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News & Views | 1/31/20

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Democratic presidential candidate, former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg speaks about affordable housing during a campaign event where he received an endorsement from District of Columbia Mayor, Muriel Bowser, on January 30, 2020 in Washington, D.C.

by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"DNC changing the rules to benefit a billionaire."

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A picture taken on August 9, 2018 during a trip in Yemen organised by the UAE's National Media Council (NMC) shows Yemeni children whose legs were amputated after they were injured by landmines playing in the country's second city of Aden which is under control by the Saudi and UAE-backed government.

by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"The United States is doing a 180 on the near-global consensus to ban the abhorrent and inhumane use of landmines."



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"If the trial is rigged to keep hidden the most damning, most important, most relevant evidence, then it's not a trial. Nor is it an acquittal. It's a cover-up."



by Julia Conley, staff writer
A study by British and American scientists revealed that a massive sheet of ice known as the "doomsday glacier" is melting faster than experts previously believed—edging the world closer to a possible sea level rise of more than 10 feet.


"The Occupant's misogynistic rhetoric is equally as disturbing as the misogynistic, anti-women policies coming out of his administration on a daily basis," wrote Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.).

by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"It is as if you relish the opportunity to publicly humiliate any woman who fights back, speaks up, or takes up space."



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"As lawyers, we have sworn an oath to protect and defend the U.S. Constitution, and that oath compels us to speak out today."



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"People's organizations from coast to coast are flexing our political muscle together to help elect Bernie Sanders."



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"I confronted him about his damaging healthcare cuts because for me it's not about politics, it's about saving lives," said Dr. Rob Davidson.


Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) speaks during a rally for Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders in the Venice Beach neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, December 21, 2019.

by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"The energy of this movement is at an all-time high."



by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"You can tell that the world's turned on them, and it's actually kind of happening very quickly," said Cramer.


Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) arrives at the Senate chamber as the Senate impeachment trial of U.S. President Donald Trump continues at the U.S. Capitol on January 30, 2020 in Washington, DC. On Thursday, Senators continue asking questions for the House impeachment managers and the president's defense team. (Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

by Jon Queally, staff writer
"Just as we've known she would, Collins announced her support for witnesses only when the votes were fixed to block witnesses and rig the trial to cover-up the corruption of Donald Trump."

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The House of Representatives votes Dec. 18 to adopt the articles of impeachment, accusing Donald Trump of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. (Photo: U.S. House of Representatives / Wikimedia Commons)

by Sonali Kolhatkar
While the GOP may indeed preserve Trump’s tenure through their death grip on a slim Senate majority, history books will not be kind to the deceit they have displayed and the fools they have made of themselves.


The organization and manipulation of government debts (to finance budget deficits and development projects) have been core components of world capitalism’s real history for centuries. (Photo: Juan Barahona / Flickr)

by Richard Wolff
The same politicians who facilitate tax reductions for banks, big corporations, and the wealthiest individuals likewise then facilitate government borrowing money from them.


Do we really want our reporting on Warren, Sanders or Klobuchar—all of whom support bills to defend local media and block media mergers—brought to you by the world’s biggest wealth-suckers? (Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

by Laura Flanders
If local residents want local media, they’d be smart to volunteer or pledge for it.


"The liberal Bernie Sanders tightens his grip in Iowa." (Photo: Screenshot)

by Julie Hollar
The real Sanders attack machine isn’t the mythical machine run by Sanders to take down his opponents; it’s run by the establishment Democrats and their media counterparts.


Among UK citizens aged 45-54, 56% voted to leave the EU, with those aged 55-64 (57%) and 65+ (60%) remarkably close. Compare this to 73% in the 18-24 age group, and 62% in the 25-34 age group, who voted to remain in the EU. (Photo: Pixabay/Public Domain)

by Christian Christensen
The complicity of the media in the service of the anti-immigrant agenda was blunt, crude and disgraceful.


It is the conscience of fellow human beings responding to a tiny voice in the heart that called whistleblowers and journalists to risk their lives and sacrifice their personal liberty in order to uphold higher ideals. (Photo: Carl Court/Getty Images)

by Nozomi Hayase
This is a trial of the First Amendment as a foundation of our society and it calls for our participation.

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