Jon Queally, staff writer
Jon Queally is managing editor for Common Dreams. Follow him on Twitter: @jonqueally
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News Thursday, July 18, 2019 After House Passes $15 Minimum Wage Bill, Bernie Sanders Demands McConnell Let Senate Vote After the Democratic-controlled U.S. House of Representatives passed a " historic " piece of legislation Thursday that would raise the federal minimum wage from its current $7.25 up to $15, Sen. Bernie Sanders immediately called on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to allow that chamber to... Read more |
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News Tuesday, July 16, 2019 'Good,' Says Elizabeth Warren, After Billionaire Right-Winger Peter Thiel Says She's 2020 Democrat He Is 'Most Scared By' "Good." Sen. Elizabeth Warren had just one word to say on Tuesday after billionaire right-winger Peter Thiel said she was the "dangerous one" among all the current 2020 presidential candidates. Thiel, the uber wealthy co-founder of Paypal and a prominent supporter of President Donald Trump, told... Read more |
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News Tuesday, July 16, 2019 'A Hotter Future That's Hard to Imagine': Super-Charged by Climate Crisis, New Study Warns of 'Killer Heat' Set to Overtake US Without urgent international action to address runaway global heating, there will be almost no communities or regions in the contiguous United States unaffected as the number of lethally hot days each year—including those characterized as "off-the-charts" hot—doubles by mid-century and quadruples... Read more |
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News Friday, July 12, 2019 Powerful and Emotional Testimony From Escobar, Ocasio-Cortez, Tlaib, and Pressley on Family Separation and Child Imprisonment Four members of Congress retold in witness testimony to their fellow lawmakers Friday morning what they saw and experienced during a recent visit to a U.S. border detention facility in Texas, sparing no graphic or emotional detail. Reps. Veronica Escobar (D-Texas), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y... Read more |
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News Tuesday, July 09, 2019 'The Answer to a Question No One Is Asking': Billionaire Philanthropist Tom Steyer Announces 2020 Presidential Bid Despite repeated assurances he would not do so, billionaire philanthropist and activist Tom Steyer—who has previously pledged his vast fortune to such causes as defeating the Keystone XL pipeline and mounting a national campaign demanding the impeachment of President Donald Trump—officially... Read more |
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News Wednesday, July 03, 2019 After Data Shows Last Month Was Hottest June on Record, Sanders Says Maybe Now Is 'Time to Start Treating This Like a Crisis and Not a Hoax' In response to news on Tuesday that a European Union satellite agency declared last month the hottest June ever recorded, 2020 Democratic candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders said, " Maybe, just maybe, it's time to start treating this like a crisis and not a hoax ." With campaigners across the world... Read more |
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News Monday, July 01, 2019 Insurance Giant Ditching Coal Industry Called 'Major Step Forward'—Especially If Others Follow Campaigners who have sought to pressure the global industry insurance into ending their support for the world's dirtiest energy sources—including coal and tar sands—are cautiously celebrating victory Monday after insurance giant Chubb, specifically citing the climate crisis, announced it will stop... Read more |
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News Thursday, June 27, 2019 'Hell No': Ocasio-Cortez Denounces Pelosi-Approved Vote on McConnell's Border Bill Without New Protections for Children Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was among the progressive Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday who immediately pushed back after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced a decision to vote on a border funding package approved by the Senate—controlled by Republican Majority... Read more |
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News Wednesday, June 26, 2019 'This Is the Horrendous Truth': Images of Father and Daughter Who Drowned Seeking Refuge in US Spark Sorrow and Outrage Warning: This article includes graphic images that may be very difficult for some. A horrifying and heartbreaking series of photographs of a father and his young daughter from El Salvador who drowned while attempting to seek asylum in the United States—similar to an image of a young Syrian boy, a... Read more |
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News Tuesday, June 25, 2019 Amid Demand for Climate Focus, Burning Everglades Offer Fiery Backdrop to First Democratic Primary Debate Offering an ominous backdrop to the first debates of the Democratic Party primary scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday in Miami, a wildfire is currently ripping through the Florida everglades—a fiery reminder that the climate crisis is on the minds of many progressive-minded voters even as the... Read more |