Rainstorms uproot Gaza tents, leave children 'freezing and hungry'

December 31, 2024

Ahmed Aziz

Rainstorms uprooted and flooded scores of displacement tents in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, worsening the already deteriorating living conditions for many Palestinians as a suffocating Israeli siege continues to bar the entry of makeshift shelters. 

A displaced Palestinian girl looks at a tent camp following heavy rains amid the Israeli war on Gaza in Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, on 31 December 2024 (Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto via Reuters)

Homelessness in U.S. has doubled under Biden

December 31,2024

Patrick Martin

The number of homeless people living in shelters or on the streets topped 770,000 this year, according to the annual report by the Department of Housing and Urban Development released Friday, a rise of 18 percent over 2023. That is more homeless people than the population of Seattle, Detroit, Boston or Atlanta. Homeless Americans outnumber the inhabitants of Washington DC, the capital city of the richest country in the world.

Ralph Nader Statement on Jimmy Carter’s Legacy

December 30,2024

Ralph Nader

Jimmy Carter was the last president to actively open the government for engagement by citizen groups. Right after his November 1976 election, he agreed to address a huge hotel ballroom in D.C. full of local and national citizen advocates. It was a great success never again repeated by succeeding president-elects. Mr. Carter then chose civic leaders and other solid progressives to head regulatory agencies such as NHTSA, EPA, OSHA, FTC, and for other high positions in government. Starting in 1981, Ronald Reagan undermined many Carter Administration health and safety initiatives.

 

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