All News Articles for 2020-12-23
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Experts on Military-Industrial Complex Blast Trump Plan to Sell Nearly $500 Million in Bombs to Criminal Saudi Regime "The United States simply should not be selling weapons to Saudi Arabia, especially given their role in exacerbating the suffering in Yemen." Read more |
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Coalition Sues Trump Administration Over 'Outrageous Assault' on Tongass National Forest Protections "Trump's reckless plan to clearcut old-growth trees in the Tongass will irreversibly damage our climate, kill wildlife, and devastate Southeast Alaska communities." Read more |
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'Our Kids Deserve Better': Despite Pandemic, Trump EPA Refuses to Strengthen Smog Standards "In the middle of the Covid-19 pandemic, Americans are more keenly aware than ever of the need to take care of our health." Read more |
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Senior UN Human Rights Official 'Deeply Concerned' by Trump's Pardons for Mercenaries Who Massacred 17 Iraqi Civilians "Pardoning them contributes to impunity and has the effect of emboldening others to commit such crimes in the future." Read more |
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In 'Emblematic Parting Blow,' Trump Moves to Take $700 Million Per Year Out of Tipped Workers' Pockets "This rule change will make tipped workers even more vulnerable to exploitation and abuse," said Saru Jayaraman of One Fair Wage. "What workers need now, more than ever is a full, fair minimum wage." Read more |
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Teachers' Unions See Biden Choice of Cardona for Education Secretary as Promising Path for Change "Unlike Betsy DeVos, Secretary-designate Cardona will ensure that the federal government's role in education is to ensure access and opportunity for every student." Read more |
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EU Ramps Up Fight Against Pollution With Ban on Plastic Waste Exports to Poorer Countries "This is an important milestone in fighting plastic pollution, transitioning shifting to a circular economy, and achieving the aims of the European Green Deal." Read more |
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Climate Groups Call on Biden to Nominate Andy Levin as Labor Secretary "He has a long record of fighting for working people, and understands the climate imperative but knows the transition won't happen without proper buy-in and support." Read more |
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'Move, Mitch, Get Out the Way': McConnell and McCarthy Under Fire for Obstructing $2,000 Relief Checks "If you don't see that in your bank account, you have Mitch McConnell to thank." Read more |
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Climate Cost of Organic Meat Is Just as High as That of Conventionally Grown Animals: Study "The prices are lying," said one of the study's researchers. "Climate costs are rising and we are all paying these costs." Read more |
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'Long Awaited and Long Overdue Victory for Democracy' as New York Approves Automatic Voter Registration "At a time in our country when voting rights are under assault, New York is living up to our potential as a progressive leader." Read more |
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'Yes, Exactly,' Say Progressives After Pence Warns Democrats Will 'Make Rich Poorer and Poor More Comfortable' "You have to be all sorts of twisted to think 'making poor people more comfortable' is a bad thing." Read more |
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Medicare Fraudster Who Exploited the Elderly in $1.3 Billion Scheme Embodies 'Grotesque' Corruption of Trump Clemency Orders "The corrupt, the criminal, murderers of children—that's who Donald lets off the hook. We can never forget and never forgive the unspeakable cruelty." Read more |
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'$600 Is a Joke': Georgia Democrats Ossoff and Warnock Embrace Push for $2,000 Stimulus Checks as Runoff Nears "We need additional, substantial direct Covid relief and the only way we'll get it is by winning these two Senate races in Georgia." Read more |
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Leaving Out Assange, Who Exposed US War Crimes, Trump Pardons Blackwater Guards Jailed for Massacring Iraqi Civilians "While U.S. Army contractors convicted of massacring civilians in Iraq are pardoned, the man who exposed such crimes against humanity, Julian Assange, rots in Britain's Guantanamo." Read more |
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'This Is a No-Brainer': House Democrats Announce Effort to Pass $2,000 Payments as Trump Demands Bigger Checks "We can pass $2,000 checks this week if the Senate GOP agrees to stand down," said Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Read more |