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Infrastructure

Naomi Klein: 4,645 Deaths in Puerto Rico From Hurricane Maria Were "State-Sponsored Mass Killing"

"The official death toll still stands at 64, but the new study estimates a death toll of at least 4,645, with some projections topping 5,700." (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Democrats Infrastructure Plan Would Roll Back GOP Tax Cuts for Rich, Corporations

Jake Johnson, staff writer

"Making the rich and corporations pay their fair share means we will be able to rebuild our communities from the ground up."

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Warnings Mount That Trump's Infrastructure Plan Will Make It Harder to Fight Pipelines

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

DAPL protest

The president's proposal "could be a significant blow to the slew of protesters...

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Trump Infrastructure Plan Decried as 'Scam' Designed to Keep US Stuck in 'Dirty and Destructive Past'

Julia Conley, staff writer

"This is a plan to shore up the infrastructure of the past, rather than invest...

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'Disaster Capitalism Disguised as Progress': Critics Rip Trump Infrastructure Plan

Have You Seen These Prototypes for Trump's "Ridiculous" Border Wall?

People wait to be rescued from their flooded homes after the area was inundated with flooding from Hurricane Harvey on August 28, 2017 in Houston, Texas.

Media Largely 'Blind' to Harvey's Devastating Impact on Poor Communities

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) appeared on CNN

Asked Again About 2020, Sanders Denounces Media Obsession with "Never-Ending Campaigns"

Weeks before Hurricane Harvey hit the Houston area, President Trump announced a rollback of Obama-era regulations aimed at keeping federally-funded projects out of flood zones.

Harvey Destruction a 'Grim Preview' of Pain Caused by Trump’s Climate Denial

Rainbow over waterway in Brooklyn, New York

Anti-Fracking Activists Celebrate Ruling Against Major Pipeline

Flood in Florida

Ignoring Threat of Rising Seas, Trump Eliminates Flood Risk Standards

Mike Pence

Pence's Indiana 'Cautionary Tale' for Privatizing Infrastructure Projects

"It's Crap": The Trump Administration's Budget Is a Highway to Privatization

Senate Dems Lay Down Gauntlet for Trump and GOP With Plan to Rebuild America

Newswire

The Main Street Alliance

Small Business Statement on House Spending Bill

Food & Water Watch

Senate Democrats Release Strong Infrastructure Package, Contrasting Pitfalls of Trump Administration’s Shameful Wall Street Giveaways

Food & Water Watch

Groups Sue To Force Kushner-led Innovation Office To Follow Federal Transparency Rules And Reveal Role In Shaping Infrastructure Policy

Oil Change International

Trump Administration Budget and Infrastructure Proposals Signal All-out Assault on Public Health, Environment

People's Action

Trump Infrastructure Scam Nickels and Dimes Working People

Food & Water Watch

Trump’s Infrastructure Plan Sends Our Tax Dollars to Wall Street

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Views

Amanda Devecka-Rinear

Organizing After Disasters – Both Natural and Man-Made

Ben Lilliston

The High Cost of Trump's Infrastructure Plan

Eileen Appelbaum

Trump’s Plan Won’t Solve the Problems of America’s Crumbling Infrastructure

John Atcheson

Taxation by Another Name: Our Devotion to Privatization Will Cost Us

Dan Beeton

Puerto Rico’s Dual Crises Show Its Territorial Status is the Worst of Both Worlds

Sonali Kolhatkar

Trump's Cruel Indifference to Puerto Rico

Harvey Wasserman

In Maria's Wake, Could Puerto Rico Go Totally Green?

Andy Rowell

Four Years Ago Puerto Rico Warned of “Climate Tipping Points” – Did Anyone Listen?

Richard Eskow

Can Centrism Be a Movement? The Answer May Surprise You

Cain Burdeau

Don't Expect the Insurance Industry To Protect You From Climate Change

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