gaza-based Hamas launched a major surprise attack against Israel on Saturday, a Jewish holiday, and the Israeli death toll has now surpassed 1,200. The far-right Israeli government and […]

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]]> Supreme Court rejects state legislatures legal theory Trump used in 2020 election heist attempt https://flux.community/jessica-corbett/2023/06/supreme-court-rejects-state-legislatures-legal-theory-trump-used-in-2020-election-heist-attempt/ Tue, 27 Jun 2023 18:52:44 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=13931 Democracy defenders across the United States on Tuesday breathed a collective sigh of relief after half of the U.S. Supreme Court’s right-wing supermajority joined with the three liberal justices to reject a “dangerous” legal theory that could dramatically impact federal elections. “The Supreme Court took an important and crucial step today in protecting our system of checks and balances,” […]

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]]> Amnesty probe shows ‘human toll of​ apartheid’ https://flux.community/jessica-corbett/2023/06/amnesty-probe-shows-human-toll-of-apartheid/ Tue, 13 Jun 2023 20:55:00 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=13766 One month after a cease-fire ended a five-day Israeli operation that killed Palestinian civilians and caused “extensive destruction” in the Gaza Strip, Amnesty International on Tuesday released a report highlighting the “human toll of apartheid.” Amnesty—which last year joined a growing list of global human rights groups that condemn Israeli policies and actions against Palestinians as apartheid—probed Operation Shield and Arrow, launched on […]

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]]> Trump indictment is ‘devastating’ in its details https://flux.community/jessica-corbett/2023/06/trump-indictment-is-devastating-in-its-details/ Sun, 11 Jun 2023 19:24:52 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=13743 As the unsealed indictment against former President Donald Trump and aide Walt Nauta provoked shocked and horrified reactions on Friday, Special Counsel Jack Smith vowed to seek a speedy trial while also emphasizing the severity of the 38 charges. “Today an indictment was unsealed charging Donald J. Trump with felony violations of our national security laws as well […]

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]]> Sanders seeks to ban bank execs from ‘regulating’ their own institutions https://flux.community/jessica-corbett/2023/03/sanders-seeks-to-ban-bank-execs-from-regulating-their-own-institutions/ Fri, 24 Mar 2023 04:12:39 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=13033 U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders on Thursday introduced the Federal Reserve Independence Act to prevent bank executives from serving on regional Fed boards that are responsible for regulating their institutions. The bill—which would also bar the U.S. central bank’s board members and employees from owning any stock or investing in any company that is regulated by the Federal Reserve—comes as […]

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]]> ‘About damn time’: Jan. 6 panel unanimously votes to subpoena ex-president Donald Trump https://flux.community/jessica-corbett/2022/10/about-damn-time-jan-6-panel-unanimously-votes-to-subpoena-ex-president-donald-trump/ Fri, 14 Oct 2022 13:00:42 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=12585 The U.S. House panel probing the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol unanimously voted Thursday to subpoena former President Donald Trump “to provide evidence as part of the committee’s investigation.” The panel’s hearing—expected to be the last before next month’s midterm elections—largely focused on Trump’s role in the attack. In what critics now call his “Big Lie,” […]

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]]> UN experts say abolishing death penalty ‘is the only viable path’ https://flux.community/jessica-corbett/2022/10/un-experts-say-abolishing-death-penalty-is-the-only-viable-path/ Tue, 11 Oct 2022 13:00:51 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=12552 A pair of United Nations experts joined people across the globe on Monday in marking the 20th World Day Against the Death Penalty by calling for an end to capital punishment. “Abolition of the death penalty is the only viable path,” asserted Alice Edwards, the U.N. special rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment […]

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]]> At least 66 clinics in 15 states have ended abortion care post-Dobbs https://flux.community/jessica-corbett/2022/10/at-least-66-clinics-in-15-states-have-ended-abortion-care-post-dobbs/ Fri, 07 Oct 2022 18:00:50 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=12535 Since the U.S. Supreme Court gutted reproductive rights this summer, at least 66 clinics across 15 states have stopped offering abortion care, the Guttmacher Institute revealed Thursday. The analysis builds on research that the pro-choice institute conducted the month after June 24, when the high court’s Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization ruling reversed Roe v. Wade, leading to battles over […]

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]]> Scientist says some coral reefs can be saved ‘if we take immediate action’ https://flux.community/jessica-corbett/2022/10/scientist-says-some-coral-reefs-can-be-saved-if-we-take-immediate-action/ Thu, 06 Oct 2022 13:00:02 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=12523 Scientists who conducted new research into the future of coral reefs on Wednesday called for swift action to save the “diverse and valuable ecosystems.” Using computer models, researchers from Louisiana State University, Rice University, and the University of Colorado Boulder analyzed the “ominous threats” that ocean acidification and warming pose to coral reefs in the […]

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