All News Articles for 2019-05-31
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Ecological Importance and Human Rights Be Damned, Trump Admin Says Fossil Fuel Pillaging in Arctic Refuge Coming Soon Interior Dept. statement that "lease sale will happen in 2019" comes as oil companies face heat over possible extraction on previously protected public land Read more |
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US Figure of Casualties in Iraq and Syria Hides True, 'Devastating Scale' of Civilian Deaths, Says Amnesty "The coalition remains deeply in denial." Read more |
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Missouri's Last Abortion Clinic Safe for Now Under Judge's Order, But Fight to Protect Roe 'Far From Over' "The fight doesn't end here." Read more |
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'Coalition Against Death Alley' Kicks Off 5-Day March for Environmental Justice in Louisiana's Petrochemical Corridor "What we are seeing illustrated now is intentional genocide," says one march organizer about the regional pollution Read more |
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'Beyond Barbaric': Internal Govt Report Reveals Migrants Forced to Stand on Toilets for Breathing Space at Overcrowded US Detention Center "This is insane. Not only can they not move, they can't breathe, they can't eat, they can't do anything like this. Children have died and will continue to die if this is not stopped now." Read more |
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In 'Shockingly Cruel' Move, Israel to Auction Off Classrooms It Dismantled in West Bank "Less the action of a government that has lost its moral compass. More of one that has dashed that compass to the ground and is now grinding it underfoot." Read more |
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To Make Sure 'No President Is Above the Law,' Warren Calls for New Measure Enabling DOJ to Indict a President "Impeachment isn't supposed to be the only way that a president can be held accountable for committing a crime. That's why I've got a plan to make sure that no president is above the law." Read more |
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Edward Snowden: With Technology, Institutions Have Made 'Most Effective Means of Social Control in the History of Our Species' NSA whistleblower says "new platforms and algorithms" can have direct effect on human behavior Read more |
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Decrying Policies That Serve the Powerful, Ocasio-Cortez Demands Housing Be 'Legislated as a Human Right' The New York congresswoman joined state Democratic lawmakers at a town hall in the Bronx Read more |
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Calling Treatment of Julian Assange 'Psychological Torture,' UN Expert Demands End to US Extradition Attempt "I condemn, in the strongest terms, the deliberate, concerted, and sustained nature of the abuse inflicted on Mr. Assange." Read more |
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Condemning Trump's "Racist Attacks on Immigrants," Sanders Calls for Bans on Mass Raids and For-Profit Detention Centers "We have to end the dehumanization of undocumented people," the Vermont senator and presidential candidate said during a rally in Nevada Read more |
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Joining Wave of GOP Anti-Choice Attacks, Louisiana's Democratic Governor Signs Abortion Ban Authored By Democrat "Women are the base of the Democratic Party, and if you're not fighting alongside us, you don't deserve to represent the American people." Read more |
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'It Would Mean a Trade War': Mexico Warns of 'Disastrous' Consequences After Trump Tariff Threat "This threat, taken to action, would be extremely serious, and Mexico will not stand with arms crossed." Read more |