Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Jessica Corbett is a staff writer for Common Dreams. Follow her on Twitter: @corbett_jessica.
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News Tuesday, April 03, 2018 After Trump Sides With Sinclair, Local Newsroom Staff Speak Out Against Right-Wing Broadcaster Some local broadcast news staff at stations owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group are speaking out against the company and President Donald Trump after he defended the right-wing broadcaster, which has come under fire following a viral video that showed how anchors across the country were forced to... Read more |
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News Monday, April 02, 2018 Texas Seeks Sessions' Approval to "Speed Up the Death Penalty Treadmill" Texas is seeking permission from Trump administration Attorney General Jeff Sessions to opt-in to a federal law that would fast-track executions, a move that critics warn could lead to the state killing more people—including those who are wrongfully convicted and those deemed too handicapped to be... Read more |
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News Monday, April 02, 2018 Showing Paris Not Enough, Studies Find 2°C Target Won't Stop 'Destructive and Deadly' Impacts of Global Warming A series of scientific studies published in a British journal on Monday echoes warnings from long-time critics of the Paris Agreement that meeting the accord's main goals will not be enough to prevent " destructive and deadly " impacts of the worldwide climate crisis. The May issue of Philosophical... Read more |
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News Friday, March 30, 2018 Calls for Pruitt to Resign After Reports of 'Sweetheart' Rental From Energy Lobbyist's Wife As key figures of the Trump administration face mounting concerns about conflicts of interest, a growing number of critics are calling for the resignation of Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt after ABC News revealed that last year he rented a D.C. condo owned by the wife of... Read more |
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News Friday, March 30, 2018 Without Urgent Action, Warn Wildlife Experts, One-Third of US Species at Risk of Extinction On the heels of a U.N.-funded study that warned about the massive consequences of a worldwide decline in biodiversity, U.S. conservation groups are raising alarms about new estimates that as many as one-third of American species are vulnerable to extinction. "This loss of wildlife has been sneaking... Read more |
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News Friday, March 30, 2018 As 'March of Great Return' Begins, Israeli Forces Gun Down Palestinian Protesters Along Gaza Border Update: Today's death toll has risen to 15 with many hundreds more wounded. Earlier: With worries that numbers will continue to rise, Israeli snipers killed at least nine Palestinians and injured hundreds more as an estimated 20,000 gathered along the Gaza-Israel border for the launch of the six-... Read more |
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News Thursday, March 29, 2018 Saudi Crown Prince—'Socially Acceptable War Criminal'—Enjoys US Tour Hosted by America's Elite After meeting with President Donald Trump last week to reaffirm U.S. military support for Saudi Arabia's brutal assault on Yemen, crown prince and accused war criminal Mohammed bin Salman, or MbS, is continuing his " whitewash tour " across the country with " a who's who of America's rich and... Read more |
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News Thursday, March 29, 2018 ACLU to Cities: Defend Online Privacy, Net Neutrality With Publicly Owned Municipal Broadband In response to Republicans' recent attacks on net neutrality and digital privacy protections at the behest of giant telecommunications companies, the ACLU is calling on local government leaders to establish municipal broadband systems. "States, cities, towns, and counties should take matters into... Read more |
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News Thursday, March 29, 2018 Top DOJ Civil Rights Lawyer Resigns So She Can Battle DOJ's Attack on Civil Rights A top civil rights attorney who has spent her entire law career at the Department of Justice is leaving to work for the nation's largest LGBTQ litigation group, Lambda Legal, in a move that will likely mean fighting against Attorney General Jeff Sessions' efforts to fortify the Trump administration... Read more |
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News Wednesday, March 28, 2018 Maryland on Verge of Becoming 11th State to Win Automatic Voter Registration The Maryland legislature on Wednesday sent a bill to Republican Gov. Larry Hogan's desk in hopes of becoming the 11th state to automatically register all eligible citizens to vote when they interact with state agencies. "Creating an automatic registration program that links voting to everyday... Read more |