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Video Featuring Greta Thunberg and George Monbiot Details Magical Solution to Climate Crisis: Nature "We need to stop funding things that destroy nature and pay for things that help it." Read more |
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'Total Massacre' as U.S. Drone Strike Kills 30 Farmers in Afghanistan Amnesty International said the bombing "suggests a shocking disregard for civilian life." Read more |
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'Perfectly Legal' Levels of Contaminants in US Tap Water Could Result in 100,000 Cancer Cases: New Study "The vast majority of community water systems meet legal standards. Yet the latest research shows that contaminants present in the water at those concentrations can still harm human health." Read more |
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'What Corporate Impunity Looks Like': Court Acquits Tepco Executives for Role in Fukushima Nuclear Disaster "I had braced myself that we might not get a clean victory, but this is too awful." Read more |
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On Climate Strike Eve, 450+ Activists and Groups Urge United Nations to Back Global Fracking Ban "Our planet is on fire, but fracking is not an evacuation bridge nor a fire extinguisher. Fracking is an arsonist that needs to be stopped." Read more |
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Iran Doesn't Want Conflict, Says Foreign Minister Javad Zarif, But Any US-Saudi Attack Would Spark 'All-Out War' "We don't want war. We don't want to engage in a military confrontation. But we won't blink to defend our territory." Read more |
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Condemning Pompeo Warmongering, Sanders Says 'Attack on Saudi Oil Is Not an Attack on America' "We will not let you drag the American people into another catastrophe in the Middle East." Read more |
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Applause as Federal Court Blocks 'Unconstitutional' South Dakota Law That Would Hit Pipeline Protesters With Up to 25 Years in Prison "The so-called 'Riot Boosting' Act was clearly intended to suppress constitutionally-protected, peaceful protests of the Keystone XL pipeline." Read more |
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Alarming Trump 'Promise' to Foreign Leader Reportedly Sparked Whistleblower Complaint Intel Chief Is Hiding From Congress "This may take impeachment in a totally new direction," said John Dean, who served as White House counsel to President Richard Nixon Read more |
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'Look a Dying Man in the Eyes': Activist Ady Barkan Wants Joe Biden to Sit Down and Talk About Medicare for All "Look a dying man in the eyes and tell me how we fix this country." Read more |
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'What the Hell Is Going On Here'?: Alarm Raised as Trump's Intelligence Director Refuses to Give Whistleblower Complaint to Congress Acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire informed the House Intelligence Committee chairman that he'd been directed by "a higher authority" to withhold the complaint Read more |
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Lack of Transparency Surrounding Working Families Party's Warren Endorsement Raises Concerns "Last I checked, transparency isn't a radical idea." Read more |
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Outrage as Tennessee Moves Forward With Trump-Favored Proposal to Slash Medicaid The plan, if enacted, threatens to unleash a "radical change to the medical safety net for the nation's poorest citizens." Read more |
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Day After Trump Denigrates Homeless, Sanders Unveils $2.5 Trillion #HousingForAll Plan to Address Crisis "My administration will be looking out for working families and tenants, not the billionaires who control Wall Street." Read more |
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'This Really Is Something': UN Chief Praised for Move to Block Coal-Backing Nations From Speaking at Climate Summit The U.N. had already announced that only leaders with a clear climate action plan would be allowed to speak, and it appears the secretary-general is following through on that directive. Read more |
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Swiss Voters to Decide on Whether to Allow Factory Farming to Continue in 'Milestone' Moment On September 16, the campaign submitted more than enough signatures for the measure to appear on the upcoming ballot. Read more |
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Progressives Say GM's Decision to Cut Off Employee Health Insurance 'Yet Another Reason Why We Need Medicare for All' Under a single-payer system, said one Medicare for All advocate, employers would no longer have "tons of leverage because workers are desperate to keep their benefit." Read more |
