All News Articles for 2019-07-19

Friday, July 19, 2019
nurses 'Groundbreaking': Healthcare Providers and Residents Celebrate as For-Profit Hospital Set to Be Returned to California Community
"This is an opportunity to literally reshape the future of the health and well-being of this community."
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Babies Born Near Oil and Gas Wells Are Up to 70% More Likely to Have Congenital Heart Defects, New Study Shows
Researchers at the University of Colorado studied pregnant women who are among the 17 million Americans living within a mile from an active oil or gas well
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Montaigne WATCH: Australian Singer Releases Music Video She Calls 'Homage to the Youth Climate Movement'
Montaigne's "READY," says 350 Australia, is "a powerful call to action on the climate crisis."
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The Longview Power Plant, a coal-fired plant, stands on August 21, 2018 in Maidsville, West Virginia. Giving 'Upper Hand to Corporate Polluters,' EPA Drops Surprise Inspections
The agency "is just chucking aside any flimsy pretense that they care about upholding environmental laws, enforcing against big polluters, or protecting Americans," says one observer.
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tractor With Petition to Congress, 100,000+ People Demand Green New Deal 'That Fixes Our Food System'
"We can't solve the climate crisis without taking food & ag into account!"
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WATCH: Amid Extreme Anti-Refugee Push, Trump Displays Neither Interest Nor Knowledge of Asylum Seekers' Plight in Oval Office Meeting
"Donald Trump says that he cares about combating sex trafficking, but he couldn't even manage to have a coherent three-minute conversation with a trafficking survivor and global leader on ending sexual violence."
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'Catastrophic,' 'Beyond Shameful,' and 'Xenophobia-Fueled' Trump Admin. Panned Over Proposal to Slash Refugee Cap to Zero
"An admissions goal of zero would be another low in a global race to the bottom"
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Attorney Eugene Scalia Trump Provokes Outrage With Plan to Nominate Ex-Walmart Attorney Eugene Scalia as Next Labor Secretary
"The Labor Dept should be a champion for workers, not corporations that pay minimum wages."
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"Trump Says Go Home, Ilhan's Community Says Welcome Home": Rep. Omar Greeted With Cheers of Love and Support in Return to Minnesota
"This is the perfect example of how we should be welcoming all immigrants and refugees to this country."
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'A Total Disgrace': Outrage as Trump EPA Says It Won't Ban Pesticide Linked to Brain Damage in Children
"The EPA is endangering the lives of children to protect pesticide industry profits."
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Calling Trump Claim 'Delusional,' Iran Says US May Have Shot Down Its Own Drone by Mistake
"All drones belonging to the Islamic Republic of Iran in the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz have returned to their bases," said a spokesman for the Iranian armed forces
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