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In Photos: As Fury Grows, Tens of Thousands Rally Across US Demanding Immediate Action to #CloseTheCamps "Families belong in communities, not cages." Read more |
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'Grotesque and Dehumanizing' Conditions of Border Facilities Detailed in Photos and New Report by Inspector General Watchdog found as many as 81 people packed into cells designed for half that and discovered that border agents were handing out sanitary wipes as a substitute for bathing Read more |
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Announcing Retrial, Federal Prosecutors to Continue 'Unconscionable Prosecution' of Humanitarian Scott Warren for Helping Migrants Warren says that his case has generated "a greater awareness of the humanitarian crisis in the bordlerland... and a flood of water into the desert at a time when it is most needed." Read more |
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Busting Right-Wing Talking Point, 'Groundbreaking' Study Shows Federal $15 Minimum Wage Would Not Cause Job Losses in Low-Wage States "A $15 federal minimum wage by 2024 will have widespread positive effects for working women and men, kids and communities of color, without causing any job loss." Read more |
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The 'System Doesn't Work': National Group Finds Local Support for 'Tax the Rich' Message During US Bus Tour Mainers across the political spectrum approve of raising taxes on the rich Read more |
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400+ Scholars Rebuke US Holocaust Museum for 'Fundamentally Ahistorical' Position on 'Concentration Camp' Comparisons "The very core of Holocaust education is to alert the public to dangerous developments that facilitate human rights violations and pain and suffering." Read more |
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With Poorest Bearing the Brunt, Report Warns Searing Temperatures of Global Heating Could Cost World Economy $2.4 Trillion by 2030 "Disadvantaged and vulnerable population groups and communities," UN labor experts say, "are at greater risk of suffering the adverse consequences of rising temperatures." Read more |
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'Finally': After Months of Delay, House Democrats Sue for Trump Tax Returns "No one is above the law. And Congress must not allow administration officials like Mnuchin—and certainly not Trump himself—to think they are." Read more |
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"It's Time to Fight Back": Hundreds of #CloseTheCamps Rallies Planned Across the Country Amid Reports of Abuse in Detention Centers "History will remember those who stood against the atrocities." Read more |
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Gallup Survey Shows Just One-Third of Americans 'Proud' of US Political System and Safety Net The poll also found that the percentage of Americans who are "extremely" proud of their country has reached a record low Read more |
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'The Bernie Grassroots Machine Chugs Along': Sanders Raises $18 Million From Individual Donations Averaging $18 "Our strength is in numbers and we have a million person movement committed to this campaign who can give over and over again." Read more |
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Watchdog Groups Call on Congress and Federal Regulators to Impose Moratorium on Facebook's Proposed Cryptocurrency According to 33 national organizations, the project "raises profound questions about national sovereignty, corporate power, consumer protection, competition policy, monetary policy, privacy, and more." Read more |
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After Trump's Former FDA Chief Quietly Joins Pfizer Board, Warren Calls for Resignation 'Immediately' "I ask that you reconsider this decision," 2020 candidate tells former Trump official Read more |
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'People Don't Like Insurance Companies, They Like Their Doctors': Poll Shows Majority of Voters Support Abolishing Private Insurers If They Can Keep Providers "Despite what the pharmaceutical and insurance industries will tell you, Medicare for All is the only proposal that gives Americans the freedom to control their own futures," said Sen. Bernie Sanders's 2020 campaign Read more |
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'I Will Outwork Your Hate': Over Slurs From Pro-Trump Hecklers, Rashida Tlaib Vows to Keep Fighting to End Horrific Treatment of Migrants "Even through the hateful slurs, I won't back down. We went in there to be the eyes for the American people, to tell the truth about what is happening." Read more |
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'We Need Real Diplomacy,' Not Just Photo-Ops, Says Bernie Sanders as Trump Restarts Nuclear Talks With North Korea "I have no problem with him sitting down with Kim Jong-un in North Korea or anyplace else. But I don't want it simply to be a photo opportunity." Read more |