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WATCH: With Gun Control Measures Held Up In Congress, 'Gut Punch' PSA Shows Children Trying to Survive School Shooting "When kids go back to school, they have plenty to worry about. They shouldn't also have to wonder if they're going to make it home." Read more |
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Greta Thunberg Just Delivered Her Testimony to US Lawmakers: It Was a Landmark UN Climate Report "I don't want you to listen to me," said the youth climate leader. "I want you to listen to the scientists." Read more |
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Disputing Trump Claims, Japan Says No Evidence Iran Was Behind Saudi Attack "We are not aware of any information that points to Iran," said Japanese defense minister Taro Kono. Read more |
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WATCH: Coalition of 10,000 Farmers and Ranchers Call On Congress to Pass Green New Deal "With a Green New Deal, we have a historic opportunity to break corporate control of farming, invest in rural America, and stand behind the hard-working people who grow our food every day." Read more |
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Ahead of Climate Strike, Greta Thunberg Tells US Lawmakers to Their Faces: Sorry, You're Not Trying 'Hard Enough' "Don't invite us here to just tell us how inspiring we are without actually doing anything about it because it doesn't lead to anything." Read more |
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'Abhorrent': Trump Condemned After Showing More Concern for Real Estate Than Human Beings in Remarks on Homelessness "He's apparently more concerned with the doorways and streets than with the people who are homeless and sleeping on them." Read more |
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'Heartless and Unconscionable': Outrage as General Motors Cuts Off Healthcare for 50,000 Striking Workers "It is cruel and outrageous that GM has cut off the healthcare benefits from their employees in a blatant attempt to force the union into submission," said Sen. Bernie Sanders. Read more |
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So-Called "Limited" Nuclear War Would Actually Be Very Bad and Kill Tens of Millions, Warns New Report "We urgently need sensible action to reduce and eliminate nuclear risk." Read more |
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Edward Snowden Responds After Trump DOJ Sues Whistleblower Over New Memoir the US Government 'Does Not Want You to Read' The Justice Department filed suit the day Snowden's memoir Permanent Record was published. Read more |
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'Terrifying' New Climate Models Warn of 6-7°C of Warming by 2100 If Emissions Not Slashed "Global greenhouse gas emissions need to decline today rather than tomorrow, and global CO2 emissions should be brought to net zero." Read more |
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Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley to Introduce Resolution Calling for Kavanaugh Impeachment Inquiry "We must demand justice for survivors and hold Kavanaugh accountable for his actions." Read more |
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Warren Draws Record Crowd of 20,000 in New York as She Vows to Combat Corporate Power "We can't choose a candidate we don't believe in just because we're too scared to do anything else," Warren told the crowd. "And Democrats can't win if we're scared and looking backward." Read more |
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'There Is an Awakening Going On': Greta Thunberg Honored With Amnesty's Top Award Days Before Global Climate Strikes "What I'm telling you to do now is to act. Because no one is too small to make a difference. I'm urging all of you to take part in the global climate strikes on September 20th and September 27th." Read more |
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Applauding Progressive Challenger for Championing Green New Deal and Medicare for All, Ocasio-Cortez Endorses Marie Newman "The momentum is growing to make the Democratic Party fight for solutions as big as the problems we face and create a party for voters, not corporate donors." Read more |
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Nadler Accuses Trump of 'Shocking and Dangerous' Abuse of Power as White House Orders Former Aides to Defy Subpoenas "The president would have us believe that he can willfully engage in criminal activity and prevent witnesses from testifying before Congress." Read more |
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Cutting Health Benefits of 1,900 Whole Food Workers Saved World's Richest Man Jeff Bezos What He Makes in Less Than Six Hours A new analysis finds that the billionaire could provide annual coverage slashed last week with just a fraction of what he makes personally each day. Read more |
