All News Articles for 2019-10-31
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'A Stain on Our Democracy': Texas Democrats File Suit to Stop GOP Voter Suppression Efforts "We need to fight back in the courts and at the ballot box." Read more |
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In Farewell Address, Rep. Katie Hill Decries 'Double Standard' and 'Misogynistic Culture' That Compelled Her Resignation "I will never shirk my responsibility for this sudden ending to my time here," Hill said. "But I have to say more because this is bigger than me." Read more |
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'When We Fight, We Win!': After 11-Day Strike, Chicago Teachers Reach Deal With Mayor Although CTU leaders remain frustrated with Mayor Lori Lightfoot, they are celebrating that "we have a better Chicago Public Schools as a result" of the strike. Read more |
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After Avalanche of Outrage Directed at Chicago Mayor Lightfoot, "Rahm Emanuel 2.0" Starts to Budge on Key Teachers' Demand "Lori Lightfoot is keeping this strike going, denying students instructional days, because she thinks she can defeat the working class. She's wrong." Read more |
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After Sanders Says West Virginia Working-Class Base Will Support Bold Vision, Manchin Says His Vote "Wouldn't Be Bernie" in Head-to-Head With Trump "Just imagine the anger directed at the Bernie camp if a lawmaker supporting him (or even a prominent support of his) said they wouldn't support for the centrist Dem candidate against Trump." Read more |
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Scientists Demand 'Paradigm Shift' After Study Shows 'Frightening' Decline of Insects and Spiders "A decline on that scale over a period of just 10 years came as a complete surprise to us," said one researcher, "but fits the picture presented in a growing number of studies." Read more |
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'Just the First Step': House Democrats Approve Trump Impeachment Inquiry Resolution "This resolution ensures transparency, advancing public disclosure of deposition transcripts, and outlying the procedures for the transfer of evidence to the judiciary committee to use in its proceedings," said Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi ahead of the vote Read more |
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'If These Miners Were Bankers, Congress Would Have Bailed Them Out Already,' Says Sanders as Bankrupt Murray Coal Threatens Pensions "My Green New Deal will protect the pensions workers were promised and provide a just transition for all fossil fuel workers." Read more |
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'Terrorizing the Populace': Report Finds CIA-Backed Death Squads in Afghanistan Committing War Crimes, Atrocities "The CIA has enabled abusive Afghan forces to commit atrocities including extrajudicial executions and disappearances." Read more |
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Biden Plan 'Preserves Corporate Greed' Rotting Nation's Healthcare System, Says Sanders Campaign "Will Joe Biden tell the American people how many more of them he's willing to allow to go bankrupt? How many more people would die because they don't get to a doctor in time?" Read more |
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After Hearing Concerns About Trump Ukraine Call, White House Lawyer Rushed to Hide Transcript on Top Secret Server: Report "Not Giuliani. Not his personal lawyer. The White House lawyer." Read more |
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'It Happens Over and Over and Over and Over': Keystone Pipeline Leaks (at Least) 383,000 Gallons of Crude Oil in North Dakota "History has shown us time and again that there is no safe way to transport fossil fuels, and pipelines are no exception." Read more |