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'Love Letter to Capitalism and War': Progressive Scorn Follows New York Times Endorsement The newspaper's endorsement of both Warren and Klobuchar, said one critic, reveals "so much about the liberal reaction to a resurgent left, a reaction that holds Trump as an aberration and polite, well-mannered centrism as the greatest virtue." Read more |
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'Global Precedent' Set as UN Rules Climate Refugees Cannot Be Sent Back to Life-Threatening Conditions Advocates praised the ruling as an "excellent step forward in refugee rights." Read more |
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Countering Annual Whitewash of His Legacy, Progressives Remember the 'Anti-Capitalist, Anti-Imperialist' Martin Luther King Jr. King "saw racial injustice, economic injustice, and war as three of the world's great evils." Read more |
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Blaming 'Flawed and Sexist' Capitalist System, Oxfam Report Finds 2,153 Billionaires Wealthier Than 4.6 Billion of World's Poorest "Our broken economies are lining the pockets of billionaires and big business at the expense of ordinary men and women. No wonder people are starting to question whether billionaires should even exist." Read more |
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Bernie Sanders Has Been Getting It Right for 40 Years. Now, Says His Movement: 'We Are Going to Win' "We've never ever in our lifetimes had a true champion of social, economic, and climate justice this close to the White House." Read more |
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Because 'I Can Feel Bernie Beating Trump,' Pramila Jayapal Endorses Sanders for President The co-chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus "has led the fight against Trump's racism, sexism and xenophobia," Sanders said responding to the news. "Together, we will defeat Trump and build a working class movement and transform this country so it works for all." Read more |
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A 2020 Reminder: 55% of US Women Between 18 and 54 Would Rather Live Under Socialism Than Capitalism Not raving Marxists clamoring for state-run economy, evidence shows four in 10 Americans overall would rather live in country that provides "universal health care, tuition-free education, and a decent day's wage for a decent day's work." Read more |
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'Naked, Unapologetic and Insidious' Corruption: Democrats Respond to Trump's Official Statement on Impeachment Charges "Though the President describes this conduct as perfect," said the House Managers assigned to prosecute the Senate trial, "the Founders had a different word for it: impeachable." Read more |
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'The Facts Are Very Clear': Sanders Team Hits Back After Biden Claims Social Security Video Was 'Doctored' "Biden not only pushed to cut Social Security—he is on tape proudly bragging about it on multiple occasions," said Sanders campaign manager Faiz Shakir in response to accusations by the former vice president. Read more |
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'This Is Why No One Trusts the Media': MSNBC Slammed for Featuring 'Body Language Expert' Who Calls Sanders a Liar While the Sanders campaign demanded an apology from the network, critics of Joy Ann Reid's morning show said the segment was "fraudulent garbage" and a "disgrace." Read more |
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'The Government Can't Airbrush History': National Archives Denounced for Blurring Out Anti-Trump Signs in Women's March Photos "It is the job of the National Archives to document history, not alter it to serve the president's ego." Read more |
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'Our Planet Is Seriously Burning and the Adults Keep Letting Us Down': Ninth Circuit Throws Out Youth Climate Case "Seeking to quash this suit, the government bluntly insists that it has the absolute and unreviewable power to destroy the Nation," wrote Judge Josephine Staton in a scathing dissent opinion. "My colleagues throw up their hands, concluding that this case presents nothing fit for the Judiciary." Read more |
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'Pete Takes Money From Fossil Fuel Billionaires': Climate Activists Disrupt Buttigieg Rally in New Hampshire "We are really concerned about candidates who have taken money from fossil-fuel executives. So that includes Joe Biden as well as Pete Buttigieg." Read more |
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"Let's Be Clear About Who Is Rigging What": Bernie Sanders Denounces Trump Effort to Divide Democrats 2020 candidate says only reason for impeachment trial is president's effort to "use the power of the federal government for his own political benefit." Read more |
