All News Articles for 2019-09-09
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'Incredibly Important Moment': Warren Endorses Congressional Progressive Primary Challengers Jessica Cisneros and Marie Newman "It's a breath of fresh air to have candidates for president who remember what the Democratic Party should stand for." Read more |
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Even as Nadler Intensifies Trump Probes, Progressives Call on Pelosi to Stop 'Putting the Brakes on Impeachment' "It's beyond time for the House to do more than small-bore resolutions to give them cover," said CREDO Action on Monday. Read more |
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WATCH: Naomi Klein Hosts and Greta Thunberg Headlines 'Right to a Future' Event in NYC A livestreamed and in-depth conversation with youth and indigenous leaders to discuss "our best hope for a sustainable planet." Read more |
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'Victory': Federal Judge Reinstates Nationwide Injunction on Trump Effort to Block Asylum Seekers at Southern Border "Before today's decision, entire parts of this country had essentially become asylum-free zones, where people in search of safety would be arbitrarily barred from asylum based on where they happened to cross the border." Read more |
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Targeting PATRIOT Act Provision, Rights Groups Urge House Dems to Block NSA From Collecting Americans' Phone Records "Mass surveillance is wrong and dangerous to our democracy." Read more |
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WATCH: Dozens of State AGs Announce Antitrust Probe of Google New investigation will come on heels of separate probe focused on Facebook Read more |
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Because 'Everything Is on Fire,' Nearly 1,000 Amazon Workers Pledge to Walk Out and Join Global Climate Strike on Sept. 20 "We understand the threat of the climate crisis and want to work for a company that makes climate a priority." Read more |
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Fueling Surge in Demand for Stricter US Gun Laws, Poll Shows Six in 10 Fear They Could Be Next Victim of Mass Shooting Democratic leaders Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer appealed directly to President Donald Trump to support stricter gun control, amid inaction by Mitch McConnell in the Senate Read more |
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'World Has Never Seen a Threat to Human Rights of This Scope,' UN Rights Chief Says of Climate Emergency "The window of opportunity for action may be closing—but there is still time to act." Read more |
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'People Power Is Winning': Fossil Fuel Divestment Movement Celebrates $11 Trillion Milestone "We would not have smashed our divestment targets without the thousands of local groups who have pressured their representatives to pull out of fossil fuels." Read more |
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Citing 'Danger to Public Safety,' Chief NOAA Scientist Launches Probe Into Agency Decision to Side With Trump Over Its Own Experts on Dorian "This intervention to contradict the forecaster was not based on science but on external factors including reputation and appearance, or simply put, political." Read more |
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'This Is Eco-Apartheid': Post-Dorian Refugees Fleeing Bahamas Ordered Off Ferry Bound for US "This is beyond cruel." Read more |
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Poverty in America a Literal 'Death Sentence,' Says Sanders, Following Devastating GAO Report "If we do not urgently act to solve the economic distress of millions of Americans, a whole generation will be condemned to early death." Read more |
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Sanders Campaign Says Trump 'Worried About Being Exposed as a Fraud' as Report Suggests President Wary of Running Against Socialism in 2020 "We'll have a national debate about policies that help the one percent versus policies that lift the 99. I get the sense Trump knows the reckoning is coming... No Sharpie edits will save him." Read more |