All Views Articles for 2019-03-08

Friday, March 8, 2019
Women remain at the forefront of the civil society movement, ensuring their rightful place in bringing about peace and building equality in communities at national and international levels. (Photo: John Flores/Flickr/cc) Madeleine Zúñiga, Ema Jackson
International Women’s Day—A Woman’s Place Is Still in the Revolution
Now more than ever it is imperative that women are celebrated and elevated at the highest level for their immense contribution to shaping a world that is non-sexists, non-gender biased and unequivocally builds gender equitable systems for all
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Children in Street Kids School, Kabul, March 2019. (Photo: Maya Evans) Kathy Kelly
Can We Divest From Weapons Dealers?
Impoverished people living in numerous countries today would stand a far better chance of survival, and risk far less trauma, if weapon manufacturers such as Lockheed Martin, Boeing, General Dynamics, and Raytheon stopped manufacturing and selling death-dealing products
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100 corporations (e.g. ExxonMobil, Shell, and state entities) continue to be the source of 71% of total global carbon dioxide emissions. x (Photo: Minale Tattersfield/Flickr/cc) Ralph Nader
Who Will Displace the Omniciders?
The only reason Congress has been an oil, gas, and coal toady, instead of an efficient, renewable energy force, is because we have sat on the sidelines watching ExxonMobil be Congress’ quarterback
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These regenerative farming practices also achieve one other key outcome — they improve the soil’s ability to sequester carbon. (Photo: file) Daniel Ross
A Climate Change Solution No One’s Talking About: Better Land Use
A key to fighting climate change could be right under our feet
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Kaitlin Sopoci-Belknap, Greg Coleridge
The 'We the People Amendment' Aims to Fix the Crisis of Corporate Rule
Because corporations are not people and big problems require bold solutions
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Washington Office on Latin America
A Peaceful, Democratic Solution to Venezuela's Crisis Requires Fact-based Analysis and Advocacy
A response to the "Open Letter to WOLA" from 124 academics and scholars
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Every attempt to completely overhaul the healthcare system has failed or become watered down due to opposition from the healthcare industry. (Photo: ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images) Karl Evers-Hillstrom
Big Pharma, Insurers, Hospitals Team Up to Kill Medicare for All
The giants of the healthcare industry agree on one thing: Medicare for All cannot become law
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At the core of Zuckerberg’s announcement is Facebook’s plan to merge its three messaging platforms: Facebook’s Messenger, Instagram’s Direct, and WhatsApp. (Photo: Screenshot/EFF) Gennie Gebhart
A Privacy-Focused Facebook? We'll Believe It When We See It.
Above all, Facebook needs to be transparent about its business model
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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo appeared on CNN's "State of the Union" to give host Jake Tapper the Trump administration's take on Venezuela. (Photo: CNN screen shot) Lee Camp
We Are Being Lied Into War Again
This is not the first time our government and our media have conspired to drag the American people into war with another country—or helped create a coup that will inevitably have disastrous results
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Doctors marched in New York in 2011 to demand health care for all. (Photo: Michael Fleshman / CC BY-SA 2.0) Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan
The Time for Medicare-for-All Has Arrived
It’s a matter of life and death
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Salena Tramel
Embracing Grassroots Feminism
Feminism is inherently political and must not be viewed in isolation from other structural inequalities, including race, generation, and class
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