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All News Articles for 2019-06-18

Tuesday, June 18, 2019
	Women's Rights Advocates Call On Democratic Candidates to Address Healthcare and Equity Issues Affecting Women in 2020 Debates UltraViolet previously helped convince the Democratic Party to include female moderators in the primary debates Read more
	Straight to Wall Street Fundraiser After Leaving Poor People's Forum, Biden Tells Fat Cat Donors: 'You Guys Are Great' Billionaire Trump backer was among those solicited by the 2020 Democratic candidate Read more
	Even If All US Drilling and Fracking Halts Today, Warns New Report, 'Flood of Toxic Waste Streams' Will Grow for Decades Detailing decades of EPA's mismanagement of toxic fossil fuel waste, researchers demand immediate action to stem assault on people and planet... Read more
	'A National Disgrace': Minimum Wage Workers Can't Afford Two-Bedroom Apartment In Any State or City in the US "So long as there is a national housing shortage," says Rep. Ayanna Pressley, "the American Dream remains largely deferred." Read more
	Ocasio-Cortez Hits Back at Liz Cheney: 'What Do You Call Building Mass Camps of People Being Detained Without Trial?' "Concentration camps are considered by experts as 'the mass detention of civilians without trial.' And that's exactly what this administration is doing." Read more
	Outrage and Warnings of 'Ethnic Cleansing' as Trump Threatens Mass Raids Against Millions of People in the US "Trump's outrageous threats are meant to instill fear in immigrant communities and must be forcefully condemned." Read more
	Aiming to Oust Another Pro-Corporate Democrat, Educator Jamaal Bowman Launches Progressive Challenge to Rep. Eliot Engel "It's time to build a new America, a new America that taps into its unlimited potential...That's the America I want to be a part of." Read more
	Backing Just Transition for Workers, International Union Leader Says, 'No Jobs on a Dead Planet' "We will work to see no one is left behind," vowed the general secretary of the world's largest trade union confederation Read more
	'This Should Scare the Hell Out of You': Photo of Greenland Sled Dog Teams Walking on Melted Water Goes Viral "This is beautiful the way fiery balls of lava are beautiful: deadly." Read more
	Trudeau Approval of Tar Sands Pipeline, Say Critics, Would Make 'Absolute Mockery' of Climate Emergency Declaration Approved Less Than 24 Hours Ago "Fossil fuels must stay in the ground. Forget 'climate neutral' and clever accounting. Our emissions must start their way to zero. Now." Read more
	WATCH: Rep. Katie Porter Explains to Swing District Constituents Why Her Conscience Demands Support for Trump Impeachment Inquiry "If Katie Porter, from a purple district, is brave enough to do the right thing, what are House Dems from safe blue districts doing?" Read more
	'If This Is True, They Are Even Bigger Lunatics Than We Realized': UN Officials Reportedly Believe Trump Planning 'Massive' Bombing Campaign in Iran "There would be no going back from this. There's no such thing as a 'one and done' military strike on Iran." Read more
	'Barreling Towards Another Catastrophic War,' Trump Orders 1,000 More Troops to Middle East to Threaten Iran "None of this would be happening if Trump didn't back out of the Iran nuclear deal," said Rep. Ilhan Omar Read more