All News Articles for 2019-10-18
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'A Real Movement Boost': Sam Waterston and Jane Fonda Among Those Arrested Demanding Green New Deal in DC This was Waterston's first-ever time being arrested. The climate crisis, he said, is "worth it." Read more |
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Demanding 'Education Justice and Equality,' Striking Chicago Teachers Call on Mayor to Put Campaign Promises In Writing "We mean business. It's got to be about shifting and transforming the infrastructure of inequity." Read more |
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Jill Stein Challenges Hillary Clinton to Debate After 'Russian Asset' Smear "It's past time to give the American people the real debate they deserved in 2016." Read more |
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Blasts in Afghan Mosque Kill 62 as UN Says Violence Across Country Causing 'Unprecedented' Level of Civilian Casualties "Civilian casualties are totally unacceptable, especially in the context of the widespread recognition that there can be no military solution to the conflict in Afghanistan." Read more |
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House Democrats Demand Probe Into 'Suspicious' Stock Trades Surrounding Economy-Shifting Statements by Trump "Multiple large trades, resulting in billions in profit, occurred shortly before geopolitical events or statements by the president of the United States that moved the markets significantly." Read more |
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To Combat Dishonest Marketing, New 'Farm vs. Factory' Website Contrasts Industrial and Sustainable Agriculture The educational website was launched by U.S. nonprofit Food & Water Watch, which campaigns to outlaw factory farming nationwide. Read more |
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Daniel Ellsberg Backs Anti-Nuke Activists Now Facing 25 Years in Prison for Acting to 'Avert a Much Greater Evil' "The sign they displayed during their action on the base—'The Ultimate Logic of Trident is Omnicide'—is exactly right." Read more |
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As Zuckerberg Defends False Trump Ads as Free Expression, Critics Say Facebook's Assault on 'Foundations of Democracy' Must Be Stopped "To save democracy and the free press, we must eliminate Google and Facebook's control over the information commons." Read more |
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It's Not the End of the Fight, Say Justice Advocates, as New York City Passes Plan to Close Notorious Rikers, Open New Jails "We should be fighting mass incarceration and all cages." Read more |
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Sallie Mae's Hawaii Retreat While Millions Struggle to Repay Loans Bolsters Argument to 'Cancel All Student Debt,' Sanders Says "When we talk about Sallie Mae celebrating its 'profits,' we are actually talking about the company's success in creating a business model and payment terms that exploit borrowers." Read more |
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Extinction Rebellion Faces Backlash Over 'Self-Defeating' Disruption of London Public Transit "Everyone can relate to the annoyance of a delayed commute, but the people who suffer the worst consequences are society's most vulnerable." Read more |
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As Trump Downplays Attack on Kurds, Amnesty Details Turkish War Crimes and 'Utterly Callous Disregard for Civilian Life' "Killing defenseless people in cold blood is utterly reprehensible and a blatant war crime," said Amnesty International secretary general Kumi Naidoo Read more |
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'Absolutely No Respect for Human Life': Trump Compares Turkish Assault on Kurds to Two Kids Fighting in a Parking Lot "The president is talking about genocidal slaughter and hundreds of thousands of war victims like it's a playground squabble." Read more |