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As New Studies Shed Light on Struggles of Trans People in US, Expert Highlights Trump's Attacks "Transgender people are being denied equal rights—to jobs, to housing, to healthcare, and to participation in the military." Read more |
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Bernie Sanders Leads 2020 Democratic Field Among College Students: Poll "We are going to build a nationwide movement of young people to create a government and an economy that work for all of us," Sanders said in response to the survey Read more |
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Refusing to Be Humiliated, Rashida Tlaib Rejects Israel's Restrictive Conditions on Visiting Palestine "What Israel proposed to Rashida Tlaib was their age-old proposition: you can stay in your homeland as a humanitarian exception—without political rights—and on condition you surrender and cease to resist." Read more |
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Critics Denounce Trump's "Dangerous" Claim That Locking Away Americans With Mental Illnesses Is the Answer to Gun Violence "Painting institutions where we lock up all the people whose brains don't work like you want them to, as the solution to gun violence would be laughable in its absurdity, if it wasn't such a terrifying concept." Read more |
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Trump Administration Advances Massive Arms Sale to Taiwan Amid Tensions With Beijing The new potential sale reportedly includes dozens of F-16 fighter jets Read more |
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After Public Outcry, Trump EPA Reverses Approval for Using 'Cyanide Bombs' to Kill US Wildlife "I hope the feds finally recognize the need for a permanent ban to protect people, pets, and imperiled wildlife from this poison." Read more |
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Aid Groups Warn of 'Untold Suffering for Millions' as Trump Weighs Billions in Cuts to UN Humanitarian Programs Trump's budget office reportedly sent the proposed cuts to the State Department for review despite protests from advocacy groups and Democratic lawmakers Read more |
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'This Is Final Proof That He Has Gone Mad': Denmark Mocks Trump Reported Desire to Buy Greenland "The thought of Denmark selling 50,000 citizens to the United States is completely ridiculous." Read more |
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Alarm as Trump Requests Permanent Reauthorization of NSA Mass Spying Program Exposed by Snowden "The White House is calling for reauthorization of a program that security agencies have used to spy on innocent people, violate their privacy, and chill free speech." Read more |
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Sanders Says If Israel Wants to Ban Members of Congress, It Should Not Receive Billions in US Military Aid "The idea that a member of the United States Congress cannot visit a nation which, by the way, we support to the tune of billions and billions of dollars is clearly an outrage." Read more |
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Cropping Out "Immigrants Welcome," Cuccinelli Takes Selfie With Replica Statue of Liberty Before Removing It From DHS Headquarters The removal of the statue—and the top official snapped with it just before—are "a direct representation of the Trump administration's policy towards immigrants and American values," said critics Read more |
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'Perfect Illustration of Israel's Racist Apartheid Policies': Netanyahu Denounced for Barring Muslim Congresswomen Omar and Tlaib "It is an affront that Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, under pressure from President Trump, would deny entry to representatives of the U.S. government." Read more |
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As NJ and EPA Officials Meet Over Newark's Lead Crisis, Group Demands National Push for Water Justice "We need a federal recommitment to safe and clean water for all, or these terrible episodes will continue." Read more |
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Federal Court Dismisses Trump Claim That Immigrant Children Aren't Entitled to Soap and Toothbrushes "The government of the United States of America was fighting against having to provide toothbrushes, soap, and showers to children." Read more |
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WATCH: Key to Defeating Trump, Sanders Tells Cardi B, Is Young People Voting in Massive Numbers Musician and 2020 candidate discuss criminal justice reform, socialism, the demand for a $15 minimum wage, cancelling burdensome student debt, and Medicare for All Read more |
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'We Refuse to Be Complicit': Google Employees Protest Proposed Contract With ICE and CBP "It's time to stand together again and state clearly that we will not work on any such contract." Read more |
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Global Temps Continue to Soar Upward as NOAA Confirms July 2019 Was Hottest Month Since Records Began in 1880 "We are seeing record after record after record." Read more |
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Decrying Silicon Valley's Exploitation of Gig Economy Workers, Warren Backs California Bill to Guarantee Labor Protections "This is a crucial moment in the fight for workers in this country. It's a time for us to show whose side we're on." Read more |
