All News Articles for 2019-11-22

Friday, November 22, 2019
Two people point to a Facebook news stream Unprecedented 'Architecture of Surveillance' Created by Facebook and Google Poses Grave Human Rights Threat: Report
"Their insidious control of our digital lives undermines the very essence of privacy and is one of the defining human rights challenges of our era."
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Billionaire Walton Family Behind Pro-Charter School Protest at Warren Rally
The senator spoke with the parents who protested her education plan after the event.
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A tree-line street in the city of Brookline, Massachusetts outside Boston. The city council this week voted overwhelmingly to approve new rules that would forbid fossil fuel infrastructure for new residential construction. (Photo: John Allspaw/flicker/cc) Offering National Model, This New England Town Just Banned Natural Gas and Oil in New Home Construction
"Brookline is making history."
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"There is evidence that the amount of carbon dioxide in the earth's atmosphere is increasing rapidly as a result of the combustion of fossil fuels," coal researcher James R. Garvey wrote in 1966. Coal Knew Too: Explosive Report Shows Industry Was Aware of Climate Threat as Far Back as 1966
"It wasn't just big oil that knew about climate change decades ago."
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Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Lula Vows to 'Battle for Democracy' Against Bolsonaro Push to 'Destroy' Decades of Progress in Brazil
The former Brazilian president gave his first interview with a foreign newspaper since his release from prison two weeks ago.
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Pompeo Calls It 'Democracy' in Bolivia as Post-Coup Violence Grows and Fear of Civil War Intensifies
"The military has guns and a license to kill; we have nothing. Please, tell the international community to come here and stop this."
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People march during a nationwide strike called by students, unions and indigenous groups to protest against the government of Colombia's President Ivan Duque in Medellin, Colombia, on November 21, 2019. 'We Cannot Continue to Live Like This': Mass Protests in Colombia Latest in Latin American Uprisings
"What happened in Chile sent a forceful message."
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Biden Under Fire for Telling Immigrant Rights Activist Demanding End to Deportations to 'Vote for Trump'
The former vice president also told climate activists that they "listen to Bernie too much" after they demanded he reject corporate cash.
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