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'A Breath of Fresh Air' as Pamela Anderson Takes Meghan McCain to Task Over US War Crimes "Pamela Anderson talking about how war crimes need to be punished and of course Meghan McCain is crying about it." Read more |
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With Two Weeks Until #GlobalClimateStrike, Organizing Intensifies in 100+ Countries to Win 'Livable Future for All' "Our message will be clear—we must act now to avoid the worst effects of climate change because all of our lives depend upon it." Read more |
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'Shameful': Warren Warns Trump Plan to Privatize Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Would Make Housing Crisis Worse "The Trump administration wants to make it harder for creditworthy working families—especially families of color—to buy a home and build wealth." Read more |
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Washington Supreme Court Establishes 'Very Important Precedent' for Climate Necessity Defense in Case of Valve-Turner Ken Ward The court's decision, explained one attorney, "creates a strong legal basis for climate protesters to justify their actions in a court of law." Read more |
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Because "We've Seen This Before," Never Again Action Protesters Shut Down Amazon Offices in Boston "I had ancestors killed in the Holocaust. We feel this in our bones. We need to mobilize." Read more |
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'A Major Step Forward': Multi-State Probe Targets Facebook's Possible Antitrust Violations "Even the largest social media platform in the world must follow the law and respect consumers." Read more |
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WATCH: Viral Video Shows British Voter Politely Imploring Johnson to 'Please Leave My Town' Ahead of Potential Election The prime minister has begun informally campaigning ahead of a potential October 15 general election amid Parliamentary chaos over Brexit Read more |
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'Hell No,' Say Progressives, After GOP Sen. Joni Ernst Suggests Cutting Social Security 'Behind Closed Doors' "No matter how hard you try to hide, the American people will be watching—and we won't let you cut our earned Social Security benefits." Read more |
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'Getting Angry on Social Media Not Enough': Thousands Across 6 Continents Mobilize to Combat Destruction of Amazon Rainforest "Get organized, get active, and join forces in defense of the Amazon and in defense of our future." Read more |
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'No Fossil Fuel Money!': Protests Outside Big-Money Fundraiser for Biden Co-Hosted by Natural Gas Executive "Biden can't expect to convince Americans that he's a leader on climate if he's also cozying up to fossil fuel power players." Read more |
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Unaffordable Health and Child Care Alongside Flimsy Safety Net Leaves US Among Most Unlivable Nations: Global Survey According to expats living in 187 countries, the U.S. is among the least safe and affordable countries in the world Read more |
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New Season of Amazon's Jack Ryan Focused on Venezuela Denounced as 'Over-the-Top and Ridiculous' US Propaganda "No matter how cynical you might be about propagandistic American media, you are not prepared for how much watching this trailer is like snorting 100% pure John Bolton." Read more |
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Over 120 Groups Call on Congress to Back Constitutional Amendment Overturning Citizens United "America needs to be responsive to the people, not to corporations and special interests, or it is no longer a democratic republic." Read more |
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'Organizing Works': Advocates Credit Pressure Campaign With Forcing High-Ranking Democrat Hakeem Jeffries to Back Medicare for All "We've proven—once again—that our grassroots organizing can apply the pressure needed to win over even the most hard-to-convince Democrats." Read more |
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Literal Sh*t Storm: Warnings of Major Manure Threat as Hurricane Dorian Barrels Toward North Carolina Factory Farms "The heavy rainfall could flood poorly located factory farms, spreading untold tons of hog, chicken, and turkey waste along the coastal plain." Read more |
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'Vision for Justice': 117 Rights Groups Offer Roadmap to Transform US Criminal-Legal System "We simply cannot live up to the values we profess if we don't end mass incarceration and eliminate the deep racial bias entrenched in the current system." Read more |
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Victory Over 'Civil Liberties Train Wreck' as Federal Judge Rules US Terror Watchlist Unconstitutional After years of abuse and secrecy, court's decision seen by rights advocates as very welcome but "long overdue" Read more |
