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WBUR TODAY: Mass. pols push for vote after Iran attack

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  ❤️  Donat e Monday, March 2, 2026 ☀️   Sunny but cold, with a high near 27. Good Morning Boston, It's the first Monday of March. A quick PSA for MBTA riders that Orange Line service south of Back Bay will continue to be  replaced by shuttle buses through this Sunday  due to signal work. Meanwhile, the Red Line's Braintree branch will also  slow down and run at reduced levels after 8 p.m.  for the next two weeks (also for signal work). Now, let's get to the news: Members of Massachusetts' congressional delegation  are pushing for a vote this week to limit the president's war powers, after the Trump administration launched surprise attacks on Iran early Saturday. Catch up: The airstrikes — which were  launched without approval  from Congress —  killed  Iran's longtime supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and more than 500 others in the country, according to a local humanitarian group.  As of this morning  , th...

CC Newsletter 15 Sept - Life Expectancy: The US and Cuba in the Time of Covid

  Dear Friend, The article by Don Fitz  documents that, for the first time, life expectancy in Cuba exceeds that in the US by almost three years. It explores intertwined reasons behind this occurrence, including responses to Covid, health care systems, racism, poverty, misinformation campaigns, the embargo, international solidarity efforts, and resilience to climate change. If you think the contents of this newsletter are critical for the dignified living and survival of humanity and other species on earth, please forward it to your friends and spread the word. It's time for humanity to come together as one family! You can subscribe to our newsletter here http://www.countercurrents.org/news-letter/. In Solidarity Binu Mathew Editor Countercurrents.org Life Expectancy: The US and Cuba in the Time of Covid by Don Fitz https://countercurrents.org/2022/09/life-expectancy-the-us-and-cuba-in-the-time-of-covid/?swcfpc=1 The article documents that, for the first time, life expectancy ...