All News Articles for 2017-11-08

Wednesday, November 8, 2017
Vacancies, Low Morale at Trump's State Department Has Left Agency 'Near Collapse'
"There is simply no denying the warning signs that point to mounting threats to our institution."
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Civilians walk through the destroyed city of Sadah, Yemen, on June 15, 2015.  (Photo: Sebastiano Tomada/Getty Images) 'Nightmare Scenario,' Declare Aid Groups, as Saudis Put Yemen Under Total Blockade
"If access shuts off entirely, even for a single week, then disaster will be the result."
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Three Richest Americans Now Own More Wealth Than Bottom Half of US Combined: Report
"The elite ranks of our billionaire class continue to pull apart from the rest of us," a new Institute for Policy study analysis finds
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tiger 'Amazing News': Rights Groups Celebrate After Italy Bans Use of Circus Animals
Advocates for animal welfare praised the Italian parliament while calling on other nations, including the United States, to follow suit
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"From the civilians harmed and displaced by violence, to the soldiers killed and wounded, to the children who play years later on roads and fields sown with improvised explosive devices and cluster bombs, no set of numbers can convey the human toll of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan..." Nation That Says It Can't Afford Medicare for All Has Spent $5.6 Trillion on War Since 9/11
Because, as new study notes, wars force the question: "What we might have done differently with the money spent?"
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Pacific Islanders Demand End of Fossil Fuels to Create 'Better, More Just World'
Coalition from low-lying region, endangered by rising seas and intensifying storms, calls for bold climate action
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CBO: Republican Tax Scam Would Blow $1.7 Trillion Hole in the National Debt
The Congressional Budget Office analysis exposes party's expressed concerns about "fiscal responsibility" as a sham
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chicken and needles To Fight Global Threat of Antibiotic Resistance, WHO Issues First-Ever Guidelines to Curb Use
Experts warn without urgent action on a global scale, "by 2050, almost all current antibiotics will be ineffective in preventing and treating human disease"
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8 Election Day Victories That Spell Good News for Democrats and the Progressive Grassroots
A year after Trump's win, Tuesday's election showed that progressive organizing in 2017 has paid off across the country
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'Tsunami' of Progressive Victories Delivers Massive Repudiation of Trumpism
"They tried to take our healthcare, ban our neighbors, peddle bigotry, and steal for the one percent. Yesterday was the result. Just wait until 2018."
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