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All News Articles for 2019-04-23

Tuesday, April 23, 2019
	As Supreme Court's Right-Wing Justices Indicate Siding With Trump, Opponents Denounce 'Bald-Faced Attempt to Racially Rig' US Census "This case isn't just about a line on a form. It's about whether or not everyone in America counts." Read more
	Digital Rights Defenders Sound Alarm Over Big Tech's Efforts to 'Erode' California's Landmark Privacy Law "We will not let them kill strong privacy bills in the dark." Read more
	Kushner Talks of 'Accountability' for Crown Prince Just as Saudis Offer 'Egregious Display of Brutality' With Mass Beheadings Washington's Gulf Institute director Ali Al-Ahmed called the killings "the largest mass execution of Shiites in the kingdom's history." Read more
	Democrats and Progressives Grapple With How Best to Vanquish Trump: Impeach, Bold Ideas, or Both? "Just about every Democrat agrees that the Donald Trump presidency has been a nightmare, and that the sooner it ends the better. How we get there is less certain." Read more
	'Profound Implications for Justice': Report Shows Extent of Inequality Exacerbated by Climate Crisis "If climate change is particularly bad for poor countries, that means climate change would make elimination of poverty extremely difficult." Read more
	To Escalate Fight Against 'Existential Crisis,' Greta Thunberg Backs General Strike for Climate "It is something that will affect the future of our civilization. It's not just a movement. It's a crisis and we must take action accordingly." Read more
	'Coming Mass Extinction' Caused by Human Destruction Could Wipe Out 1 Million Species, Warns UN Draft Report Far-reaching global assessment details how humanity is undermining the very foundations of the natural world Read more
	Seen as Face of Global Far-Right Extremism, Trump State Visit to UK Spurs Call for Mass Protest "Deluded, dishonest, xenophobic, narcissistic, Donald Trump is no friend of Britain." Read more
	'We Are Not Moving Fast Enough': Study Shows Cost of Melting Permafrost Could Total $70 Trillion "The most important thing to remember about our study is the greater the warming, the stronger the feedbacks and the higher the costs to society." Read more
	'Morally Despicable': Trump Administration Threatens to Veto UN Resolution Combating Rape as Weapon of War The U.S. is reportedly opposing the resolution over language on reproductive health for victims of rape Read more