All News Articles for 2019-10-09
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'I Just Couldn't Be a Sellout': Rihanna Confirms She Turned Down Super Bowl Halftime Show In Solidarity With Kaepernick "There's things within that organization that I do not agree with at all, and I was not about to go and be of service to them in any way." Read more |
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As Impeachment Swirls, Trump Vows Continued Crackdown on Whistleblowers After Arrest of Intelligence Analyst "If you go through internal channels... you're a spy," said one whistleblower advocate. "If you go to the press, you'll be indicted ... as a spy." Read more |
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As UN Faces 'Worst Cash Crisis' in a Decade, Trump Demands Other Countries Pay Up While US Owes Over $1 Billion A spokesperson for the U.N. chief warns the intergovernmental organization "runs the risk of depleting its liquidity reserves by the end of the month and defaulting on payments to staff and vendors." Read more |
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Breastfeeding Mothers at London "Nurse-In" Demand Climate Action as Part of Global Extinction Rebellion Two hundred women breastfed their babies in front of 10 Downing Street "because their babies aren't safe and because babies all over the world will or already have died because of this crisis." Read more |
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Applauding Sanders and Warren's Rejection of Privatized Water Systems, Group Calls On All 2020 Hopefuls to Follow Suit "We need presidential candidates who recognize the importance of keeping water in public hands, no ifs, ands, or buts." Read more |
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'If You Work for ICE, Quit': Never Again Launches Career Services Site for Agents Looking for Change "You want people to stop being complicit? Make it possible." Read more |
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Warren Hits Back Against Attack With Video Shedding Light on Women's Pregnancy Discrimination "I could fill a Supreme Court with the number of women I know who had to pretend not to be pregnant while working or while looking for work because they knew it was a 'liability.'" Read more |
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'This Is Truly Terrifying': Scientists Studying Underwater Permafrost Thaw Find Area of the Arctic Ocean 'Boiling With Methane Bubbles' The lead researcher said that "this is the most powerful" methane seep he has ever seen. "No one has ever recorded anything similar." Read more |
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Following Week of Unrest After Officer Amber Guyger's Murder Conviction, Community Meeting in Dallas on Policing Erupts "We will continue to hold you accountable at every single one of these meetings." Read more |
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Hello, New Frontrunner: Elizabeth Warren Tops National Polling Average Ahead of Joe Biden The new data from RealClearPolitics shows Warren with a narrow lead over the former vice president. Read more |
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'Humanitarian Catastrophe': Civilians Flee as Turkey Launches Trump-Sanctioned Military Assault on Kurds in Syria A spokesman for the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) accused Turkish forces of deliberately targeting "civilian areas." Read more |
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In Warning to Pompeo, Pocan Calls for Suspending Salaries of Trump Officials Holding 'Witnesses Hostage' "We refuse to bankroll this administration while they hold witnesses hostage. Sondland must testify on Ukraine," said Pocan, co-chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus. Read more |
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'Shameful': Trump Aiming to Gut Rules That Prevent Corporate Offshore Tax Dodging "The same administration that tried to cut food stamps to save money wants to make it easier for companies to avoid paying taxes by hiding their profits offshore." Read more |