All News Articles for 2019-10-14

Monday, October 14, 2019
As Democrats Head to Debate Stage, Buttigieg Attacks Warren and Sanders—Who Have Outearned Him—for Small-Dollar Donations
"This 'pocket change' comment is a good example of how centrist Democrats demobilize the base. It's telling 95 percent of people (those who can't make big donations), 'No, you can't.'"
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A photo taken from Turkey's Sanliurfa province on October 09, 2019 shows smoke rising at the site of Ras al-Ayn city of Syria as Turkish forces began bombing northern Syria. 'Too Little, Too Late': Critics Pan Trump Plan to Sanction Turkey
"Trump's statement on hitting Turkey with sanctions over the military operation in Syria does not mention the Kurds once."
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Majority of Democrats in Early Voting States 'Think Donald Trump Belongs in Prison, Not the Oval Office,' Poll Shows
The survey found majority of likely 2020 Democratic primary voters in Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina agree that "Trump should not only be impeached, but also imprisoned."
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Demonstrators hold signs in protest of police killings. 'Demand Justice in Her Honor': Outrage After Police Fatally Shoot Atatiana Jefferson in Her Own Home
"Black people shouldn't have to live every day with the pain of knowing we are not safe even in the comfort of own homes."
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CodePink activists Ariel Gold and Medea Benjamin protesting Sunday at the Kennedy Center's exhibition of former President George W. Bush's art. No 'Artwash' for Bush's Crimes, Says CodePink in Protest of Exhibit of Former President's Paintings of Veterans in War He Started
"Why are we celebrating the guy who took these people to war?"
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Newest Nobel Economics Laureates Praised for Experimental Research Into Poverty—and Their Work's Real-World Impact
The work of Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo, and Michael Kremer "has great potential to further improve the lives of the worst-off people around the world," the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said.
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Citing 'Moral Duty to Take Radical Action,' Over 700 Scientists Endorse Mass Civil Disobedience to Fight Climate Crisis
"We believe that the continued governmental inaction over the climate and ecological crisis now justifies peaceful and nonviolent protest and direct action, even if this goes beyond the bounds of the current law."
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Doctors Demand Trump Close 'Inherently Immoral' Immigrant Detention Centers Ahead of Mass Protest on Capitol Hill
"We are here to say that it is not enough to ask to improve the conditions in the detention centers. We must demand that they be closed altogether."
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Celebration of the Ecuadorian Indians on 13 October 2019 in Quito, Ecuador, after Lenin Moreno issued the decree 883 on a national network. In Victory for People's Movement, Ecuador Protests End With Government Capitulation on Fuel Subsidies
"We want peace for our brothers and sisters in this country. We don't want more repression."
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Partipants of the simultaneous chorus event on the Tijuana side raise their hands after singing "With a Little Help From My Friends" on Sunday, Oct. 13, 2019. 'Our Voices Together Will Transcend Barriers': At 'Powerful' US-Mexico Border Choral Event, Participants Sing The Beatles
"Such an important message to the world!"
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'Stop Funding Ecocide': Extinction Rebellion Protesters Target London Financial District
"The city of London is a preeminent nexus of power in the global system that is killing our world."
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To Tackle Ills of 'Unfettered Capitalism,' Sanders Plan Would Give Workers Seats on Corporate Boards and Reverse Trump Tax Cuts
"The establishment tells us there is no alternative to unfettered capitalism, that this is how the system and globalization work and there's no turning back. They are dead wrong."
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'Vile and Dangerous': Edited Video Showing Trump Gunning Down Media and Political Opponents Shown During Conference at President's Resort
"This is not the first time that supporters of the president have promoted violence against the media in a video they apparently find entertaining—but it is far and away the worst."
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