All News Articles for 2020-02-21
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JP Morgan Economists Warn of 'Catastrophic Outcomes' of Human-Caused Climate Crisis "Don't want to hear Greta Thunberg or Extinction Rebellion? Try J.P. Morgan instead." Read more |
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'Meant to Hide the Poor': Trump Gets His Wall—In India—Ahead of Monday Visit The newly-erected barrier will allow Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government to offer a carefully-curated view for the U.S. president. Read more |
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60,000-Strong Fridays for Future Protest in Hamburg, Germany Prompts Question: 'Where Are You, USA?' "What is it going to take for the U.S. to rise up like this?" Read more |
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42 Nobel Laureates Urge Trudeau to Act With 'Moral Clarity' and Stop Climate-Wrecking Teck Frontier Mine "Projects that enable fossil fuel growth at this moment in time are an affront to our state of climate emergency, and the mere fact that they warrant debate in Canada should be seen as a disgrace." Read more |
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Sanders Says He 'Welcomes Hatred of Crooks Who Destroyed Our Economy' After Blankfein Suggests He May Vote Trump Over Bernie "I don't like that at all," the billionaire former Goldman Sachs CEO said of Sanders' wealth tax proposal. Read more |
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Drop Charges and Extradition Pursuit of Assange, Says Amnesty International, Denouncing US Govt's "Full-Scale Assault on the Right to Freedom of Expression" "The potential chilling effect on journalists and others who expose official wrongdoing by publishing information disclosed to them by credible sources could have a profound impact on the public's right to know what their government is up to." Read more |
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'Avalanche of Public Pressure' Forces Trump's EPA to Regulate PFAS, But Water Safety Experts Warn of More Delays "States should not wait for the EPA to act." Read more |
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Critics Attack Buttigieg for Using 'Fox News Propaganda' By Referring to Grassroots Groups Backing Sanders as Dark Money Organizations "Disgraceful that Buttigieg continues to smear groups like ours, led by immigrants and people of color—all to boost his own fundraising." Read more |
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Study Suggests Twitter Bots Have 'Substantial Impact' on Spreading Climate Misinformation A quarter of climate-related tweets in the studied period—around when Trump announced plans to ditch the Paris agreement—came from bots. Read more |
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'They Are Afraid of Democracy,' Says Evo Morales as Bolivian Tribunal Bars Him From Running for Senate The former president of Bolivia called the Supreme Electoral Tribunal's decision "illegal and unconstitutional." Read more |
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Pushing for 'Political Courage,' Ocasio-Cortez Endorses Slate of Progressive Women Challenging Establishment "If we're going to build an economy...that centers working-class families, things must change. And that starts by electing new progressive leaders who exemplify political courage." Read more |
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Trump Would 'Chew Him Up and Spit Him Out,' Bernie Sanders Warns of Bloomberg Following Debate "The American people will rebel against this type of oligarchic movement. We are a democracy. One person, one vote. Not a guy worth $60 billion buying an election." Read more |
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"We're Staring Into the Abyss": Unhinged Trump Rally in Colorado Highlights Stakes of 2020 Election, Observers Say The president used the event to gin up xenophobia against immigrants, attack journalists, and joke about staying in office for decades. Read more |