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Biden Accidentally Makes Case for Medicare for All by Admitting Employers Can Take Away Your Insurance—Even If You Like It "No you don't have the choice, but you had the choice to — that's why — I'm not saying, I said, if you like your plan, you can keep it, assuming — I should add the obvious — if your employer doesn't take it away from you. OK?" Read more |
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For Abuse of Office and Covering for Trump, Watchdog Group Files Formal DOJ Complaint Against AG William Barr "The attorney general has acted in biased ways and violated Justice Department norms, standards, and rules to protect President Trump at the expense of fulfilling his responsibilities to provide fair and impartial administration of justice." Read more |
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IMF Head Gives 'Stark Message' of Looming Inequality-Fueled Global Financial Disaster Further fueling the potential threat are "climate-related shocks." Read more |
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Trump's Racist Demagoguery Only Works, Says Sanders, Because Too Many Americans Feel Establishment Has 'Failed Them' "Bernie Sanders teaches Demagoguery and Fascism 101 to a very skeptical New York Times editorial board." Read more |
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Millions Expected to Join Global Women's March to 'Act as a Catalyst for Political and Social Change' "Together, we will inspire change and launch women and their allies into a new decade of activism." Read more |
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'Let Her In': Outrage Swirls After Six-Year-Old Girl With Downs Syndrome and Heart Condition Turned Away at US Border "Every child has a right to safety, protection, and future." Read more |
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Canada's Top Court Rejects BC Bid to Halt Trans Mountain Tar Sands Project "We are at a pivotal moment in human history, and we can do better than banking on a future that continues to rely on fossil fuels." Read more |
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'Cruel to Its Core': 15 State Attorneys General Sue Trump Over Effort to Strip Food Assistance From Nation's Poor The new rules threaten to strip SNAP benefits away from nearly 700,000 Americans. Read more |
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'Are You F*cking Kidding Me:?' Monica Lewinsky Reacts to Ken Starr Joining Trump's Impeachment Defense Team "That's the message Trump wants to send for his impeachment?" asked another critic after president announced legal team for Senate trial. Read more |
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Joining Thousands of Swiss Climate Strikers Before Davos, Greta Thunberg Tells World Leaders: 'You Haven't Seen Anything Yet' "We sure have done this for a long time. But we need to make clear that this is just the beginning," she told a crowd of thousands in Lausanne. Read more |
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Amid Raft of State-Level Endorsements, Sanders Leads Democrats in New National Poll "It's just one poll, but it looks like Bernie is unhurt and Warren unhelped by the brouhaha." Read more |
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With Bernhardt Running Trump's Interior Dept., Former Corporate Clients Lavishing Tens of Millions in New Lobby Spending "The corruption is absolutely shameless." Read more |
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'I Made a Lot of Bankers Look Very Good,' Brags Trump as Wall Street Titans Enjoy $32 Billion Tax Bonanza "It looks like Trump just let the six largest banks 'get away with murder' something he promised he wouldn't do as president," said a senior advisor to Bernie Sanders in response. Read more |
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It's 2020 and Florida's Supreme Court Just Ruled in Favor of a Poll Tax "Florida cannot violate the U.S. Constitution's protections. The right to vote cannot be contingent on the ability to pay." Read more |
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'Scale of This Failure Has No Precedent': Scientists Say Hot Ocean 'Blob' Killed One Million Seabirds The lead author called the mass die-off "a red-flag warning about the tremendous impact sustained ocean warming can have on the marine ecosystem." Read more |
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Right-Wing 'Review Boards' in Missouri Would Pave Way for Arresting Librarians Over Books Deemed 'Inappropriate' "Every reader and writer in the country should be horrified, absolutely horrified, at this bill." Read more |
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Schumer Praised for Joining Sanders in Voting Against Trump Trade Deal That Ignores Climate Crisis After the Senate passed USMCA, one activist said that "there is no excuse for any Democrat to vote for a trade deal that compromises our climate." Read more |
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Harvard Law School Students Disrupt Recruitment Event, Calling on Major Law Firm to #DropExxon "This is a do-or-die moment in human history." Read more |