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'This Is Incredible,' Says Corbyn, as Voter Registration Surges Amid Boris Johnson's Chaotic Lurch Towards UK General Election "This Brexit crisis has now come down to a simple question about whether we live in a democracy: can we allow Boris Johnson to force No Deal on our country, without all of us having our voice heard?" Read more |
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'Why I Love San Francisco': City Board Applauded for Labeling NRA 'Domestic Terrorist Organization' The resolution's author says that "nobody has done more to fan the flames of gun violence than the NRA." Read more |
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From Military Jets to Snipers, Icelanders—Who Live in World's Most Peaceful Country—Shocked by All the Guns Surrounding Mike Pence "Americans intended to give every Reykjavik citizen a paralyzing drug during Pence's visit," joked a satirical Icelandic newspaper Read more |
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'Not Exactly a Vote of Confidence': Amid Brexit Chaos, Boris Johnson's Own Brother Resigns Week of legislative defeats and popular ridicule continues for embattled UK Prime Minister Read more |
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'A Year Ago I Wouldn't Have Believed It': Not Enough, But 2020 Climate Town Hall Hailed as Big Progress "Gotta say that just seeing the words 'Climate Crisis' in red on screen is a victory for our movements." Read more |
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30+ Rights Groups Launch Campaign Demanding Law Enforcement Ban on 'Authoritarian and Invasive' Facial Recognition Technology "We need to ban this technology outright, treat it like biological or nuclear weapons, and prevent it from proliferating before it's too late." Read more |
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'That Corruption Needs to End': Biden Urged to Cancel Fundraiser With Fossil Fuel Executive Day After Climate Crisis Forum "If Biden is serious about taking on the power of the fossil fuel lobby, why is he going to a fundraiser hosted by the co-founder of a natural gas company?" Read more |
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'Outrageous Behavior' as Boston Judge Holds National Lawyers Guild Attorney in Contempt for Reading Case Law in Court "By compelling arraignment in every case, the judge punished the exercise of individuals' First Amendment right to protest." Read more |
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"If This Wasn't So Dangerous I'd Be Laughing": Trump Presents Outdated Dorian Forecast Map With Alabama Circled With Sharpie " It is a violation of federal law to falsify a National Weather Service forecast and pass it off as official, as President Trump did here." Read more |
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Supermajority Unveils Nationwide Tour to Elevate Women's Issues Ahead of 2020 Election "This bus tour is an opportunity for our leaders to hear directly from women and speak to them about how they will ensure the issues we care about are treated like the national priorities that they are." Read more |
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Where the Democratic Candidates Stand Ahead of Wednesday's CNN Climate Forum "As fires rage in the Amazon and Hurricane Dorian threatens the Southeast after pummeling the Bahamas, the gravity of the climate crisis is impossible to ignore." Read more |
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Federal Watchdog Report Sheds Light on Emotional Horror Faced by Migrant Children Detained by Trump "Trump's penchant for terrorizing and tormenting Latino children for political gain is literally causing irreparable trauma." Read more |
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Progressives Applaud Sikh MP Dhesi for Publicly Condemning Racism of Boris Johnson and 'Politics of Hate' "In every corner of the globe and certainly here in America, every constituent deserves courageous representatives who could call out hate and bigotry." Read more |
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Ahead of Climate Forum, Bernie Sanders Urges All 2020 Democrats to Back Federal Fracking Ban "Any proposal to avert the climate crisis must include a full fracking ban on public and private lands," declared Sanders Read more |
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Analysis Finds US Corporate Media 'Failing to Connect Climate Crisis to Strongest Atlantic Storm Ever to Hit Land' Devastation from Hurricane Dorian provokes calls for reporters to acknowledge the climate emergency's connection to extreme weather Read more |
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'Outright Blackmail': Trump Admin. Reportedly Offered Captain Multi-Million Dollar Bribe in Effort to Seize Iranian Tanker "The U.S. complains loudly that Iran engages in 'blackmail.' Yet Brian Hook is directly emailing tanker captains offering bribes to get them to bring their ships into U.S. clutches." Read more |
