All Views Articles for 2019-10-16

Wednesday, October 16, 2019
A Yemeni collects items amidst the rubble of a destroyed funeral hall building following reported airstrikes by Saudi-led coalition air-planes on the capital Sanaa on October 8, 2016. (Photo: MOHAMMED HUWAIS/AFP/Getty Images) Kathy Kelly
Death, Bloodshed, and Misery in Yemen
"Strike with creativity!" proclaims Raytheon.
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Why are anyone’s love life, family, and identity a referendum? Why are they a debate? Why must we plead our case to not get fired for who we love in front of the Supreme Court? (Photo: Shutterstock) Jill Richardson
Why Are LGBTQ Rights Even a Debate?
Before I came out, I thought it was normal to "debate" our right to marry or hold a job. Now I know it’s not—at all.
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Many Americans—including several presidential candidates—have begun asking whether the Supreme Court should be reformed. (Photo: Screenshot/Youtube) Robert Reich
Should the Supreme Court Be Reformed?
In an era of increasing political polarization, we should rethink how the Court is organized in order to rebuild public trust.
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Today’s overpaid CEOs are unlikely to start sharing that good life—and the wealth that finances it—more equitably without public policies to prod them in this direction. (Photo: Shutterstock) Sarah Anderson
Where Is 'Line Worker Barbie'?
CEO-worker pay gaps are the clearest proof that corporations like Mattel and many others don't respect their employees.
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It’s always tricky to predict outcomes in the Supreme Court, but with its five-member conservative majority now firmly entrenched, the panel is poised to swing further to the right as it grapples with issues on LGBT rights, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, abortion, the Second Amendment and “religious liberty.” (Photo: wbentprice / Flickr) Bill Blum
The Supreme Court Could Spell the End of American Democracy
The nine justices who constitute our most powerful judicial body are set to decide a bevy of politically charged cases that could impact the 2020 elections and profoundly affect the lives of each and every American.
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I, for one, have had quite enough of Buttigieg's glib turbo-wonk shtick. He simply is not being straight with the American people. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) Ryan Cooper
Pete Buttigieg's Disingenuous Attack on Medicare-For-All
Mayor Pete's plan would be more expensive than Medicare-for-all. He would "pay for that" by keeping more of the cost burden on the shoulders of individual Americans.
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Bernie 2020 has more than a pulse. (Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images) Eric Levitz
Bernie Sanders’ Campaign Is Alive and Well
Sanders was better, crisper, and funnier than ever before.
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One hundred cardboard cutouts of Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg stand outside the US Capitol in Washington, DC, April 10, 2018. - Advocacy group Avaaz is calling attention to what the groups says are hundreds of millions of fake accounts still spreading disinformation on Facebook. (Photo: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images) Timothy Karr
Can Anyone Stop Facebook from Poisoning Democracy?
While the social media giant wraps itself in the banner of free expression and political speech, it serves more as a scrim to hide its continued spread of political disinformation to tens of millions of voters in advance of the 2020 elections.
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Michael Winship
Our Mad Dog President—and His Bible-Thumping Kennel Pals
The White House theocrats may be the biggest danger of all.
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