All Views Articles for 2019-09-05

Thursday, September 5, 2019
Mark Schlosberg
Confronting the Climate Crisis—Why We Need Bernie Sanders' Green New Deal
We cannot confront the climate emergency—we cannot avoid the worst of rapidly unfolding climate chaos—if we do not stop our headlong rush to expand fossil fuel extraction and burning.
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Charter schools are funded through public education dollars, just like traditional public schools. Can they then function as if they were private real estate holders, with the freedom to knock down or otherwise alter buildings as they see fit? (Photo: Fibonacci Blue/flickr/cc) Sarah Lahm
Why 2020 Dems Should Target the Nonprofit Charter School Industry
A battle over a beloved church building in the Twin Cities reveals how money can be made from charter school real estate deals.
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Soy production for foreign markets, coupled with far-right government of President Jair Bolsonaro’s gutting of environmental protection agencies, are two drivers of the current, catastrophic increase in fires and deforestation. (Photo: Mario Tama/Getty Images) Brian Mier
As Brazil Burns, Northern Media Deploy a Strategy of Deflection
Instead of handwringing about the tragedy while trying to shift the blame, or acting like these devastating fires will somehow fight poverty, journalists should work harder to explain the role Northern business groups have in the process, and encourage boycotts against companies like Cargill.
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A prominent Donald Trump sign on display in West Des Moines, Iowa in 2016. (Photo: Tony Webster/cc/flickr) John Atcheson
Neoliberal Democrats Need to Stop Blaming the Internet and Take Some Responsibility for 2016
Perhaps we could let go of past failures more easily if it didn't look like many powerful forces were so eager to repeat them
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Corporations like Aircastle use tax shelters like Bermuda or Mauritius to legally avoid millions in taxes that would otherwise support services in countries where they do business. (Photo: Shutterstock) William Minter
Corporations Getting to Zero With GOP's Inside Help on Tax Avoidance
The GOP has made it easier than ever for companies to pay $0 in taxes. A Connecticut-based airplane company shows it was already too easy.
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Protests marched against the state visit of US President Donald Trump on 4th June 2019 in London, United Kingdom. (Photo: Mike Kemp/In Pictures via Getty Images Images) Tom Engelhardt
Invasion! When Donald Trump Attacks Planet Earth
Who are the real invaders in these troubled times?
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National policy, especially for the world’s dominant superpower, is based on the threat of unrelenting force. Ordinary citizens have begun to hold the nation, and its military, accountable. (Photo: @kingsbayplow7/Twitter) Robert C. Koehler
Defying the Nuclear Sword
National policy, especially for the world’s dominant superpower, is based on the threat of unrelenting force.
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He should request reassignment or resign for more significant journalistic challenges. He really doesn’t need the money anymore. (Photo: NBC) Ralph Nader
Chuck Todd, Labor Day, and Getting Serious
Todd has allowed his hands to be tied with golden handcuffs.
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Anti-war demonstration in New York City on the 16th anniversary of the invasion of Afghanistan, October 7 2017. (Photo: Erik McGregor/SIPA USA/PA Images) Medea Benjamin
Should We Feed Hungry Children, or the War Machine?
Every dollar of public money financing US militarism abroad is a dollar that could fight hunger, homelessness, or climate change.
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Legislators are easy to buy in a poor state. The Waltons own quite a few. (Photo: OUR Walmart) Diane Ravitch
The Walton Family Plot to Privatize the Public Schools of Arkansas
Have they no shame?
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Democratic Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (l), Ayanna Pressley (c), and Rashida Tlaib have shown that progressive lawmakers can be elected if they mount serious and compelling campaigns. (Photo: Chip Somodevilla, Getty Images) Norman Solomon
To Win Power, Progressives Must Embrace 'Primary' as a Verb
Insurgent progressives need a lot more allies elected to Congress as well as colleagues who feel rising heat from the left in their districts.
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