All Views Articles for 2018-06-13

Wednesday, June 13, 2018
"While Pruitt was getting headlines for having taxpayer-funded aides do his private business, his EPA just gutted an Obama-era law to protect Americans from toxic chemicals." (Photo: Shutterstock) Jill Richardson
Scott Pruitt's Corruption Is Bad, But His Planetary Sabotage Is Worse
Scott Pruitt's abuse of our environment is far more dangerous than his abuse of taxpayer money.
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"Our leaders have apparently judged that we either don’t need — or don’t deserve — things like an adequate standard of living and universal health care." (Photo: Otherwords) Mona Younis
Other Countries Expect More of Their Leaders. So Should We.
We're the wealthiest country on earth, but over 40 percent of us live in or near poverty.
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"For some of us, we will think back and remember how we used to do things before the ubiquitous presence of plastic, but many of us are young enough that we can’t visualize our lives without plastic encasing everything."(Photo by Laura Lezza/Getty Images) Eileen McCabe
Our Throw-Away Society
We are at a crossroads not just for the health of our planet, but also for the health of our society.
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"He has a national security adviser – John Bolton – who has been pushing the US to bomb Iran for more than decade." (Photo: Middle East Eye) Trita Parsi
Iran Is Not North Korea: Trump's Regional Allies Prefer Civil War to Peace
Unlike with Pyongyang, America’s allies in the region are not interested in a diplomatic solution to the Iran issue.
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Progressive challenger Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is running to unseat the powerful Democratic incumbent Rep. Joe Crowley in New York's 14th Congressional District, but the establishment of the party continues. (Photo: Facebook) Glenn Greenwald
The Democratic Party’s 2018 View of Identity Politics Is Confusing, and Thus Appears Cynical and Opportunistic
Given its rhetoric, how does the Democratic Party justify supporting white, male machine politicians over credible female challengers, LGBT people, and people of color?
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Members of the South Central Farm attending the immigrant rights march in downtown Los Angeles California on May Day, 2006. (Wikimedia/Jonathan McIntosh) Catalina Adorno
What Immigrants Can Learn From the Teachers Strikes
Without immigrant labor, the economy would collapse.
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"The army and Jewish settlers have become so emboldened to the extent that they execute Palestinians in cold blood with little or no consequence." (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) Ramzy Baroud
Beating the US ‘Veto’: Palestinians Need Urgent Protection From Israel
Israel should not have free reign to abuse Palestinians at will, and the international community should not stand by and watch the bloody spectacle as it continues to unfold.
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"Though large-scale immigration raids have happened before, the size and brutality of this particular raid, along with the use of military tactics, have shocked even the most seasoned immigrants’ rights activists."(Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) Veronica Isabel Dahlberg
ICE’s Military-Style Raid Leaves Immigrant Communities Terrorized
Regardless of citizenship status, for workers — including teenagers, mothers, fathers, and those with medical issues — to be treated like enemy insurgents is beyond disturbing.
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U.S. President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un held the historic meeting between leaders of both countries on Tuesday morning in Singapore, carrying hopes to end decades of hostility and the threat of North Korea's nuclear programme. (Photo by Kevin Lim/The Strait Times/Handout/Getty Images) Kevin Gosztola
Backlash to Trump-Kim Summit Is Motivated By Commitment to Projecting American Superpower
What leverage does the U.S. have to force Jong Un to do something meaningful about human rights if negotiations are not to move forward without action?
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The June 1 cartoon criticized Trump for his immigration policies. (Photo: Rogers) Olivia Riggio
Spiked Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Cartoonist Speaks Out
"As I’ve said to some people, I’ll be fine, but the city won’t be fine if we lose this paper, if this paper continues down this road."
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“An event of an unprecedented magnitude.” (Photo: Ferdinand Reus) Andy Rowell
Iconic African Baobab Trees Dying Due to “Changing Climate”
There seems no news that will shake us out of our misguided malaise.
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A protest against abortion in front of the Planned Parenthood in Plano, Texas. (Los Angeles Times) Cecile Richards
Conservatives Are Fighting to Roll Back Abortion Rights. And They're Winning
Limiting access to abortion does not eliminate the need for abortion; it only makes abortion illegal and unsafe.
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Jonathan Cook
How the Corporate Media Enslave Us to a World of Illusions
Our planet and our children's futures depend on us liberating ourselves, seeing the ghosts in the machine for what they truly are.
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