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All News Articles for 2016-09-08

Thursday, September 8, 2016
	Fall of the Wild: Study Documents 'Catastrophic Decline' in World's Untouched Places With 10 percent lost in just 20 years, researchers say wilderness is being lost at a 'staggering' pace Read more
	Open Letter to NBC Moderator Calls for Candidates to Debate 'Democracy Itself' Issues such as voting rights, campaign finance, and freedom of the press impact, "a t the most fundamental level, who has power in this country and who doesn't" Read more
	FCC Poised to Break Up Big Cable's Chokehold on Set-Top Boxes 'These rules will open the door for innovation, spurring new apps and devices, giving consumers even more choice and user control' Read more
	'If We Don't Lead This Fight, Who Will?' Tribal Leaders Demand Army Corps Stop Pipeline Indigenous people and supporters hand-deliver letters of protest to Army Corps of Engineers in Nebraska Read more
	Elizabeth Warren: Apple's Tax-Shirking Schemes Show Congress Must Reform US Code E.U.'s fine "was the latest sign that multinational corporations are running out of places to hide from paying taxes," Warren wrote Read more
	Dozens of Aid Groups Say UN Relief Effort Being 'Manipulated' by Syrian Government Seventy-three NGOs are withdrawing from the UN's information-sharing program and are calling for investigation into 'UN performance in Damascus' Read more
	Warren and Sanders Lead Probe Into 'Dangerous, Irresponsible' Aetna Ploy "You must now answer to both your shareholders and to the thousands of Americans who trusted Aetna with their health coverage," US senators write Read more
	Making Case for Clean Air, World Bank Says Pollution Cost Global Economy $5 Trillion Impact is most severe in developing nations where '93 percent of deaths and nonfatal illnesses attributed to air pollution worldwide occurred' in 2013 Read more
	With Civilian Deaths Rising, Efforts to Block US-Saudi Arms Sale Gain Steam With clock ticking in Congress, US senators prepare push against $1.15 billion arms deal Read more
	Hong Kong Refugees Helped Protect Edward Snowden After NSA Leak "Imagine the world's most wanted dissident brought to your door. Would you open it? They didn't even hesitate and I’ll always be grateful for that" Read more
	'What is Aleppo?' Wonders Gary Johnson in TV Interview Stumble Libertarian presidential candidate later said he needs to get "smarter" on certain issues Read more
	With Arrest Warrants Issued, Jill Stein Says Campaign 'Proud' of Pipeline Protest "Of course I approve the action of ordinary people standing up to the destruction of our climate and sacred sites," says Green Party presidential candidate Read more
	'Commander-in-Chief' Forum Panned as Colossal Failure of Journalism NBC hosted a presidential spectacle aboard a retired aircraft carrier on Wednesday night. It did not go well. Read more