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'A Goddamn Terrifying Time to Be Alive': Naomi Klein Explains Why a Global Green New Deal Comes First and Being Hopeful Comes After "How do we earn the hope that we could actually do this?" asks author of new book. "That's the only discussion that matters." Read more |
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Warning Against 'Another Endless War,' Ilhan Omar Says Congress Must Act to Stop Trump From Attacking Iran "Congress has the constitutional right to declare war. The president doesn't have it. The secretary of state doesn't have it. And Saudi Arabia certainly doesn't have it." Read more |
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'Young People Are Correct to Be Outraged': Seattle City Council Urges Public Schools to Let Students Join Global Climate Strike "Seattle Public Schools should stand with the global climate justice movement and excuse students so they can participate in the global climate strike." Read more |
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Facing State Felony Charges for Disrupting 'Critical Infrastructure,' Greenpeace Activists Denounce Fossil Fuel 'Bullying Tactic' "The most dangerous thing about that shipping channel wasn't the activists—it was and continues to be fossil fuel executives' reckless plans to push us further towards climate chaos." Read more |
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'Birds of a Feather, Fascist Together': Critics Decry Trump's Decision to Join India's Modi Onstage at Houston Event "I don't know what's more embarasssing—that Modi will appear beside Trump or that Trump will appear beside Modi. Both countries have my condolences." Read more |
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Fears of 'Collateral Damage to Democracy' as Trump Weighs Withdrawing From Global Postal Pact Election officials fear thousands of votes could go uncounted if the president leaves the Universal Postal Union Read more |
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Citing Previous 'Misstatements of Fact' and Corruption Allegations, House Democrats Open Ethics Probe into Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao Letter to the secretary references "troubling questions about whether you are using office to benefit yourself and your family." Read more |
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Saying He Would Return to US for Fair Trial, Snowden Wants People to Know 'Why I Did What I Did' "Was it better for the United States? Did it benefit us? Or did it cause harm? They don't want the jury to be able to consider that at all." Read more |
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New Report Details 10 'Critical Transitions' to Tackle the Climate Crisis and Feed the World "We can either seize the opportunity to transform our food and land use systems or frankly, sleepwalk our way into an ecological and human disaster." Read more |
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'Choose People Over Profits': Never Again Action Fights ICE Detention Center in Rhode Island "We once again call on the members of the board of directors to fulfill their obligation to the communities they represent by either voting against this agreement or resigning from their positions immediately." Read more |
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It's Not Just Trump: New Report Details How Greed of 'Border-Industrial Complex' Fuels Militarization and Abuse " The last three decades have witnessed an unstoppable boom in U.S. border spending and many arms, security, and IT firms have made millions as a result." Read more |
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Demanding 'Fair Wages and Basic Dignity' for All Workers in Changing Economy, Climate Action Campaigners Back UAW Strike Sunrise Movement co-founder Varshini Prakash's call to climate campaigners to support striking auto workers came after a number of labor groups backed the Global Climate Strike Read more |
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No War for Oil, Say Climate Advocates, as Trump Admin Pushes for Conflict With Iran "Oil has fueled violence and the climate emergency for far too long." Read more |
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Warren Rolls Out Plan She Calls 'Most Sweeping Set of Anti-Corruption Reforms Since Watergate' The White House hopeful says her proposed reforms would put power "back where it belongs—in the hands of the people." Read more |
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'Saudi Arabia First': Trump Accused of Letting Saudis Dictate US Foreign Policy After Oil Facility Attack "Congress will not give you the authority to start another disastrous war in the Middle East just because the brutal Saudi dictatorship told you to," said Sen. Bernie Sanders. Read more |
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'House Democrats Must Not Delay': Progressives, 2020 Contenders Demand Kavanaugh Impeachment Amid New Sexual Misconduct Accusations "Confirmation is not exoneration. Like the man who appointed him, Kavanaugh should be impeached," said Sen. Elizabeth Warren Read more |
