All Views Articles for 2018-10-13

Saturday, October 13, 2018
"The lack of urgency in Congress has persisted," writes Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.), "even in the wake of recent revelations that a Facebook security breach exposed 50 million users’ personal information to attackers and Google let third-party app developers access information on users who did not give them permission." Ro Khanna
Facebook's and Google’s Breaches Show It’s Time for an Internet Bill of Rights
The American people can no longer wait while their data is being collected, shared and stolen on the web. The Internet can be a tool for more freedom and prosperity, but only if proper rules and guidelines exist.
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Logos of CVS and Aetna are displayed on a monitor above the floor of the New York Stock Exchange shortly after the opening bell in New York on Dec. 5, 2017. Robert Reich
Living in the New Guilded Age
We’re now in a new Gilded Age of wealth and power similar to the first Gilded Age of the late nineteenth century when the nation’s antitrust laws were enacted. But unlike then, today’s biggest corporations have enough political clout to neuter antitrust.
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Stacey Abrams of Georgia, Andrew Gillum of Florida, and Beto O'Rourke of Texas aim to capitalize on a "blue wave" in 2018 to make Democratic inroads and shake up politics in the South. Chris Kromm
How the 2018 'Blue Wave' Could Shake Up Southern Politics
A new round of Democratic victories in the South in 2018 could give progressives an opportunity to capitalize on demographic changes and gain a political foothold to begin shifting the balance of power in Southern states
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Mural: Tribute to Archbishop Oscar Romero. Brett Wilkins
Pope to Declare Slain Salvadoran Archbishop Óscar Romero a Saint
It was Romero’s life and deeds, not any purported supernatural powers, that have earned him worldwide recognition and renown as a champion of oppressed people throughout Latin America and beyond.
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The Tornillo facility, a shelter for children of detained migrants, in Tornillo, Texas, U.S., is seen in this undated handout photo provided by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, obtained by Reuters June 25, 2018. Christopher Brauchli
Immigrants... Once More
The children were abducted – abducted by the U.S. government
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To be sure, the higher interest rates borne of Trump’s profligate borrowing will deliver huge returns to his true base: the rich.(Photo: Gage Skidmore/flickr/cc) Robert Freeman
The Market Weighs in on Trump’s Economic Policies
The whole of Trump’s economic policy has been a massive injection of debt into an already healthy economy
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