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Free Press Advocates Decry 'Unprecedented' and 'Unjustified' Restrictions on Reporter Access to Trump Impeachment Trial "Americans expect and deserve a fully transparent impeachment trial... For the Senate to produce anything less would be a show of GOP contempt for the American people." Read more |
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Senate Urged to Convict Trump After GAO Says White House Broke Law by Freezing Ukraine Aid The federal watchdog's decision "should be a call to action for every senator to put country over party and vote to remove Trump from office." Read more |
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In Explosive Interviews, Giuliani Sidekick Lev Parnas Says Trump 'Lied' and 'Knew Exactly What Was Going On' "It was all about Joe Biden, Hunter Biden. It was never about corruption." Read more |
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Progressive Groups Urge Sanders-Warren Unity to Defeat Corporate Democrats in Primary—and Then Donald Trump "When progressives fight each other, the establishment wins." Read more |
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Standing With Labor, Farmers, and Climate Groups on Trump Trade Deal, Sanders Vows to Vote Against NAFTA 2.0 "In my view, we need to rewrite this trade agreement to stop the outsourcing of American jobs, to combat climate change, to protect the environment, and stop the destructive race to the bottom." Read more |
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'A Truly Historic Moment': 50 Years After Congress Passed ERA, Amendment Meets Constitutional Threshold With Virginia's Approval The amendment is likely to be tied up in court battles following a Justice Department statement that the deadline for ratification has passed. Read more |
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Citing Threat From Armed Groups, Virginia Gov. Declares Emergency and Bans Guns at State Capitol "This isn't about the Second Amendment," said activist Molly Conger, "this is about threats of terrorism." Read more |
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Cheers as Federal Judge Blocks Trump Order Allowing Localities to Refuse New Refugees "This is an important first step, but this fight is far from over." Read more |
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Study Shows Being Rich Buys 9 Extra Years of 'Healthy' Living in US and UK "In both countries, efforts in reducing health inequalities should target people from disadvantaged socioeconomic groups." Read more |
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'Unquestionably Alarming Signs': New Data Confirms Earth Just Had Hottest Decade on Record 2019 was also the second warmest year on record, and the past five years were the five warmest on record. Read more |
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Ilhan Omar Warns Progressives Escalating Warren-Sanders Disagreement Only Fuels Trump's Attacks on Both Candidates "Let's stay focused on the task ahead: defeating Donald Trump in November and fighting for the America we deserve." Read more |
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Analysis of 30 Years of Single-Payer Research Shows Medicare for All Would Absolutely Save US Money "Across the political spectrum, there is near consensus among these economists that a single-payer system would save money." Read more |
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Hospital CEO Admits For-Profit Healthcare Industry Is 'Number One Cause of Personal Bankruptcy" "We need a revolution. Literally, it's a life or death matter." Read more |
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'Huge': House to Consider Lee- and Khanna-Backed Measures to Stop Trump's March to War With Iran The Congressional Progressive Caucus said the two bills are "our best chance to avoid future conflict." Read more |
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Calling Bernie Sanders a 'Champion' for Immigrant Families, Make the Road Action Endorses Vermont Senator for President "Bernie Sanders is the champion our community needs and is helping to lead the movement that will help us defeat Trump in 2020." Read more |
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Top Megadonors and Corporations Have Poured Almost $2 Billion Into Politics Since Citizens United And thanks to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling in 2010, it is not possible to know precisely how much money corporations have channeled into dark money groups that influence elections. Read more |
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'CNN Is Truly a Terrible Influence on This Country': Democratic Debate Moderators Pilloried for Centrist Talking Points and Anti-Sanders Bias "This is an unusually vile performance by CNN ," tweeted Rolling Stone contributing editor Matt Taibbi. Read more |
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Climate Groups Thank Sanders for Being Only Candidate at Debate to Stand Against Trump-Led Trade Deal "We can do much better than a Trump-led trade deal that does not even have the phrase 'climate change' in it." Read more |