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Sanders Responds to Biden's Praise for Pharma Companies: 'Their Behavior Is Literally Killing People Every Day' "America needs a president who isn't going to appease and compliment drug companies—we need a president who will take on the pharmaceutical industry, whether they like it or not." Read more |
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'When We Fight, We Win': Protesting Stagnant Wages as GM Rakes in Record Profits, 50,000 Auto Workers Go On Strike "We are standing together in unity and solidarity for our members, their families, and the communities where we work and live." Read more |
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US 'Lies' Slammed After Pompeo, Without Proof, Blames Iran for Drone Attacks Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) threatens to " break the regime’s back" Read more |
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German Study: Alarming Levels of Dangerous Plastics in Children's Bodies Children from poorer families had more plastic residue in their bodies than those from higher-income homes. Read more |
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Cowardly Democratic Senator Coons Attacks Beto for Standing Up to NRA O'Rourke: "But the time for letting status quo politics determine how far we can go is over. If we agree that having millions of weapons of war on the streets is a bad idea, we have to do something about it. " Read more |
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Not Just the Bees, First-of-Its-Kind Study Shows Neonics May Be Killing Birds Too "It's clear evidence these chemicals can affect populations." Read more |
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Sanders Campaign Hits Back Against 'Dishonest' Biden Attack on Medicare for All "It's disappointing Joe Biden is echoing the deceptions and falsehoods of the healthcare industry which is spending millions to protect the $100 billion in profits they made." Read more |
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At #SandtonShutdown, South African Women Disrupt Business as Usual as Fury Over Gender-Based Violence Boils Over "My body is not your war zone," read one protest signs. Read more |
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Majority in US Back Free College Tuition and Student Debt Cancellation, New Poll Finds The proposals of Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren have been dismissed as "extreme" by some of their opponents, but most Americans support such ideas. Read more |
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In 'Disgusting' Move, Jeff Bezos Abruptly Cuts Health Benefits for Nearly 2,000 Part-Time Whole Foods Workers "I am in shock. I've worked here 15 years. This is why I keep the job—because of my benefits." Read more |
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'No Policy, No Facts, Just Displays of Violence': Ocasio-Cortez Says Hysterical Ad Proves GOP Has No Response to Progressive Vision "We are fighting to guarantee healthcare in America. To make education and housing dignified and accessible. To save our planet. To set living wages. To establish justice at home and peace abroad." Read more |
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From Nepal to New Zealand to Nigeria, Fridays for Future Youth Activists Take to Streets Worldwide One Week Before #ClimateStrike "We are calling on everyone to join us," said strike organizer Jerome Foster II. "We need a truly diverse and multi-generational movement, made of people from all ages and backgrounds, not just the youth." Read more |
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'We Will Not Give Up,' Say Indigenous Groups, as Trump Admin Gets Closer to Fossil Fuel Pillage of Arctic Refuge Final Environmental Impact Statement for drilling in coastal plain of refuge came on heels of House vote to block drilling in Alaska area Read more |
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Despite GOP Death Threat, Beto Doubles Down on "We're Going to Take Your AR-15" Promise "Hell yeah, we're going to take your AR-15 and your AK-47." Read more |
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In 'Massive Victory' in Fight Against Trump's 'Unconstitutional Conduct,' Federal Appeals Court Reopens Emoluments Case "We never wanted to be in a position where it would be necessary to go to court to compel the president of the United States to follow the Constitution. However, President Trump left us no choice." Read more |
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Highlighting Number of Years Left to Save Earth, Greta Thunberg Joins 11-Minute Die-In Outside White House "We're seeing entire communities being decimated by the climate crisis. That's why we strike here today, that's why we strike here every Friday." Read more |
