Palestine

US Senator Sherrod Brown has survived a decade of statewide Democratic losses in Ohio by building a reputation as the rare person in his party who can still connect with the white working-class voters who have increasingly shifted to Republicans. But as he heads into what could be a tough…

East Palestine Mayor Trent Conaway clashed with some of the town's residents at a public meeting on Thursday, during which he admitted he "tried to keep my cool here" but in the end had "lost it." On February 3, a Norfolk Southern train, which had been carrying hazardous materials, derailed…

RIYADH: Emerging brands have made their presence felt alongside established names at a Men’s Fabrics and Accessories Expo featuring more than 700 exhibitors at the Riyadh International Convention and Exhibition Center. Haiba, a company that focuses on regional and national markets for men’s fragrances and footwear, showcased a range of…

Hyperpartisanship involves strong but popular-seeming political sentiments directed at unsolvable problems, as if they were solvable, resulting in non-sensical proposals and accusations of "false equivalencies" toward those who call spades. When one calls what others believe to be the only problem an unsolvable one, scorn is inevitable. Nevertheless, the bulk…

East Palestine residents on Thursday continuously interrupted a sole Norfolk Southern official at a town hall event as concerns remain over last month’s train derailment that spilled toxic chemicals in the eastern Ohio town. “We are sorry. We’re very sorry for what happened. We feel horrible about it,” Norfolk Southern…

Keeping a watch on Norfolk Southern cleaning up the toxic chemical spill from its train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, was only the start. The government is now looking at ways to prevent an incident like that altogether. 3 considerations before your company takes a stance Transport secretary Pete Buttigieg…

One month after a freight train derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, sending tons of toxic chemicals into the air and prompting a temporary evacuation of the town, the fallout from the accident continues, both on the ground where local residents complain of lingering effects, and in Washington, where the Biden…

Why is it so difficult to advocate for Palestine in Canada? What have we learned from the movement’s failures and successes? Moreover, where do we go from here?  Palestine solidarity activists grapple with these questions through a wide-ranging exploration of the movement’s various actors, approaches and fields of engagement, along…

The decision to release and burn five tanker cars of vinyl chloride and other chemicals at the site of a 38-car derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, just over three weeks ago unleashed a gigantic cloud full of particulates that enveloped surrounding neighborhoods and farms in Ohio and Pennsylvania. It is…

Proposed safety measures in response to the East Palestine train derailment are part of a $12.6 billion state transportation budget passed Wednesday by the Ohio House with bipartisan support. The budget proposal would fund pavement, bridges and other highway projects over two years and includes $1 billion targeted for improvements…