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Demanding End to 'AIPAC-Created Status Quo,' Progressive Jewish Group Pressures 2020 Democrats to Take Stand Against Israel's Brutal Occupation "It is about time we realize the status quo is not working to bring peace to the region." Read more |
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'Saving Lives Is Not a Crime': Captain of Refugee Rescue Ship Arrested in Italy, Faces Up to 10 Years in Prison "This is clearly one of those examples when legality is a matter of power, and not a matter of justice. She should've been welcomed with honors." Read more |
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'It Is Our Future That Is at Risk': Greta Thunberg and Ocasio-Cortez Talk Reasons for Hope in Era of Climate Emergency "Hope is not something that you have. Hope is something that you create, with your actions. Hope is something you have to manifest into the world, and once one person has hope, it can be contagious." Read more |
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If Elected in 2020, Bernie Sanders Vows First Executive Orders Will 'Reverse Every Single Thing President Trump Has Done to Demonize and Harm Immigrants' "This is a disgrace," Sanders said in response to a new report on widespread hunger at child detention facilities Read more |
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Nationwide 'Close the Camps' Demonstrations Announced to Protest Horrific Conditions at Trump Detention Centers "We need to fight for immigrant families and stop Donald Trump's racist policies, and we can only do it together." Read more |
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"I'm Not Willing to Do That": Trump Says He Won't Take Climate Action Because It Would Threaten Corporate Profits The U.S. president reportedly worked to weaken G20 commitment to fighting climate crisis during summit in Osaka, Japan Read more |
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'The Damage Has Been Done': Despite Court Ruling, Experts Say Trump Succeeded in Making Immigrant Communities Fearful of Census "We came here to work, just to work, and it is better to keep the door closed," one undocumented immigrant said Read more |
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'Beyond Spin Control': Anti-Busing Past Not Going Away as Biden and Staff Dig Themselves Deeper "Joe Biden's campaign going all in on states rights in the civil rights debate. Just rejecting the entire premise of the civil rights movement!" Read more |
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On 'Hottest Day in History of France,' World Told 'Do Not Look Away' as Police Tear-Gas Climate Campaigners in Paris "Watch this video and ask yourself," said Greta Thunberg, "who is defending who?" Read more |
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Privacy Advocates Celebrate as Massachusetts City Becomes Second in US to Ban Facial Recognition Technology "The city is sending a bold statement that it won't sit by idly while the dystopian technology further outpaces our civil liberties protections and harms privacy, racial and gender justice, and freedom of speech." Read more |
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James Fields, White Supremacist Who Murdered Heather Heyer in Charlottesville, Sentenced to Life in Prison "The defendant's crimes were so horrendous—and the maiming of innocents so severe—that they outweigh any factors the defendant may argue form a basis for leniency." Read more |
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With 'Devastating' Consequences in the Balance for Hundreds of Thousands, Supreme Court Agrees to Weigh Trump's Move to End DACA Trump has tried to "use immigrant youth as a bargaining chip to advance an extremist, anti-immigrant agenda" Read more |
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'This Is Not How You Behave in an Emergency': Demand for Climate-Focused Democratic Debate Grows After Second Night of Paltry Questions "Before these debates, the Democratic National Committee could say that this year would be different and there would be a meaningful debate on climate change. As of last night, they can no longer credibly do that." Read more |
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With 2019 Predicted to Be Among Planet's Hottest Years, France's 114º Heat Is 'Absolutely Consistent' With Warnings of Climate Crisis "Heatwaves will become more intense, they will become more drawn out, they will become more extreme, they will start earlier, and they will finish later." Read more |
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'No, No I Do Not': Kamala Harris Clarifies She Does Not Support Abolishing Private Insurance "I am a proponent of Medicare for All. Private insurance will exist for supplemental coverage," the California senator said Read more |