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As Amazon Rainforest Burns, Brazil's Environment Minister to Meet US Group That Denies Climate Crisis at EPA Headquarters A Greenpeace Brazil campaingner says the Bolsonaro government "makes efforts to deny the problems, not to face them." Read more |
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Challenging Biden on Iraq War Vote, Sanders Denounces Bloated Trump Pentagon Budget During Democratic Debate "I don't think we have to spend $750 billion a year on the military when we don't even know who our enemy is." Read more |
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'ABC and the DNC Should Be Ashamed,' Say Progressives, After Just One Question on Climate Crisis During Democratic Debate "I don't know how Tom Perez and DNC leaders can look themselves in the mirror after tonight." Read more |
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Sanders First 2020 Democrat to Pledge, If Elected, All Top Appointees Will Back Fracking Ban and Bold Climate Action "If presidential hopefuls are truly serious about tackling fossil fuels head-on, a commitment on appointments must reflect this." Read more |
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'Total Dirtbag Move': Biden Surrogate Ed Rendell Pens 11th Hour Attack on Warren Before Debate "The problem with Rendell's long track record is that it's just too easy to dive in and unearth examples of his own hypocrisy." Read more |
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'Holy Smokes, This Thing Could Get HUGE': NYC Public Schools to Let Students #ClimateStrike "They are finally treating the crisis like a crisis," said 14-year-old New Yorker and climate striker Alexandria Villaseñor. Read more |
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Austin, Texas Becomes First US City to Fund Travel Expenses for Patients Obtaining Abortion Care "Every day, anti-abortion extremists at the Texas legislature wake up and think about how to restrict access to abortion. Today, the Austin City Council fought back." Read more |
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Industry Coalition Launches Seven-Figure Ad Blitz to Flood Democratic Debate With Attacks on Medicare for All David Sirota, speechwriter for Sen. Bernie Sanders's campaign, said the ad blitz is an attempt by healthcare industry lobbyists "to buy tonight's Democratic debate—as part of their campaign to buy the 2020 election." Read more |
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Trump Rollback of Key EPA Water Protection Rule Denounced as 'Callous' and 'Immoral' Giveaway to Big Polluters "This is shameful and dangerous." Read more |
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'A Solution for All Generations': With Plan for Social Security Expansion, Warren Demands Rich Pay Fair Share to Lift 5 Million Out of Poverty "No one who spends 30 years working and contributing to Social Security should retire in poverty." Read more |
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Gates Foundation Award for Indian PM and 'Despot-in-the-Making' Narendra Modi Draws Anger From Rights Advocates "Are Trump and Bolsonaro next?" Read more |
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Japan's New Environmental Minister Calls for Closing Down All Nuclear Reactors to Prevent Another Disaster Like Fukushima "We will be doomed if we allow another nuclear accident to occur." Read more |
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'Decades of Progress Are at Stake' as Trump Reaches 150 Lifetime Judicial Appointments and Right-Wing Court Takeover Accelerates "Every network should be covering this. Trump's dangerous takeover of our courts will last a generation." Read more |
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Demanding 2020 Democrats Pick a Side on Climate Emergency, Greenpeace Climbers Shut Down Busiest Fossil Fuel Transportation Hub in US "Will you champion a Green New Deal and ensure a just transition away from fossil fuels?" asked the activists of the Democratic contenders. "Or will you side with the corrupt billionaires trying to wreck the planet for their profit? Millions of Americans are waiting on your answer." Read more |
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Warnings That 'Lives Will Be Lost' After Right-Wing Supreme Court Allows Trump Asylum Ban to Take Effect "The Supreme Court is giving a green light to this administration to continue its inhumane treatment of vulnerable people." Read more |
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'Morally Bankrupt and a Black Mark on America': Trump Condemned for Refusing to Grant Protected Status to Bahamian Hurricane Victims "Let's be clear: This decision is racist and cruel. We should grant Temporary Protected Status to Bahamians fleeing Hurricane Dorian," said Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Read more |
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'We Must Be Bolder Than Ever': Labor Federation Representing 30 Million Workers Calls on All Unions to Join Global Climate Strike "We cannot let the vital idealism of this new generation be poisoned by cynicism and doubt. This is our last chance. They are our last chance. We must stand with them." Read more |