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'This Was Murder,' Says Judge, Sentencing Ex-Blackwater Guard to Life for Nisour Square Massacre Welcoming the sentence, one attorney said, "Justice prevails for my clients—six families that suffered tragic losses that day." Read more |
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Iran Condemns Trump Administration for 'Piracy Attempt' After Court Rejects US Effort to Seize Oil Tanker "Having failed to accomplish its objectives through its economic terrorism—including depriving cancer patients of medicine—the U.S. attempted to abuse the legal system to steal our property on the high seas." Read more |
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CodePink Files Complaint Over AIPAC's 'Illegal Propaganda Trip' to Israel for Members of Congress "These congresspeople are our public officials who are being taken by lobbyists to a foreign country for the purpose of increasing support for Israel—a country that already receives $3.8 billion a year of our tax dollars." Read more |
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'Authoritarian Behavior': Trump Voices Approval as Netanyahu Moves to Bar Tlaib and Omar From Israel "Another new low as this country abandons all but the pretenses of democracy." Read more |
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'We Will Not Let Violence Stop Us': Jewish Activist Group Says Guard Was Driving Truck That Plowed Into Protest Against ICE "Tonight we experienced a tiny sample of the violence ICE uses on our immigrant neighbors every day." Read more |
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Planned Parenthood Demands Federal Court Intervene to Stop Trump Attack on Abortion Rights and Title X Program The group announced it would exit the federal program Monday unless the court blocks the administration's "unethical and dangerous" gag rule Read more |
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Calling Out Corporate Control of US Media, Sanders Campaign Launches 'Bern Notice' Newsletter "We've said from the start that we will have to take on virtually the entire media establishment in this campaign, and so far that has proven to be true. Ok. Fine. We are ready." Read more |
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Fracking Boom in US and Canada Largely to Blame for 'Massive' Rise of Global Methane Levels: Study While the rise of methane in the Earth's atmosphere over the past decade has been "globally significant," quick action to end fracking would have a rapid, positive impact on the environment Read more |
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As Trump's FCC Chair Tries to Ram Through Sprint/T-Mobile Merger, Expert Says Claims It Will Benefit Consumers 'Approximately 0% True' "The deal will result in higher prices for all consumers, and worse phone service—especially for rural Americans." Read more |
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Now Earning 278 Times More Than Average Worker, New Study Shows CEO Pay Has Grown More Than 1,000% Since 1978 "Corporate greed is eviscerating the working class." Read more |
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#TrumpRecession Trends as President Blamed for Rising Fears of Another Economic Meltdown "Trump came along and deregulated everything, weakening the post-Great Recession laws meant to curb Wall Street abuses and authorizing a massive tax cut for the wealthiest Americans." Read more |
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Rights Group Warns Against Amazon Marketing to Law Enforcement 'Dangerous and Invasive' Facial Recognition System It Claims Can Detect People's Fear "The dystopian surveillance state of our nightmares is being built in plain sight." Read more |
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Warnings of 'Taxpayer-Funded Discrimination' Against LGBTQ Workers as Trump Pushes Religious Exemption Rule for Contractors "This rule seeks to undermine our civil rights protections and encourages discrimination in the workplace—and we will work to stop it," said the ACLU Read more |
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Beyond Background Checks, Nearly 200 House Democrats Sign on for Federal Assault Weapons Ban "Meaningful action doesn't end with signing a bipartisan background checks bill." Read more |
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Well Wishes for Greta Thunberg as Teen Leader Sets Sail for US to Combat 'Climate and Ecological Crisis' The 16-year-old Swede is kicking off a two-week journey on a fossil fuel emissions-free boat from the U.K. to a U.N. summit in New York City Read more |
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'Strongest Recession Signal Yet': Alarm Bells Sound as Key Indicator That Predicted Last Wall Street Crash Goes Negative If and when a recession comes, said one commentator, "it'll be impossible not to point to a ruinous, needless trade war as a key cause" Read more |
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'Just Reciting White Nationalist Talking Points': Trump Immigration Chief Says Statue of Liberty Poem Only About Europeans "This administration finally admitted what we’ve known all along: They think the Statue of Liberty only applies to white people." Read more |
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'More Important Than Ever': Stacey Abrams Applauded for #FairFight2020 Initiative Against Voter Suppression "Creating a government of the people, by the people, and for the people will happen only when we hear every voice from the people." Read more |
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Reproductive Rights Advocates Fight Latest Extreme Abortion Ban as Tennessee GOP Attempts to Criminalize Procedure "In case you thought we were done with abortion bans, think again." Read more |