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'Just Another Day in the Kleptocracy': Trump Interior Dept. Official Heads to Fossil Fuel Extraction Company in Apparent Sequel to Alaska Plunder Push "The revolving door of the Trump Administration continues to spin—and it's wider than ever before." Read more |
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Ahead of Climate Forum, Green Groups Demand CNN Ask Joe Biden Why He Hasn't Signed 'No Keystone XL Pipeline' Pledge Other top-tier candidates including Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders signed the pledge shortly after it was released two weeks ago Read more |
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Because 'A World Without Insects Is Not Worth Living In,' Germany Announces Plan to Ban Glyphosate "What we need is more humming and buzzing." Read more |
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Advocates Blast 'Paltry' $170 Million Penalty for Google's Violations of Child Privacy Rules "The FTC let Google off the hook with a drop-in-the-bucket fine. Not a single Google executive or investor will bat an eye." Read more |
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As Signs of Downturn Loom, Poll Shows 57% of Voters Will Blame Trump If US Economy Goes Into Recession Over 60 percent of voters said they are concerned a recession could hit in the next six months, according to the Harvard/Harris survey Read more |
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Following Months of Protests and Outrage, Hong Kong Leader Withdraws Extradition Bill "We all hope to find a way out of the current impasse and unsettling times," said Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam Read more |
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'Always About the Con': Ocasio-Cortez Says 'Virtually Every' Trump Policy Designed to Loot Public Coffers and Enrich His Cronies "Since corruption isn't popular policy, racism works as the cover for the con. That's why addressing racism isn’t a 'distraction'—it's key to understanding the hustle against working people." Read more |
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Warren Climate Plan Would Reverse Trump Tax Cuts for Rich to Help Fund Transition to 100% Renewable Energy "Nothing less than a national mobilization will be required to defeat climate change. It will require every single one of us, and it's time to roll up our sleeves and get to work—there is no time to waste." Read more |
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Voting Rights Advocates Celebrate 'Huge Win for Democracy' as NC State Court Strikes Down GOP's Gerrymandered District Map "Politicians in Raleigh will no longer be able to rig our elections through partisan gerrymandering." Read more |
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'Flat-Out Lying': Critics Reject Biden Effort to Re-Write History on His Support for US Invasion of Iraq "Biden claiming to have been against the Iraq War from the start is arguably the most outlandish lie any Democrat has told this campaign." Read more |
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As Aerial Footage of Devastated Bahamas Emerges, Campaigners Ask How Much Destruction and Death Before Global Climate Action Taken? "Bahamians have paid a devastating price for a crisis fossil fuel billionaires created. This isn't right." Read more |
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'Not Enough': Critics Say Walmart Must Go Beyond Corporate PR and Half-Measures on Guns "We can't rely on corporations to stop gun violence." Read more |
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Watch Dying Activist Ady Barkan's "Heartfelt" and "Moving" Conversation With Bernie Sanders on the Fight for Medicare for All "You have been an integral part of the struggle to make clear that healthcare is a human right," Sanders told Barkan Read more |
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As #ClearTheLists Raises Money for Classroom Supplies, Advocates Bemoan That Movement Even Needs to Exist "Narratives have changed and that's really good, but we need to see policy change." Read more |
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Despite Reversal for Harvard Student, Deportations Based on US Search of Social Media Denounced as Troubling 'New Normal' Ismail Ajjawi was turned away at Logan International Airport last week when he arrived to attend Harvard; border agents cited social media posts by his friends as the reason Read more |
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New Report Warns of Deepfakes and Social Media Disinformation Campaigns That Aim to Undermine 2020 Election The NYU expert who authored the report says social media companies "have to take responsibility for the way their sites are misused." Read more |
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'Naked Attack on the Free Press': Trump Allies Reportedly Raising $2 Million for Campaign to Discredit Journalists "Intimidating reporters to influence coverage is a tactic of dictators and has no place here," said Sen. Jeff Merkley Read more |