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'The Moron Fascists': ICE Fails to Properly Redact Document Proposing 'Hyper-Realistic' Urban Warfare Training Facility "Sure feels like ICE is positioning itself to become an all encompassing, no accountability, paramilitary force." Read more |
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As AOC and Ayanna Pressley Demand Answers on Trump Policy That Would Deport Sick Kids, ICE Officials at Hearing Refuse to Talk "This is a threat to the rule of law." Read more |
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Immigrant Rights and Green Groups Join Forces in Rally at CBP, Demanding Trump Welcome Bahamians and All Climate Refugees "In the climate crisis, we must not deny entry to survivors of disasters." Read more |
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On 18th Anniversary of 9/11, Bernie Sanders Calls for End to Endless War "U.S. power should be measured not by our ability to blow things up, but to bring people together around our common humanity." Read more |
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New Report on Trans Mountain Pipeline Highlights 'Dangerous' Construction Hot Spots "Canadians taxpayers—who are the ones paying for this multi-billion dollar pipeline—have a right to know the impacts that construction will have on communities and the environment." Read more |
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Steadily Gaining Ground in Polls, Elizabeth Warren Embraces Wall Street Fear of Her Campaign "The Warren campaign should play this clip everywhere," one supporter said of two CNBC anchors saying executives feel the progressive candidate "has got to be stopped" Read more |
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'Red Flag for Whole World': Undocumented Workers in India Fear They May Soon Be Prisoners in Detention Camps They Are Building "This is the world that the global war on terror made." Read more |
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US Forces May Have Committed War Crimes in Syria: UN Report The conflict, now in its ninth year, "continues to torment civilians who bear the brunt of hostilities" Read more |
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Leaked Email Suggests Trump Admin Pressuring UN Agency to Self-Censor on 'Political Sensitivities' Like Climate Crisis or Risk Defunding Critics called the administration's reported threat to cut funding "deeply worrying" and "blackmail." Read more |
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'Historic Win' for Gig Economy Workers in California Exposes Telling Rift Among 2020 Democrats While Sanders, Warren, Harris, and Buttigeig have come out in favor of state's bill that would offer far-reaching labor protections, Biden has remained quietly on the sidelines. Read more |
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Healthcare Ad Spending Exceeds $65 Million in 2019 as Insurance Industry Ramps Up Effort to Kill Medicare for All "The insurance companies are working hard to shift the blame and stop the movement for Medicare for All." Read more |
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Amnesty International Chief's Plea to 30,000+ Schools Worldwide: Let the Students Climate Strike! "Children should not be punished for speaking out about the great injustices of our age." Read more |
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Faced With Soaring Costs of Private Insurance, Poll Shows 58% of Small Business Owners Support Medicare for All "Medicare for All is the only solution to our healthcare cost crisis that will offer relief to workers and small businesses alike." Read more |
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'Internment Camps for the Homeless': Housing Advocates Horrified by Trump Push for 'Crackdown' on California Homelessness "Further efforts to criminalize or otherwise harm people experiencing homelessness are unconscionable." Read more |
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Bolton's Replacement Charles Kupperman 'Another Islamophobe,' Charge Critics "In Washington, D.C. today, the more things change, the more they stay the same." Read more |
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Parents on Twitter Share Sky-High Costs of Giving Birth in the US, Calling for Medicare for All "Saving these bills to show my kids what life was like before Medicare for All, and why we fought so hard to give them a better country." Read more |
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Politicon Lineup Exposes Event as 'Circus': Critics "Why should the average voter invest in US politics if those running it think it's all a sport?" Read more |
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"Exactly What I've Hoped For": 100+ Education Leaders Voice Support for Sanders K-12 Plan "No president or presidential candidate has offered a proposal so bold and sweeping." Read more |