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Indigenous and Green Groups Fighting Against Pipeline Urge 2020 Democrats to Take 'NoKXL Pledge' "You either stand with family farmers, ranchers, Tribal Nations, and environmentalists—or you stand with fossil fuel corporations." Read more |
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"We Won't Back Down": Over 50 Catering Workers Arrested at American Airlines HQ in Protest Against Poverty Wages "In recent years American Airlines has made billions in profits. It is unconscionable that their workers cannot afford good healthcare or get reliable raises," said Sen. Bernie Sanders Read more |
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To Stave Off 'Climate Disaster,' 29 States and Major Cities Sue Trump EPA Over 'Dirty Power' Rule "President Trump's attempt to gut our nation's Clean Power Plan is foolish. It's also unlawful." Read more |
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'This Is Crazy': Scientists Alarmed as Lightning Near North Pole Seen as Latest Sign of Climate Breakdown "I think there's potential for nasty surprises coming out of the Arctic." Read more |
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Humanity's Destruction of Oceans Nearly Doubled Over a Decade, Scientists Warn, and Could Double Again Without Urgent Action "The solutions are known and within our grasp. We just need the social and political will to take action." Read more |
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'Give Me Your Tired and Your Poor... Who Can Stand on Their Own Two Feet': Top Trump Official Rewrites Statue of Liberty Greeting "Cuccinelli may as well have this engraved on a plaque, hang it around his neck, and wear it for the rest of his life," said the director of the ACLU's immigrant rights project Read more |
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Showing Size and Diversity of Sanders' Grassroots Army, #MyBernieStory Goes Viral on Social Media "Our campaign motto is Not Me, Us, and that is directly reflected in this incredible show of support from working people across America. It's these grassroots volunteers who will ensure Bernie Sanders wins the primary and defeats Donald Trump." Read more |
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Farmers Hit Back as USDA Chief Sonny Perdue Mocks Those Harmed by Trump Trade War as 'Whiners' "He doesn't understand what farmers are dealing with, and he's the head of the Department of Agriculture. He's supposed to be working for farmers." Read more |
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A Fist Raised and a Knee Taken: US Gold Medalists Gwen Berry and Race Imboden Protest Trump Racism and Gun Violence Epidemic at Pan Am Games "Somebody has to talk about the things that are too uncomfortable to talk about. Somebody has to stand for all of the injustices that are going on in America and a president who's making it worse," said hammer thrower Gwen Berry Read more |
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No, Trump Doesn't Want to 'See People Mowed Down and Killed,' Says Sanders, But His 'Racist Rhetoric' Fueling Violence The president, charged the 2020 Democratic candidate, "creates a climate where we are seeing a significant increase in hate crimes in this country—hates crimes against Muslims, against Mexicans, against Jews. He is creating the kind of divisiveness in this nation that is the last thing we should be... Read more |
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Leaked Draft of Trump Executive Order to 'Censor the Internet' Denounced as Dangerous, Unconstitutional Edict "In practice, this executive order would mean that whichever political party is in power could dictate what speech is allowed on the Internet." Read more |
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While Poorest Scapegoated, Analysis of 25 World's Wealthiest Families a Reminder of Inequality's Economic Drain "It's funny that the real truth about income inequality is not coming from the south like some would like you to believe—the sucking sound draining the middle-class is the 1 percent... Just saying." Read more |
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Sanders Demands Drug and Insurance Industries Explain the Hundreds of Millions They Seem Willing to Spend to Defeat Medicare for All "You made a $100 billion in profits last year—how much are you going to be spending of that $100 billion to oppose Medicare for All? Is it $200 million? Is it $500 million? Is it a billion dollars in order to protect your profits?" Read more |
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Ocasio-Cortez After Jeffrey Epstein Found Dead: 'We Need Answers. Lots of Them.' "I don't dabble much in conspiracy theories," said another observer in the wake of the news, "but..." Read more |
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At Center of Sex Trafficking Scandal, Jeffrey Epstein Dead by Apparent Jailhouse Suicide Convicted sex offender and political insider, according to officials, hanged himself at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan Read more |
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'Gold Over Life, Literally': How Trump Forced Reversal on Mining Project EPA Scientists Warn Could Destroy Alaskan Salmon Ecosystem "This is one of the world's most beautiful places, with a thriving salmon run, and now we'll get some...gold." Read more |
