All News Articles for 2019-06-05
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'We Are Literally Sawing Off the Branch We All Live On': Amazon Deforestation Increasing Under Bolsonaro "People who destroy forests feel safe and those who protect forests feel threatened." Read more |
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Advancing Its War on Science, Trump Admin Blocks Fetal Tissue From Being Used in Federal Research "This will make it harder to find cures for deadly diseases." Read more |
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'Straight-Up Cruel': Trump Admin Condemned for Canceling Education, Recreation, and Legal Services for Detained Migrant Children "What's next? Drinking water? Food? ...Where are they going to stop?" Read more |
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Don't Call Latest Abortion Bans 'Heartbeat Bills,' Doctors Say, Warning of Medically Inaccurate Right-Wing Talking Points "To defeat the laws, we must fight the lies." Read more |
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'Pay Your Workers a Living Wage': Sanders Blasts Walmart Executives to Their Faces at Annual Shareholder Meeting To reduce the "grotesque level of income and wealth inequality" at Walmart, the Vermont senator urged the retailer to raise its minimum wage to at least $15 an hour Read more |
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Biden's "Out of Touch" Position on Anti-Choice Hyde Amendment Draws Fire From Progressives "I'd like to put it out there that this guy ain't it." Read more |
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To Fight Establishment's Framing of Biden as Presumptive Nominee, Warren Tells Voters, 'Get Up Off Your Butt and Volunteer!' "The way that we win in 2020 is that we talk about our vision for the kind of country that we can build...We have a chance now to start creating the momentum and that's going to be our comparative advantage." Read more |
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Citing Threats to Abortion Rights, Sanders Endorses Marie Newman's Democratic Primary Challenge Against Anti-Choice Incumbent Dan Lipinski "She will be a powerful voice for upholding Roe v. Wade at a disturbing moment in our history when a woman's right to control her own body and future is at stake." Read more |
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Calling Solitary Confinement 'Government Torture,' Ocasio-Cortez Says 'Release Everyone' In tweet commenting on upcoming "protective custody" of Paul Manafort, Rep. Ocasio-Cortez says prison sentences don't provide license to commit "human rights violations" Read more |
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'Single Most Important Stat on the Planet': Alarm as Atmospheric CO2 Soars to 'Legit Scary' Record High "We should no longer measure our wealth and success in the graph that shows economic growth, but in the curve that shows the emissions of greenhouse gases." Read more |
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Not 'Freedom Gas' But 'Failure Gas': First-of-Its-Kind Report Details Planetary Perils of US Fracking Infrastructure Boom "These projects aren't just associated with health and safety risks: if even a fraction of them come to fruition, they will condemn the planet to a future of climate chaos." Read more |
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Accused of Plagiarism, Biden Campaign Admits Lifting 'Carbon Capture' Section of Climate Plan From Fossil Fuel-Backed Group Sections of the former vice president's plan, noted an observant climate campaigner, "looked like the type of thing the coal industry, trade groups, and coal companies themselves say." Read more |
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Over GOP 'Build the Wall' Shouts and Sabotage Efforts, House Democrats Pass 'Historic' Bill to Shield Dreamers From Trump Deportation Force "After years of GOP refusal, the House finally voted on the Dream Act under a Dem majority. The people's cheers brought many, many members to tears. What a moment. This is why we fight." Read more |