All Views Articles for 2019-07-03

Wednesday, July 3, 2019
This administration is moving full speed toward atrocity and the government-sanctioned traumatization of an entire community. (Photo: Shutterstock) Lizet Ocampo
Our Immigrant Prisons Are an Atrocity
Children are suffering and dying. Enough is enough.
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Iranians and Americans alike deserve diplomacy, not war — and that includes war by economic means. (Photo: Shutterstock) Mina Shahinfar
What Sanctions Mean for My Iranian-American Family
As innocent people suffer, break-ins are on the rise—including at my grandparents’ house
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Bonnie Castillo
Medicare for All Means Real Choice: One Health Card, Good Anywhere You Go
You can go to any doctor, any hospital or clinic or other provider you prefer. All networks are gone. So are all surprise medical bills. So are all out of network charges. So are all premiums, all deductibles, all co-pays for such basics as emergency care, doctor's visits, mental health, dental,...
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Supporters of Senator Elizabeth Warren and Senator Bernie Sanders supporters cheer and chat outside the James Clyburns World Famous Fish Fry in Columbia, South Carolina June 21, 2019. (Photo: Melina Mara/The Washington Post via Getty Images) John Atcheson
It's Time to Redefine Left, Right, and Especially "Center" in US Politics
The chorus of people warning against the dangers of drifting to the left are being duped by a well-funded, Madison Avenue-style campaign that has been decades in the making
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Wolves are intelligent, closely bonded animals who play a vital role in nature. (Photo: Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife) Suzanne Stone
Trump Wants to Remove Federal Protections for Wolves: Idaho’s Example Shows Why This Is a Terrible Idea
There’s still time to speak out against national wolf delisting by adding your public comment by July 15
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We are doing this to ourselves. (Photo: Screenshot) Juan Cole
June Hottest Month on Record, As Antarctica Melts: Top 3 Signs We are Cooking the Planet . . .and Ourselves
We need to elect politicians who will address the problem systematically, with massive infrastructure
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From 2007 to today, the number of American dairy farms dwindled from 70,000 to only 40,000, and most of them are imperiled. (Photo: Andrea Seaman/flickr/cc) Jim Hightower
The Devastation of Farm Country Is Biting Us All on the Butt
Today's catastrophe is far more desperate than outsiders know—and is caused by another perfect storm of corporate monopolization, financial manipulation and rigged ag policies
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I guess even when you’re trying to pitch your candidate as the unifier of all classes, it’s best not to mention them all. (Photo: Detroit News depiction of Pete Buttigieg at the Miami debates.) Jim Naureckas
Buttigieg Goes for Big Bucks as NYT Oversells His Small-Donor Support
In the case of Buttigieg, the two main sources of funds seem to be the tech industry—and the financial industry, that traditional source of funds for corporate-oriented Democrats
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San Francisco school officials are expected to decide whether to destroy or keep the historic mural at George Washington High School, photographed in San Francisco, Calif., on Wednesday, April 3, 2019. The historic mural depicts the treatment of American Indians and African Americans. (Photo: Yalonda M. James / SF Chronicle) Peter Dreier
With Move to Destroy or Cover Mural, San Francisco's 'Progressive' School Board Is Embarrassing Itself
The school board should keep its hands off the mural, because we cannot learn about our nation's history of cruelty and oppression if we destroy depictions of it
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