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Did Giuliani Goons Plot Against US Ambassador? 'Incredibly Disturbing' House Impeachment Docs Raise Serious New Questions "The new documents from Lev Parnas are chilling, and damning," said Rep. Ted Lieu. "Is Donald Trump a thug? I don't know. But Trump certainly used thugs to help him abuse the power of his office." Read more |
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CNN Moderators, Alarmed by Cost of Medicare for All, Ignore Price Tag of Endless War "None of the candidates who said they support keeping troops in Iraq were asked how they were going to pay for it." Read more |
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'Awesome, Brilliant, Necessary': Seattle Bans Foreign-Influenced Corporations From Spending in Local Elections "This landmark campaign finance legislation bans corporations like Amazon and Bank of America from infiltrating the city’s electoral process." Read more |
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Like Adding 'Five to Six Hiroshima Bombs of Heat Each Second,' Study Shows Oceans Warming at Record Rate "If you want to understand global warming, you have to measure ocean warming." Read more |
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Despite Community Protest, Militarized Police Remove Housing Rights Activists From Oakland Home in Pre-Dawn Raid "This isn't over, and it won't be over until everyone in the Oakland community has a safe and dignified place to live." Read more |
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'The Progressive Movement Has to Fight Back': New Ad Campaign Targets Biden and Buttigieg in Iowa and South Carolina "Americans need to know about Biden's and Buttigieg's records and their relationships with corporate executives and donors." Read more |
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'Champion for Educators and Working Class': Largest Teachers Union in Nevada Endorses Bernie Sanders "I thank the Clark County Education Association for their support," Sanders said in response, "and look forward to their partnership in transforming our country and defeating the most dangerous president in modern history." Read more |
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After Days of Claiming Soleimani Posed "Imminent" Threat to US, Trump Finally Declares "It Doesn't Really Matter" "If this is the case, then nothing matters." Read more |
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'A Massive Victory': BlackRock CEO Promises to Center Climate Change in Investment Strategy The firm, which manages nearly $7 trillion in assets, claims it will ensure sustainability is a key factor in investment strategies moving forward. Read more |
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'Unconscionable': As Puerto Rico Suffers Earthquake Aftermath, AOC, Sanders, and Velazquez Demand Trump End Illegal Hold on Relief Funds "Postponing the disbursement of this vital assistance any longer—in the face of the humanitarian needs of Puerto Rico—is simply shameful," the lawmakers said in a joint letter. Read more |
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Surging Ten Points, Sanders Takes Lead Over Biden, Warren in California Tracking Poll Since Sen. Kamala Harris dropped out last month, "Sanders appears to have gained almost all of [her] former supporters in California." Read more |
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Warren Says 'No Interest' in Discussing It Further After Dropping Bombshell Accusation of Sexism on Sanders "I would concede that I could've misinterpreted it and would call my 'good friend' for clarity before asserting something that clearly goes nuclear on his campaign," said one observer. "Unless that is, my intention was to go nuclear on his campaign. In which case, I'd do what Warren did." Read more |
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'A Recipe for Disaster': Consumer Safety Groups Sue USDA Over Trump's Effort to Privatize Inspections for Pork Industry "We're suing the crap out of USDA for... feeding us crap." Read more |
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US Government Lists Non-Violent 'Valve Turner' Climate Activists as Threat on Par With Murderous Neo-Nazis "Apparently DHS hasn't gotten the memo that pipeline protesters are working non-violently to ensure that the children and grandchildren of DHS employees—and everyone else—have a habitable climate to live in." Read more |
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'Ludicrous': Sanders Refutes Claims Made in Anonymously Sourced Hit Piece by CNN About Warren Meeting "This story—based on the accounts of four anonymous sources—is the most outrageous hit piece I've ever seen," said one critic of the news outlet's decision to publish the reporting. Read more |
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Citing Dark Money Fears, Coalition Raises Alarm Over 'Zombie' FEC During Pivotal 2020 Elections "It is beyond belief that in this presidential year of enormous consequence, the nation's campaign finance enforcement agency is defunct." Read more |
