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'Staggering' UN Warning That Climate Crisis Disasters Now Occur Weekly Provokes Calls for Action "This is an emergency. We need political leadership that acts like it." Read more |
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As Brazil's Bolsonaro Wages War on the Amazon, Rainforest Communities Battle Climate Emergency "We know what happens when the state does nothing. We know how quickly the forest can disappear." Read more |
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Medicare for All Sponsor Rep. Jayapal Challenges Biden's Comments on Labor Unions and Health Insurance "Unions understand that when they have to bargain for healthcare, they give up money that should be used for wages." Read more |
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Sparking Fires and Causing Injuries, Another Even Bigger Earthquake Rattles Southern California The 7.1 magnitude temblor, which followed a 6.4 quake, has experts warning of aftershocks for days or longer Read more |
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Everything Is [Not] Fine: Half-Submerged Trump Head, Says Artist, Designed to Silence Destructive Words and Deeds of US President "The idea was to gag Trump, to silence him, but he continues to speak." Read more |
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'I Can't Overstate What a Farce This Is': Trump DOJ Says It Is Still Reviewing 'All Available Options' to Revive Census Citizenship Question The court filing came after Trump said he was considering an executive order and suggested—despite his own DOJ attorneys claiming otherwise—that the aim of the question is to redraw congressional districts Read more |
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'Gross Violation of Logic and Sense': Open Letter From Nearly 140 Scholars Implores SF School Board Not to Destroy Historic Mural "Let's stand up for the integrity of art as well as for historical interpretation, and for a shared analysis of the political reality of the United States in the past and the present." Read more |
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Alleged Abuse by US Border Guards Who Forced Detained Migrant to Wear Humiliating Sign Around His Neck Reminiscent of Nazi Camps, Expert Warns "Guards are trying to assert total control over detainees, and to demonstrate that there's nothing they can do to protect themselves." Read more |
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'The Climate Crisis Doesn't Go on Summer Holiday, And Neither Will We,' Says Greta Thunberg as #FridaysForFuture Returns to the Streets A campaigner in Nigeria adds, "It doesn't matter the course you study nor your age, we need you to join climate justice." Read more |
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'This Is the Agenda America Needs': Sanders Fires Back After Biden Attacks Medicare for All and Other Progressive Solutions "I'm proud to be working with AOC and so many other Democrats to pass Medicare for All, debt-free college, and a Green New Deal," said Sen. Bernie Sanders Read more |
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Global Effort to Plant a Trillion Trees 'Overwhelmingly' Among Most Effective—and Cheapest—Solutions to Climate Emergency: Study "We have solutions ready to go; we're just missing the political will to act." Read more |
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After British Commandos Seize Oil Tanker, Iran Accuses UK of Committing 'Maritime Piracy' on Behalf of US "If Britain does not release the Iranian oil tanker, it is the authorities' duty to seize a British oil tanker," said Mohsen Rezai, a senior Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps commander Read more |
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'We Are in a Climate Emergency, America': Anchorage Hits 90 Degrees for First Time in Recorded History "This is unprecedented. I tease people that Anchorage is the coolest city in the country—and climatically that is true—but right now we are seeing record heat," said Anchorage Mayor Ethan Berkowitz Read more |
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Biggest Earthquake in 20 Years Hits Southern California The 6.4 magnitude quake, centered in the southern California city of Ridgecrest, was felt 113 miles away in Los Angeles Read more |
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After Aerial Bombing Kills Dozens of Migrants in Libya, 82 More Reported Missing at Sea The separate incidents, less than two days apart, have sparked calls from U.N. officials and human rights advocates for world leaders to pursue humane refugee policies Read more |
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'A Brutal Violation of Press Freedom': Glenn Greenwald Targeted With Investigation by Brazilian Government After Reporting on Corruption "Criminally investigating journalist Glenn Greenwald for reporting on corruption within the Bolsonaro government is a shocking violation of his rights as a reporter." Read more |
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'Straight Out of Orwell': While Slashing Climate Regulations, Trump Plans Speech Touting His 'Environmental Leadership' Trump "plans to go on the offensive against criticism of his industry-friendly rollbacks of environment protections" in an address at the White House next week, The Guardian reported Read more |
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Study Finds Holding Governments and Corporations Legally Accountable for Climate Crisis 'Has Become a Global Phenomenon' Climate action and liability cases have been filed in at least 28 countries Read more |
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Greta Thunberg Thanks OPEC Chief for Suggesting Climate Campaigners Pose 'Greatest Threat' to Oil Sector "Our biggest compliment yet!" Read more |
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After Becoming Lone Republican to Call for Trump Impeachment, Justin Amash Leaves GOP "I've become disenchanted with party politics and frightened by what I see from it. The two-party system has evolved into an existential threat." Read more |
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'Monstrous': Trump Blames Migrants for Appalling Conditions at Border Patrol Detention Centers "It's hard to overstate the level of venality and depravity this man is capable of." Read more |
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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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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 |
