All Views Articles for 2019-10-31

Thursday, October 31, 2019
Greta has been adamant we need to listen to the science and adhere to regulatory practices. Sadly, the only thing Greta has provided is a platform for politicians to conceptualize the seriousness of it all. (Photo: Andreane Williams/CBC/twitter) Shahid Mahmood
Painting Over Greta
Activism is meaningless unless there is the political will to leverage civic engagement into policy change.
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Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, speaks during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol on September 25, 2019 in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images) Norman Solomon
A Message to Progressives: Adam Schiff Is Not Your Friend
While tenaciously challenging a despicable president who should be impeached, we should be aware that the California Democrat remains deeply enmeshed with corporatism and militarism.
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US President Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson hold a meeting at UN Headquarters in New York, September 24, 2019, on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly. (Photo: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images) Michael Winship
United Kingdom—Brexit or No Brexit—Our Donald Trumps Your Boris
But an ocean apart, both US and UK activists fight dangerous threats to democracy.
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Americans are fed up with a callous, often cruel system that treats them as collateral damage and a "medical loss ratio." (Photo: National Nurses United/Twitter) Zenei Cortez
Patient Crisis Obscured By Cost Talk on Medicare for All
How long must we allow fearmongering and health care industry talking points stand in the way of the transformative reform that would guarantee health coverage for all our nation’s residents without the backbreaking costs and heartbreaking health insecurity that burdens so many today?
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Donald Trump’s declared intention to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria as a preliminary step toward reducing our regional military presence has elicited bipartisan condemnation expressed in the strongest terms. (Photo: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images) Andrew Bacevich
Why Those "Endless Wars" Must Never End
Donald Trump and the ten commandments (plus one) of the national security state.
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What is rarely considered is that most of those immigrants and their children come from countries where the U.S. has supported their most murderous regimes and actively destroyed their democratic forms of government. (Photo: Syrian refugees/ Joseph Eid/AFP/Getty Images) César Chelala
An Open Letter to Donald Trump: You Are Putting the World at Grave Risk
What happens after the U.S. contributes to destroying a country’s social fabric?
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Compassion, policing—these words don’t go together! (Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Robert C. Koehler
Keeping the Peace Is Far More Complicated Than Waging War
The police may be more like an occupying army as the militarization of police departments around the country is becoming common.
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Democratic presidential candidate, former vice President Joe Biden takes photos with people in the crowd at Wilson High School on October 26, 2019 in Florence, South Carolina. Many presidential hopefuls campaigned in the early primary state over the weekend, scheduling stops around a criminal justice forum in the state capital. (Photo: Sean Rayford/Getty Images) Jeff Hauser, Eleanor Eagan
Who Exactly Are Joe Biden's Wealthy, Well-Connected Bundlers?
The former Vice President's anti-transparency stance is definitely more concerning in light of his apparent fundraising desperation.
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