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'Endemic Impunity': UN Report on Yemen Says United States, France, and Britain May Be Complicit in War Crimes "Five years into the conflict, violations against Yemeni civilians continue unabated, with total disregard for the plight of the people and a lack of international action to hold parties to the conflict accountable." Read more |
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At Least 5 Dead in Bahamas as Hurricane Dorian Unleashes 'One of Most Catastrophic 24-Hour Periods of Weather in Recorded World History' "We are in the midst of a historic tragedy," said Bahamian Prime Minister Hubert Minnis Read more |
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Attacks on Greta Thunberg, Say Allies, Show Just How 'Terrified' Reactionary Forces Have Become of Global Climate Movement "When haters go after your looks and differences, it means they have nowhere left to go," said 16-year-old climate activist. "And then you know you're winning!" Read more |
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'Trailblazer in the Name of Peace': Anti-War Hero Frances Crowe Dies at 100 "As we celebrate her life and mourn her passing," said one friend and ally, "we know that the best tribute of all is to keep on fighting." Read more |
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Mobilizing Thousands for Labor Day Actions Across US, Sanders Touts 'Organizer-in-Chief' Model to Combat Corporate Assault on Workers "This Labor Day, workers across America will declare that the 40-year war against workers waged by corporate America and the billionaire class must come to an end. That is what this Labor Day is about." Read more |
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As Category 5 Dorian Devastates, Pope Francis Urges World to Act Fast on Climate Emergency "Now is the time to abandon our dependence on fossil fuels." Read more |
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US 'Complicit in This Nightmare,' Says Sanders, After Trump-Backed Saudi Coalition Kills Over 100 in Bombing of Yemeni Prison "Congress has declared this war unconstitutional. We must now stand up to Trump and defund all U.S. involvement in these horrors." Read more |
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'It Is Pure Hell Here': Videos From Bahamas Show Devastation Left by Hurricane Dorian as Category 5 Storm Heads Toward US Coast "We are surrounded by water with no way out. Absolute devastation, there really are no words." Read more |
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"He's Opposed Every Increase in the Minimum Wage": AFL-CIO Chief Rips Trump's Anti-Worker Agenda "They've done more things to hurt workers than they have to help them," Richard Trumka said of the Trump administration Read more |
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'Historic, Catastrophic' Category 5 Hurricane Dorian Hits Bahamas, Still Threatens Southeast US Coast As footage of the devastation began to emerge online, one expert warned that "if we continue to increase our emissions of greenhouse gasses, these kind of damages will also increase." Read more |
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Report Reveals That 'Like Everything Else' About GOP Tax Scam, Program Purported to Help the Poor Really 'Just Another Handout to the Rich' "But we always knew that this was going to happen," noted one urban policy expert. "It's how the bill was written." Read more |
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'Carnage That Could Have Been Prevented': West Texas Mass Shooting Provokes Fresh Calls for Stricter Gun Laws "We've already lost far too many to gun violence—Congress must act now." Read more |
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Sanders Previews Plan to Cancel $81 Billion in Medical Debt and Tackle 'Barbaric' Number of Bankruptcies In addition to canceling all past-due medical debt, according to his campaign, the forthcoming proposal will also address all future debt Read more |
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Sanders Campaign Demands Washington Post Retract 'Fact Check' of Medical Bankruptcies Remarks The letter came a day after two researchers behind the study cited by the presidential hopeful published an op-ed defending their findings Read more |
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DeVos Denounced for Student Debt Relief Rule Change That Critics Say 'Takes a Scythe to Defrauded Borrowers' "With this policy overhaul, Secretary DeVos has cemented her legacy as best friend to predatory colleges and enemy to the students they rip off." Read more |
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After Man Serves 35 Years in Prison for $50 Robbery, US 'Should Be Ashamed of System We Allow' "Wealthy CEOs and business executives steal millions of dollars from the public and never go to jail." Read more |
