Eoin Higgins, staff writer
Eoin Higgins is senior editor and staff writer for Common Dreams. Follow him on Twitter: @EoinHiggins_
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News Wednesday, June 26, 2019 'It is a Stain on Our Country': Warren Joins Protest Outside Child Detention Facility in Florida Sen. Elizabeth Warren, one of the frontrunners for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, joined a protest in front of a migrant detention center Wednesday morning—hours before she was expected to join nine other members of her party for the first primary debate. "There are a lot of different... Read more |
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News Tuesday, June 25, 2019 'This Is What Solidarity Looks Like,' Says Ocasio-Cortez, as Wayfair Workers Vow Walkout to Protest Company for Working With Child Detention Centers Employees of home goods online superstore Wayfair plan to walk out of work Wednesday afternoon in a rebuke to the company's cooperation with President Donald Trump's anti-migrant policies. "This is what solidarity looks like—a reminder that everyday people have real power, as long as we're brave... Read more |
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News Tuesday, June 25, 2019 Warren Tops MoveOn Straw Poll for First Time With Double-Digit Lead Over Both Sanders and Biden Results from a straw poll by progressive group MoveOn of its members released Tuesday show Sen. Elizabeth Warren trouncing the rest of the Democratic field in the presidential primary, 21 points ahead of her closest rival, Sen. Bernie Sanders. Warren, of Massachusetts, claims 37.8 percent of the... Read more |
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News Tuesday, June 25, 2019 Critics Not Buying Trump's "She's Not My Type" Dismissal of Latest Sexual Assault Accuser "She's not my type." That was President Donald Trump's dismissive response to just the latest accusation against him alleging a past sexual assault, this time from Elle advice columnist E. Jean Carroll. In a New York Magazine article published on June 21, Carroll described a terrifying encounter... Read more |
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News Monday, June 24, 2019 In Far-Reaching Plan, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee Proposes Radical Changes to Fossil Fuel Industry Washington Gov. Jay Inslee isn't one of the top contenders for his party's nomination for president in 2020, but his campaign, which focuses on climate change, is pushing to end U.S. fossil fuel dependence by hitting climate crisis-exacerbating companies where it hurts: the wallet. In Inslee's "... Read more |
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News Friday, June 21, 2019 After Oregon Republicans Scurry Off to Avoid Voting on Climate Bill, Governor Sends State Police to Bring Them Back The prospect of mitigating the climate crisis sent Oregon state Senate Republicans scurrying into hiding Thursday, fleeing a vote that would place strong restrictions on emissions in the state. On Friday, Governor Kate Brown ordered the Oregon State Police to locate the 11 senators and bring them... Read more |
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News Friday, June 21, 2019 Migrant Children Imprisoned in Texas Detail Border Patrol's "Level of Inhumanity" As the White House eyes next week for major raids on migrant families in the U.S., a picture of conditions in Texas Border Patrol stations emerged Thursday in a report from The Associated Press that described a dire situation for child prisoners facing inadequate care. "The United States is... Read more |
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News Thursday, June 20, 2019 Trump Prepares to Open New 'Captured Children' Facility in Texas as Hundreds of Rights Groups Call for Decriminalizing Migration A facility to house over 1,000 undocumented children is set to open Monday in Carrizo Springs, Texas—just days after almost 250 groups called on Congress to decriminalize migration and chart a new course for the country's border policies. The Carrizo Springs concentration camp, which was initially... Read more |
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News Thursday, June 20, 2019 Pentagon Releases, Then Deletes, Document Detailing Use of Nuclear Weapons to Restore 'Strategic Stability' for US Military The U.S. military appears to believe it can somehow prevail in a nuclear war, according to a Pentagon document that was briefly made public, and has plans for using atomic weapons in "small and limited" capacities in order to create "strategic stability" for itself in the world. The document,... Read more |
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News Wednesday, June 19, 2019 'Once-in-a-Generation Candidate' for Queens DA Tiffany Cabán Counts Sanders, Warren, AOC as Supporters Once an unknown, today Tiffany Cabán has friends in high places. "Tiffany Cabán is a once-in-a-generation candidate who represents a full break from the politics of mass criminalization and mass incarceration plaguing our communities since the passage of the 1994 Crime Bill." —Jennifer Epps-Addison... Read more |