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'Saving Life on Earth' for Just $100 Billion: New Roadmap Shows How US Can Address Global Extinction Crisis The plan calls for the president to declare the global extinction crisis a national emergency and establish 500 new national parks, wildlife refuges, and marine sanctuaries. Read more |
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Progressives Applaud Sanders for Willingness to Release List of Possible Judicial Nominees Before Election "As the field narrows, all presidential candidates should prioritize the courts if they want to show voters they have a real plan to protect any of their other ideas from a hijacked judiciary." Read more |
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Citing Betrayal of Oath, Watchdog Group Files Formal Ethics Complaint Against McConnell Over Trump Impeachment "The public declarations by Senator McConnell that his role in the impeachment process is to coordinate with the White House and thereby make a mockery of the trial directly contradict his oath of impartiality." Read more |
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Defying Threat of Termination, 1,200 Florida Teachers Rally to Save Public Education "Florida teachers are rallying for fair pay and better funding for schools, and they won't be intimidated or undermined." Read more |
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Why Big Oil Companies—Not Well-Meaning Dildo Makers—Should Be Paying for Australia Fires and Climate Chaos Journalist Emily Atkin explains why a sex toy company's "silly" fundraising effort makes a serious point about who should be paying for destruction largely caused by the fossil fuel industry. Read more |
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Seems Increasingly Likely Trump Just Made Up the 'Imminent Threat' Posed by Soleimani New reporting reveals the president conditionally approved the Iranian general's assassination seven months ago. Read more |
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#JoeVotedForTheWar Trends After Sanders Camp Fires Back at Biden's Denials of Support for Iraq Invasion "It is appalling that after 18 years Joe Biden still refuses to admit he was dead wrong on the Iraq War." Read more |
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Ocasio-Cortez's Revolt Against DCCC 'Exactly What We Need' Say Progressive Democrats Congresswoman from New York withholds dues from the party machine and launches a new PAC to help insurgent left-wing candidates. Read more |
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Defense Secretary Sparks Doubts About Alleged Threat to Embassies as Poll Shows Americans Disapprove of Trump's Handling of Iran Mark Esper says he "didn't see" evidence supporting President Donald Trump's claim that Iran was planning to attack four U.S. embassies. Read more |
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As 2020 Race Heats Up Ahead of Primaries and Caucuses, Sanders Surrogate Argues Biden 'Has Repeatedly Betrayed Black Voters' The op-ed from co-chair Nina Turner comes as the Biden and Sanders campaigns are clashing over the former vice president's Iraq War vote. Read more |
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Human Rights Advocates Rally at White House to Demand US 'Close Guantánamo and End Torture' "18 years of injustice. 18 years of impunity. 18 years too long." Read more |
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'Utterly Shameful': Progressives Slam Texas GOP Gov. Greg Abbott's Decision to Refuse New Refugees The move, which critics called "deeply disappointing" but "not surprising," was enabled by an executive order from the president. Read more |
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Common Dreams Mourns Passing of Longtime Contributor and Climate Activist John Atcheson "We can leave a legacy of a world in which hope flourishes and dreams prosper, or we can leave a legacy in which hopes are diminished and most dreams are nightmares," Atcheson once wrote. "Those are now our choices. Our only choices." Read more |
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Iran Says Military Shot Down Ukraine Airliner in 'Disastrous Mistake' Amid Heightened Tensions With US The admission, which confirmed conclusions from intelligence agencies, came as people worldwide continued to call for de-escalating the crisis. Read more |
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House Democrats Send Loud 'No War With Iran' Message to Trump With Passage of War Powers Resolution "Congress has been silent for too long," said Rep. Mark Pocan. "It's time we reclaim our Constitutional authority over military action from presidents intent on fight forever wars." Read more |
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Green Groups Denounce Trump Rule Change That Takes 'Chainsaw to a Bedrock Environmental Law' "These changes mean polluting corporations will have an easier time doing whatever they want, wherever they want, with even less consideration for climate change." Read more |