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Just Ahead of Labor Day, Trump Floats Tax Cut Condemned as 'Pure Giveaway to Wealthy' "Apart from just sending millionaires checks, it's hard to think of a tax cut more targeted to the ultra-rich." Read more |
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"Scariest Thing You'll Read All Day": Report Sounds Alarm Over Brain-Reading Technology and Neurocapitalism "Your brain, the final privacy frontier, may not be private much longer." Read more |
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Tipping Point: UN Biodiversity Chief Warns Burning of Amazon Could Lead to 'Cascading Collapse of Natural Systems' "If we don't work together, we are going to die together." Read more |
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"Don't Just Watch Us. Join Us," Say Activists, as Greta Thunberg Joins Climate Strike Outside UN Headquarters Swedish teen continues weekly school strike for climate, for the first time on this side of the Atlantic Read more |
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'Be Given Our Stolen Time Back?': Trump Once Again Signals Desire to Illegally Extend Term The president's so-called "jokes" about serving longer than his elected term, said one critic, "aren't funny anymore." Read more |
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'If Environment Were a Bank,' Says Bernie Sanders, 'It Would Have Been Saved Already' Sanders has introduced a $16.3 trillion Green New Deal plan to avert climate catastrophe and create 20 million jobs in the process Read more |
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Open Letter From College Professors Urges Educators Worldwide to Cancel Class, Join Global Climate Strike "We risk losing credibility with an entire generation of students if we cannot take action in support of the defining cause of their generation." Read more |
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House Democrats Denounce DHS For Blocking Lawmakers' Access to Detention Centers Amid Reports of Rampant Abuse "This is definitely how you act when you have nothing to hide. Totally." Read more |
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Blasting Laura Ingraham as 'Neo-Nazi Fan Favorite,' Ocasio-Cortez Says Twitter Users Entitled to Vile Opinions But Not Abuse "People are free to speak whatever classist, racist, false, misogynistic, bigoted comments they'd like. They do not have the right to force others to endure their harassment and abuse." Read more |
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United Electrical Becomes First US Industrial Union to Endorse Green New Deal and Global Climate Strike The 35,000-member union called the transformative proposal "our best hope to meet the challenge of climate change while creating millions of good union jobs." Read more |
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'Stain on Public Service': Ocasio-Cortez Calls Out Fellow Democrat Barbara Boxer for Helping Lyft Fight Against California Labor Bill Powerful officials like the state's former U.S. senator, said AOC, "should not become corporate lobbyists." Read more |
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'Even Worse Than the DCCC Blacklist': Schumer Accused of Effort to Hamstring Progressives Trying to Unseat GOP Senators "Schumer is blackballing progressives in open primaries for GOP-held seats." Read more |
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'Your Life Will End': As GOP's Islamophobic Attacks Continue, Rep. Ilhan Omar Shares Terrifying Reality of Death Threats "I hate that we live in a world where you have to be protected from fellow humans. I hated it as a child living through war and I hate it now." Read more |
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Leaked UN Draft Report Warns Rising, Warming Oceans 'Poised to Unleash Misery' Worldwide The assessment details anticipated declines in fish stocks as well as increases in damage by superstorms and displacement due to rising seas Read more |
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Despite 'Relentless' Assault by Corporate America, Gallup Poll Shows Support for Unions at Near 50-Year High "The labor movement has a powerful wind at its back. And we will carry this momentum into new organizing campaigns and our work in the 2020 elections." Read more |
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Calling for End of "War Against Nature," Greta Thunberg's Arrival in US Brings Swell of Attention to Global Climate Strike "Something that's really common among young people is we just aren't given that platform. Now, Greta and millions of other kids are showing that we don't need it handed to us. We can fight for the platform." Read more |
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'Sociopathic Disregard for Our Future': Trump EPA Set to Gut Restrictions on Planet-Warming Methane Emissions "At a time when the federal government's job should be to help localities and states move faster toward cleaner energy and a cleaner economy, the government is walking off the field." Read more |
