All News Articles for 2019-09-05
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Unaffordable Health and Child Care Alongside Flimsy Safety Net Leaves US Among Most Unlivable Nations: Global Survey According to expats living in 187 countries, the U.S. is among the least safe and affordable countries in the world Read more |
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New Season of Amazon's Jack Ryan Focused on Venezuela Denounced as 'Over-the-Top and Ridiculous' US Propaganda "No matter how cynical you might be about propagandistic American media, you are not prepared for how much watching this trailer is like snorting 100% pure John Bolton." Read more |
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Over 120 Groups Call on Congress to Back Constitutional Amendment Overturning Citizens United "America needs to be responsive to the people, not to corporations and special interests, or it is no longer a democratic republic." Read more |
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'Organizing Works': Advocates Credit Pressure Campaign With Forcing High-Ranking Democrat Hakeem Jeffries to Back Medicare for All "We've proven—once again—that our grassroots organizing can apply the pressure needed to win over even the most hard-to-convince Democrats." Read more |
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Literal Sh*t Storm: Warnings of Major Manure Threat as Hurricane Dorian Barrels Toward North Carolina Factory Farms "The heavy rainfall could flood poorly located factory farms, spreading untold tons of hog, chicken, and turkey waste along the coastal plain." Read more |
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'Vision for Justice': 117 Rights Groups Offer Roadmap to Transform US Criminal-Legal System "We simply cannot live up to the values we profess if we don't end mass incarceration and eliminate the deep racial bias entrenched in the current system." Read more |
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Victory Over 'Civil Liberties Train Wreck' as Federal Judge Rules US Terror Watchlist Unconstitutional After years of abuse and secrecy, court's decision seen by rights advocates as very welcome but "long overdue" Read more |
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'This Is Incredible,' Says Corbyn, as Voter Registration Surges Amid Boris Johnson's Chaotic Lurch Towards UK General Election "This Brexit crisis has now come down to a simple question about whether we live in a democracy: can we allow Boris Johnson to force No Deal on our country, without all of us having our voice heard?" Read more |
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'Why I Love San Francisco': City Board Applauded for Labeling NRA 'Domestic Terrorist Organization' The resolution's author says that "nobody has done more to fan the flames of gun violence than the NRA." Read more |
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From Military Jets to Snipers, Icelanders—Who Live in World's Most Peaceful Country—Shocked by All the Guns Surrounding Mike Pence "Americans intended to give every Reykjavik citizen a paralyzing drug during Pence's visit," joked a satirical Icelandic newspaper Read more |
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'Not Exactly a Vote of Confidence': Amid Brexit Chaos, Boris Johnson's Own Brother Resigns Week of legislative defeats and popular ridicule continues for embattled UK Prime Minister Read more |
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'A Year Ago I Wouldn't Have Believed It': Not Enough, But 2020 Climate Town Hall Hailed as Big Progress "Gotta say that just seeing the words 'Climate Crisis' in red on screen is a victory for our movements." Read more |
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30+ Rights Groups Launch Campaign Demanding Law Enforcement Ban on 'Authoritarian and Invasive' Facial Recognition Technology "We need to ban this technology outright, treat it like biological or nuclear weapons, and prevent it from proliferating before it's too late." Read more |
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'That Corruption Needs to End': Biden Urged to Cancel Fundraiser With Fossil Fuel Executive Day After Climate Crisis Forum "If Biden is serious about taking on the power of the fossil fuel lobby, why is he going to a fundraiser hosted by the co-founder of a natural gas company?" Read more |