All Views Articles for 2019-11-21

Thursday, November 21, 2019
Trump’s language, his choice of senior officials in his administration, and his popularity among white nationalists show that he holds racist views. Jill Richardson
Explaining Trump’s Racism
Racism means a lot more than using slurs or feeling hatred. Yet even in these narrow terms, Trump fits the bill.
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Omar understands that punishment perpetuates crime; that healing, repairing harm and creating peace are not simplistic matters to be dumped into the trash bin of the prison-industrial complex. (Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Robert C. Koehler
Ilhan Omar's Call for Restorative Justice Gives Me Profound Hope for the Future
The freshman Congresswoman represents the intelligence of tomorrow, pushing at the status quo centrism at the American political core.
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Fortunately, leading a progressive rebellion against the oligarchy is not only the moral thing to do; it’s smart politics, too. (Photo: Getty) John Atcheson
Sorry, President Obama—But We Do Need To Tear Down The System
When neoliberals and centrists defend "the system" or warn against upending it, they’re more likely expressing concerns about their losing their personal power base than they are about the Party winning elections.
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"What came as a huge shock following my recent birthday was not the financial relief—though that is lovely," writes Smith. "The more significant and potentially cost-saving result for all of us lucky enough to have Medicare coverage is the mental and emotional relief I have felt in such a short time. It’s as if someone lifted a ton of weights off of my back and set my sails into a prevailing wind." (Photo illustration: David McNew/Getty Images) Donna Smith
Medicare for All: Medicine for a For-Profit System Addicted to Itself
After years of pain, anxiety, and poverty under the status quo it is almost impossible to describe the relief I've felt after becoming eligible for Medicare this month.
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From Oct 1, 2018, through Sept. 30, 2019, they documented 331 murders of trans and gender-diverse people around the world. (Photo: kthtrnr / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan
A Violent Epidemic Is Taking American Lives
In addition to mourning those who have been killed, trans activists and allies have organized "Trans Awareness Week" to precede the Day of Remembrance.
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As Trump’s latest interventions into the military justice process suggest, he is determined to keep these attacks on civilians beyond prosecution. (Photo: Shutterstock) John Feffer
Don’t Just Focus on Trump’s Crimes at Home
Trump’s war on the law extends beyond flouting Congress and packing courts—overseas, it extends to arguable crimes against humanity.
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Supporters of ousted Bolivian leader Evo Morales rally against the coup. (Photo: Shutterstock) Laura Carlsen
What’s Happening In Bolivia Is a Violent Right-Wing Coup
Progressives need to speak up: Morales made mistakes, but nothing justifies the violent right-wing putsch that followed.
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U.S. President Barack Obama (R) and U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden sit during a meeting with Secretary of Treasury Jacob Lew, Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez, National Security Adviser Susan Rice, Director of the National Economic Council Gene Sperling, Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker, and Trade Representative Michael Froman in the Oval Office of the White House December 16, 2013 in Washington, DC. According to the White House, Obama was meeting about trade and the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). (P Sonali Kolhatkar
OK Obama... Time to Cancel Radical Centrism
So-called "centrists" are terrified that if the Democratic nominee is far to the left of Biden and Obama, they will be forced to coalesce around a candidate who represents a threat to the establishment of which they are a part.
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Sanders is one of a few candidates treating the climate crisis as an urgent matter—which you would think should inform the framing of an article about expert opinion of his plan. (Photo: Paul Weaver / Flickr) Julie Hollar, Jim Naureckas
Sanders’ Plan to Fight Global Climate Disaster Too Ambitious, Says NYT
It’s as if the paper can’t resist slipping in gratuitous digs at Sanders any chance it gets, even as the world burns.
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