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Workers and Shooting Survivors Slam Walmart Plan to Stop Gun Violence by...Wait for It...Displaying Video Games Less Prominently "Stop hiding behind made up issues and come to grips with the reality of your role in gun violence." Read more |
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Pushback After Trump Says Views of NRA Should Be 'Fully Represented and Respected' "Gun violence in the U.S. is a human rights crisis. This is an emergency. It will continue to be an emergency until our lawmakers treat it as such." Read more |
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Example of 'Unknown Unknowns,' Study Detailing 'Almost Instant Mortality of Corals' Suggests Crisis Worse Than Previously Understood "The water temperatures are so warm that the coral animal doesn't bleach... the animal dies and its underlying skeleton is all that remains." Read more |
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'Unacceptable': Tom Perez, DNC Accused of Trying to Stifle Climate Debate for 2020 Dems "Why is Tom Perez trying to kill the momentum for a climate debate?" Read more |
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'Egregious Handout' to Corporate Polluters as Trump EPA Moves to Accelerate Pipeline Approvals With Attack on Clean Water Act "This attempted power grab at the expense of state-based clean water oversight is the epitome of hypocrisy." Read more |
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House Finance Chair Maxine Waters Wins Praise for Prioritizing Public Policy Over Raising Wall Street Cash—and Corporate Dems Are Miffed "Sounds like Waters is doing a great job. She works for the people, not the special interests." Read more |
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Trump Administration Reauthorizes 'Cyanide Bombs' to Kill US Wildlife Conservation groups say the devices are indiscriminate killers that should be banned Read more |
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Privacy Advocates Celebrate Court Ruling on Class-Action Suit Targeting Facebook's Facial Recognition Tech "Both corporations and the government are now on notice that this technology poses unique risks to people's privacy and safety." Read more |
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Epstein Documents Released, Revealing Depths of Convicted Pedophile's Alleged Sex Trafficking Operation "Excellent. Shine that light as bright as possible on all of it." Read more |
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Undermining Right-Wing Attack, Poll Shows Most Americans With Employer-Provided Insurance Support Moving to Medicare for All "You know how some 2020 Democrats have been claiming that most Americans would never be OK with replacing their private insurance with Medicare for All? Well...this new poll destroys their argument." Read more |
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Fueling Calls for Ban, Even a Security Industry Group Thinks Police Partnerships With Amazon Ring Are Dangerous "When an industry association that represents security and surveillance camera companies thinks that your practices are too invasive and lack transparency, that really says something." Read more |
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Activist Confronts Democrat Josh Gottheimer on Video for Funding Trump's War on Immigrants 'Never again' demands courage in the face of bigotry. This is cowardice." Read more |
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'Walking Gaffe Machine': Joe Biden Under Fire for Saying Poor Kids Are 'Just as Talented as White Kids' "If Democrats nominate Biden, he could end up out-gaffeing Trump in the general election campaign." Read more |
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Warning of 'Severe' Harm to Millions of People, UN Human Rights Chief Condemns Trump Embargo Against Venezuela "Wide-ranging unilateral sanctions can end up denying people's fundamental human rights, including their economic rights as well as the rights to food and health." Read more |
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'Huge Victory for Press Freedom': Brazil Supreme Court Bars Bolsonaro From Investigating Glenn Greenwald and The Intercept Greenwald, co-founder of The Intercept , applauded the court for protecting journalism against "repressive, retaliatory acts threatened by the Bolsonaro government" Read more |
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Study of Massive Smoke Cloud From 2017 Wildfires Offers Terrifying Hint of How Even Small Nuclear War Would Escalate Climate Crises Scientists warn a nuclear war could "cause climate change unprecedented in recorded human history and global food crises." Read more |
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Amid Trump's Disingenuous Vow for Unity, Rights Groups Say ICE Raids in Mississippi Only 'Sow Fear, Pain, and Discord' "Instead of ripping families apart, we should be providing opportunities for these hardworking individuals to earn a pathway to citizenship." Read more |
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Democratic Socialist Lawmaker Persuades Fellow Denver City Council Members to End Contracts With For-Profit Prison Operators "Still think local elections don't matter?" Read more |
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Detroit Man Who Suffered From Mental Illness and Diabetes That Trump Deported to Iraq—a Country He Had Never Even Been To—Found Dead "The Trump administration deported a man to Iraq who was not born there, never lived there, he came to the US as a child, he spoke no Arabic, and had type 1 diabetes. He died." Read more |
