All Views Articles for 2019-09-13

Friday, September 13, 2019
Julie Hollar, Jim Naureckas
ABC Democratic Debate Lowlights
Judging the candidates is one thing, but the quality of the questions was hardly inspiring.
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Afghan children look on as a US soldier from the Provincial Reconstruction team (PRT) Steel Warriors patrols in the mountains of Nuristan Province on December 19, 2009. (Photo: Tauseef Mustafa/AFP/Getty Images) Sonali Kolhatkar
#NeverForget the War in Afghanistan
Let's remember: the only reason U.S. troops are dying in Afghanistan is because they are deployed to Afghanistan
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For over 130 straight weeks, activists in North Carolina have protested the policies of Republican U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis, who faces re-election next year in one of the three Senate races in Southern states where Democrats stand the best chance of winning. (Photo: Tuesdays With Tillis/Facebook) Rebekah Barber
How the South Could Help Flip the US Senate
Flipping any of these seats will not come easy for Democrats, but real organizing and political investment is the only way
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People take part in the demonstration 'Fridays for Future' in Piazza del Popolo, on April 19, 2019 in Rome, Italy. (Photo: Simona Granati-Corbis/Getty Images) Austyn Gaffney
They Can’t Vote Yet, But Youths Are Ready to #ClimateStrike
We’re hurtling toward collapse. Thank goodness your kids are paying attention.
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Ralph Nader
Avalanche-Level Liar Trump Learned Art of Deception From the Pros: US Corporations
Before there was Trump there was a corporate stranglehold on false claims and campaigns that had a singular purpose to mislead
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Sam Husseini
Biden Takes Iraq Lies to the Max at Democratic Debate
When so much was on the line, what the former vice president did when he was in the U.S. Senate was to help ensure war happened while trying to wash his hands of responsibility for it
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Juan Cole
Looks Like Israel Was Caught Spying on Capitol Hill Cell Phones and Trump Was Fine With It
If you were in FBI counterintelligence and you found Israeli StingRays all over downtown DC and you told the president about it and he blew you off, you’d really have no further option but to go to the press.
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