All Views Articles for 2018-01-29

Monday, January 29, 2018
Ruben Cantu, Katrina Deloso
In Era of Recreational Marijuana, We Must Do More to Protect Public Health
The many positive aspects of marijuana decriminalization and legalization do not mean we should not be thoughtful as we craft local policies
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"The Koch brothers and their billionaire friends are planning to spend some $400 million in the 2018 midterm elections supporting right-wing Republicans. We will beat them, however, because we are in the midst of creating a political revolution." (Photo: Sally Prevost/flickr/cc) Bernie Sanders
What Trump Will Not Be Talking About in His State of the Union
He will surely not be apologizing for the many lies he told American voters.
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"Many 75-year-olds consider themselves lucky to have jobs at Walmart. " (Photo: Paulann Egelhoff/Flickr/cc) Paul Buchheit
Six Big Losers in Our 'Booming' Economy
We're approaching third-world status in parts of our nation.
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"A recent global study that included the United States shows that young people firmly believe and act upon gender stereotypes by at least age 10." (Photo:TheStar) Melissa Goodman
Let’s Stop Sexual Harassment and Violence Before They Begin With Comprehensive Sex Ed
To stop the objectification of women and power imbalance that fuels this societal epidemic, we need to start long before anyone enters the workplace.
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Describing our study, one journalist summarized our key finding as "a snowball’s chance in hell that this was natural."(Photo: Oil Change International/Twitter) Michael Mann
Climate Change Denial in the Age of Trump
Our best hope is perhaps that Trump comes to realize that climate change is a threat not just to human civilization but to the one thing he cares about—Trump.
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"The hearts and minders and Clausewitzians atop the military establishment since 9/11 are never likely to stop citing their versions of the Vietnam War as the key to victory today; that is, they will never stop focusing on a war that was always unwinnable and never worth fighting." (Photo: Quora/Wikimedia) Danny Sjursen
The War That Never Ends (for the U.S. Military High Command)
And It’s Not the War on Terror.
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"The elites in dying cultures turn everything into a commodity. Human beings are commodities. The natural world is a commodity. Government and democratic institutions are commodities." (Photo:Mr.Fish) Chris Hedges
The Useful Idiocy of Donald Trump
Trump, who has no inclination or ability to govern, has handed the machinery of government over to the bankers, corporate executives, right-wing think tanks, intelligence chiefs and generals.
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"The paid-for denialists that Trump has been listening to have deliberately buried the lede." (Image: flickr / cc / Kevin Gill) Juan Cole
No, Trump, Ice Isn’t Growing at Poles, and Yes, We Are Boiling the Earth
Since Trump is not good with reading books and the like, it may be helpful to reply to his falsehoods with graphs.
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Sunday, January 28, 2018
Nat Parry
The Legacy of Investigative Journalist Robert Parry (1949-2018)
Robert Parry, editor and publisher of Consortiumnews.com, died peacefully Saturday evening. In this tribute, his son Nat Parry describes Robert’s unwavering commitment to independent journalism.
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