All Views Articles for 2019-10-22

Tuesday, October 22, 2019
"It is our duty to fight for our freedom. It is our duty to win. We must love each other and protect each other. We have nothing to lose but our chains."(Photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images) Jesse Hagopian
The Chicago Teachers Strike: 'Until We Get What Our Students Deserve'
"The ball is in Mayor Lightfoot’s court now. She’s got a decision to make. I know that we will remain in the streets until we get what we deserve."
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The message of the global movement to ban fracking and get off fossil fuels envisions a different future, one that starts with cutting off pollution at the source. (Photo: ribarnica/flickr/cc) Wenonah Hauter
Trump Seeks to Frack the 2020 Election
While Donald Trump will run as the champion of a disastrous addiction to fossil fuels and fracking, Democrats should proudly champion a different vision.
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Framing this debate by fearmongering over "higher taxes" ignores that this money is already coming out of American families’ pockets. (Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images) Donald M. Berwick
Stop Fearmongering About 'Medicare for All.' Most Families Would Pay Less for Better Care.
The case for Medicare for All is simple. It would cover everyone, period. Done right, it would lower costs. And it would ease paperwork and confusion.
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In September, Tennessee governor Bill Lee released a plan to convert that state’s Medicaid funding to block grants. (Photo: Bill Lee/Twitter) Mike Ervin
The GOP and the Zombie Medicaid Block Grants
Here they are again, back from the dead, like zombies.
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Since the last particulate matter review, several new large-scale epidemiologic studies provide powerful evidence that particulate matter is causing adverse health outcomes (such as early death, heart attacks, and respiratory stress) at locations and during time periods with concentrations at or below the level of the current standards. (Photo: Getty Images) Gretchen Goldman
The Experts Have Spoken: Disbanded Particulate Pollution Panel Finds EPA Standards Don’t Protect Public Health
The Independent Panel’s deliberations, demands for further research, and unanswered questions highlight how broken the EPA process is.
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Anti-war demonstrators protest against the announcement of a US troop increase for Afghanistan, at a rally outside the Federal Building in Los Angeles on December 2, 2009. (Photo: MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images) Tom Gallagher
A Modest Goal: #usoutofafghanistan
The hashtag is as relevant today as it has ever been these last eighteen years.
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The latest Trump administration assaults on refugees and immigrants should shock the conscience. (Photo: Erik McGregor/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images) Arnold R. Isaacs
Making America Crueler Again: Trump's Ugly New Anti-Immigrant Wave
The White House targets refugees, green card applicants, and poor immigrants.
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(FromL) Federal party leaders, NDP leader Jagmeet Singh, Green Party leader Elizabeth May, People's Party of Canada leader Maxime Bernier, host Patrice Roy from Radio, Canada's Prime Minister and Liberal leader Justin Trudeau, Conservative leader Andrew Scheer, and Bloc Quebecois leader Yves-Francois Blanchet pose for pictures on October 10, 2019. (Photo: SEAN KILPATRICK/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) Gary Engler
Climate Change Deniers Become Extinct in Canadian Election
The four parties that do offer climate action plans (of varying seriousness) collected almost 65 percent of the vote.
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