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'Just the Beginning': Massive Protests in UK as Thousands Flood Streets to #StoptheCoup "We're here because our democracy wasn't given to us as an act of generosity or charity by the people on top." Read more |
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'Madness': Dozens of Groups Push Back Against Trump Proposal to Bring Back Supersonic Planes "The world is burning, and supersonic planes would pour jet fuel on the fire." Read more |
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Monsanto Doctor Wanted to 'Beat the Sh*t Out of' Group of Mothers: Emails One advocate said the emails revealed "the utter contempt that Monsanto has for public health and for consumers, including mothers who only want to protect their kids' health." Read more |
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'Committed to Disruptive, Transformative Change': Ben & Jerry's, Lush, and Patagonia Among Companies to Pledge Support for Global Climate Strike "Everyone is needed to disrupt business as usual: from sports stars, actors, and teachers to food industry workers, psychologists, delivery drivers, and everything in between." Read more |
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As Alabama GOP Calls for Ilhan Omar's Expulsion From Congress, Minnesota Dem and Her Allies Hit Back "Well, the Klan has spoken." Read more |
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Indivisible Launches Campaign to End 'Inherently Undemocratic' Filibuster in the Senate "It's a gimmick that has been used to stop and delay vital progressive legislation like civil rights laws, gun safety regulations, and immigration reform." Read more |
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'It Was an Outrage': Mike Pompeo Celebrates Defeated ICC Probe Into US War Crimes The investigation was rejected after US bullying efforts Read more |
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'No Time Left for Business as Usual': Climate Activists Plan Day of Mass Civil Disobedience to #ShutDownDC "There's a tremendous amount of power that drives through those streets and parks next to those sidewalks and walks into those buildings. We want them to think about what they're doing with that power." Read more |
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Viral Video of Mississippi Voting Machine Changing Man's Vote Prompts Calls for Paper Ballots and Election Security Reform "These machines should not be used in a democracy." Read more |
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New Poll Shows 58 Percent of Canadians See Socialism Positively Canadians "see socialism far more favorably than do our American friends." Read more |
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AOC Derides NYT Columnist Bret Stephens for Whining About Twitter Bedbug Jibes: 'My Own Friends Roast Me Harder Than That' "Imagine being on Twitter and having the worst thing you're called in a given day is 'bedbug.'" Read more |
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Greta Thunberg Comes to America: Celebrations as Teen Climate Activist Arrives at Coney Island "Your journey is a symbolic reminder of the ways we need to work together across every ocean!" tweeted 350.org co-founder Bill McKibben Read more |
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As Tropical Storm Dorian Barrels Toward Puerto Rico, Trump Shifting $155 Million in Disaster Aid Funds to Migrant Detention "The money that could be used to help Puerto Rico will instead be used to detain more children and parents in concentration camps." Read more |
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'This Is a Coup': Warnings of Ploy to Ram Through No-Deal Brexit as Boris Johnson Moves to Suspend UK Parliament "Boris Johnson's attempt to suspend parliament to avoid scrutiny of his plans for a reckless No Deal Brexit is an outrage and a threat to our democracy," said Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn Read more |
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New Poll Shows 65% of Democrats More Likely to Back 2020 Candidate Who Supports Medicare for All Over Obamacare Tweaks "In January, 57 percent of Democrats said they would be more likely to vote for a candidate who backs a Medicare for All health system over expanding the Affordable Care Act. That number has now risen to 65 percent." Read more |
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With Amazon in Flames, Trump Moves to Open 16.7 Million-Acre Alaskan Rainforest to Corporate Exploitation "If the planet could talk, it would be screaming in agony or weeping in despair. Maybe both." Read more |
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Deutsche Bank 'Has All But Confirmed' It Has At Least Partial Trump Tax Returns Subpoened by House Democrats "Outside experts have long thought Deutsche's files could be even more revealing than Trump's tax returns. Now, seemingly, they won't have to choose: They can just get both through Deutsche." Read more |