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Trump Admin. Ratchets Up Tensions With Threat to Sanction Any Nation That Imports Iranian Oil "Sanctions aren't [an] alternative to war; they ARE war," said Iranian foreign minister after U.S. imposed new economic penalties Read more |
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'Rising Enthusiasm for Medicare for All' Has Provoked Dramatic Surge in Industry-Backed Lobbying: Report "The increase in lobbying against Medicare for All serves as validation from our opposition that this movement has arrived." Read more |
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'Spinelessness': Schumer and Pelosi Under Fire After Democrats Join GOP to Give Trump $4.6 Billion in Border Funding Without Protections for Children "Schumer is as much responsible for this as Pelosi... it's appalling." Read more |
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'That Little Girl Was Me': Watch Kamala Harris Confront Joe Biden Over Opposition to School Busing and Praise for Segregationists Harris pointed to her personal experience as a child who was "bused to school every day" and slammed Biden's "hurtful" comments on his relationship with senators who built careers on opposition to civil rights Read more |
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Rich Will Keep Getting Richer and 'Nothing Will Change,' Says Bernie Sanders, Unless US Leaders Have Guts to Take on Powerful Corporations "If we don't have the guts to take them on, we'll continue to have plans, we'll continue to have talk, and the rich will get richer, and everybody else will be struggling." Read more |
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Progressives Denounce Export-Import Bank's Support for Fossil Fuel Industry as Congress Debates Reauthorization "Every coal power plant the Export-Import Bank props up brings us that much closer to climate catastrophe." Read more |
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With New 'Imposed Contract,' Trump's EPA Tries to Neuter Worker Rights Agency announces new collective bargaining agreement—which was not agreed upon Read more |
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At #WayfairWalkout Actions, Workers Denounce Company Profiting From Child Detention "The safety and well-being of immigrant children is always worth fighting for." Read more |
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WATCH LIVE: First 2020 Democratic Primary Debate Tonight in Miami Here's what you need to know about Wednesday night's debate Read more |
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EPA Urged to Put Public Health Over Monsanto Profits by Banning Cancer-Linked Glyphosate "This dangerous herbicide causes serious health risks, including cancer, and threatens our environment." Read more |
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'I Think He's Not the Pragmatic Choice': AOC Joins Other Critics of Biden Ahead of Democratic Debate "Presidential campaigns make mistakes, but Biden's campaign doesn't seem to do anything else." Read more |
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'It is a Stain on Our Country': Warren Joins Protest Outside Child Detention Facility in Florida " There are a lot of different ways that we get in the fight. And one of them is that you show up." Read more |
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Iraqi President: US Has No Right to Use Iraq as 'Staging Post' for Attack on Iran "There is no military solution to this problem." Read more |
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After Demanding 'Human Decency, Plain and Simple,' Highlights Magazine Commended for Powerful Rebuke of Trump's Abuse of Children "When a 72-year-old, apolitical children's magazine feels the need to speak out you know we are lost as a country." Read more |
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Benefits for All or Just Some? Sanders Student Debt Plan Highlights 2020 Debate Over Universal vs. Means-Tested Programs While some 2020 Democrats push means-tested policies tailored specifically to low-income Americans, Sen. Bernie Sanders argues universal programs are more just and politically effective Read more |
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Warren Wins Praise for Plan to End 'Rigged Game' Plaguing US Elections by Expanding Voting Rights and Improving Security "Our democracy shouldn't be about keeping people out—it should strive to bring everyone to the polls." Read more |
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'Shocking Blow to the Queens Democratic Machine' as Progressive Tiffany Cabán Declares Victory in District Attorney Race "A victory for working people everywhere who are fighting for real political change and demanding we end cash bail, mass incarceration, and the failed war on drugs." Read more |
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'This Is the Horrendous Truth': Images of Father and Daughter Who Drowned Seeking Refuge in US Spark Sorrow and Outrage "We have allowed ourselves the luxury to ignore and overlook abuses; we have said 'That's not who we are' and carried on. The sickening rot has led to this." Read more |