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'We Won't Be Intimidated,' Declare Campaigners After ExxonMobil Accused of Pressuring Witnesses in New York Climate Case "Exxon is polluting these proceedings just like it has polluted our communities." Read more |
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'What Oligarchy Looks Like': Sanders Leads 140 Lawmakers in Condemning Trump Plan to Rip Food Stamps From 3 Million Americans "Trump and the billionaires in his administration—after giving away over $1 trillion in tax cuts to mainly the rich and large corporations—are now trying to strip nutrition assistance from more than three million people." Read more |
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Critics Say Monsanto's Spying and Intimidation Operation Exposes Company's 'Toxic Corporate Culture' and Threatens Journalists' Rights New documents reveal Monsanto's 'fusion center' aimed at targeting and discrediting journalists and critics Read more |
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Because the Climate Crisis Is the 'Number One Priority,' Says Harry Reid, Senate Democrats Must Kill Filibuster "There's nothing that affects my children, grandchildren, and their children, right now, more than climate." Read more |
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Linking El Paso Massacre to ICE Raids, Sanders Says Trump's Campaign of Terror Against Immigrants Must Be Defeated "Days after immigrants were gunned down in El Paso, Trump is continuing the attacks on immigrant families. Our job is to reject Trump's racist agenda." Read more |
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UN Report Calls for Transforming Land Practices to Battle Hunger and 'Suffocating Blanket of Climate Emergency' "There are a lot of actions that we can take now... But what some of these solutions do require is attention, financial support, enabling environments." Read more |
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"Don't Look Away": Videos and Images of Weeping Children and Loved Ones Spread as ICE Arrests 680 in Mississippi "Children finished their first day of school with no parents to go home to tonight. Babies and toddlers remained at daycare with no guardian to pick them up. A child vainly searched a workplace parking lot for missing parents." Read more |
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'Our System Kills People': 27-Year-Old Diabetic Man Latest to Die in US Amid Skyrocketing Cost of Insulin "This is policy murder: Josh Wilkerson is dead because pharmaceutical companies sought to profit from his illness and federal regulators did nothing." Read more |
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Health and Labor Groups Sue Trump EPA for Refusal to Ban Pesticide Linked to Brain Damage in Children "Farmworkers, families, and developing children must be safe from chlorpyrifos." Read more |
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'A Guarantee of Not Being Shot Is Impossible': Amnesty Issues Global Travel Warning to All People in the United States Anyone in the U.S., the group warned, "should remain cautious that the country does not adequately protect people's right to be safe, regardless of who they might be." Read more |
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Bolstering Call to Expand Social Security, New Reporting Reveals How Corporations Are Offloading Pensions Not only are pensions being offered less, existing pensions are being transferred to insurers, with employees suffering consequences Read more |
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'Heartbreaking' Scene on Boston Streets as Police Destroy Wheelchairs Belonging to Homeless Residents "Can we all agree that it is inhumane and cruel and a waste of resources to crush the wheelchairs of people who are living on the street after a car accident in a full body cast?" Read more |
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Condemning 'Grossly Irresponsible' Inaction of World Powers, Fiji Unveils Ambitious Plan to Fight Climate Crisis Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum, Fiji's climate minister, said the fight against the climate crisis is "a fight for our lives and our livelihoods." Read more |
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'A Great Equalizer': Warren Unveils Plan for $200 Billion Investment in Public Broadband Access and Healthcare for Rural America "No matter where you live in America you should have the opportunity to thrive." Read more |
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Progressives Mock Outrage From the Right After Joaquin Castro Shares Publicly Available Trump Donor Information "Conservatives are literally more offended by Castro 'targeting' voters than gunmen targeting children." Read more |
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After Demands for Justice Drove Her Clemency, Cyntoia Brown Released From Prison Sex trafficking victim spent roughly half her life in prison Read more |
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Trump's Rollback of Fuel Economy Standards Could Cost Americans $460 Billion: Consumer Reports "The last thing the federal government should be doing is burdening consumers with more costs, while thwarting progress in the development of cleaner cars." Read more |
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Eating Away at Workers' Wages, Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance Costs Soared by 121% Since 1999: Analysis "As healthcare costs escalate, wages remain stagnant. Winning Medicare for All means abolishing the parasitic private insurers that generate unprecedented inequality in our society." Read more |