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**The Week in Review**
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May 14, 2023 <[link removed]>
Mothers on Six Continents Demand Action to Protect Children From Climate Crisis <[link removed]>
"If we don't act now, it will be too late," one mom warned. "I could not live with myself, as a mother, as a doctor, and as a human being, if we didn't do all we can to try and bring about the much-needed systemic change." <[link removed]>
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May 13, 2023 <[link removed]>
Deforestation in Brazilian Amazon Fell 68% in April Compared With Last Year <[link removed]>
"Still a lot more to do but this is the impact of electing an environmentalist like Lula over a right-wing populist like Bolsonaro," said one observer. <[link removed]>
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May 13, 2023 <[link removed]>
US Sold Weapons to Roughly 60% of World's Authoritarian Nations in 2022: Analysis <[link removed]>
"These findings fly in the face of Biden's preferred framing of international politics as a 'battle between democracies and autocracies,'" says the author of a new report. <[link removed]>
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May 12, 2023 <[link removed]>
Societal Cost of 'Forever Chemicals' Estimated at Over $17,000,000,000,000 <[link removed]>
"Why are we allowing this?" asked one group. "$17.5 TRILLION in societal cost so that industry can make billions." <[link removed]>
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May 10, 2023 <[link removed]>
Big Food Raking in Huge Profits From Price Hikes as US Hunger Persists: Analysis <[link removed]>
"It's shameful that Americans are left food insecure and have to skip meals while corporations and their wealthy shareholders enjoy the spoils of supersized profits under unjustified price hikes." <[link removed]>
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May 10, 2023 <[link removed]>
Fed Warned to Stop 'Needless Rate Hikes' as Inflation Cools for 10th Straight Month <[link removed]>
"The verdict is in: we don't have to choose between low prices and low unemployment. We can have both," said one economist. <[link removed]>
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May 10, 2023 <[link removed]>
Warning of AI Threat to 'Human Existence,' Health Experts Urge Halt to Unregulated Rollout <[link removed]>
"If AI is to ever fulfil its promise to benefit humanity and society, we must protect democracy, strengthen our public-interest institutions, and dilute power so that there are effective checks and balances." <[link removed]>
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George Santos 'Must Resign or Face Expulsion,' Progressives Say After Arrest <[link removed]>
A multiple-count indictment accuses Santos of "fraudulently inducing supporters" to donate to a company and then using the money to buy luxury clothing and make credit card payments. <[link removed]>
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May 09, 2023 <[link removed]>
'No Time to Waste':Â Don't Look Up Team Launches Studio to Push Back on Climate Disinformation <[link removed]>
Yellow Dot Studios announced its debut with a satirical commercial for "Big Money." <[link removed]>
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May 09, 2023 <[link removed]>
Billionaire Harlan Crow Also Bankrolled GOP Lawmakers Blocking SCOTUS Ethics Reform <[link removed]>
A new analysis shows Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee have received more than $450,000 from the same GOP megadonor who has lavished Justice Clarence Thomas with undisclosed gifts. <[link removed]>
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In Honor of Mother's Day, Let Us Organize <[link removed]>
Moms are the best hope for Americans who are concerned about climate change. <[link removed]>
Kelsey Wirth <[link removed]>
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Beyond Cards and Phone Calls: Deepening Mother's Day <[link removed]>
It is ever more urgent that we restore the spirit of our original Mother's Day-calling for World Peace. <[link removed]>
H. Patricia Hynes <[link removed]>
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The GOP Has a Very Anti-American Agenda <[link removed]>
Here's what it means to be a Republican voter in the year 2023. <[link removed]>
Steven Harper <[link removed]>
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The GOP's Sadistic Debt Limit Ploy Is a Direct Attack on People <[link removed]>
The GOP message is "hell for the people, but swell for the plutocracy." <[link removed]>
Ralph Nader <[link removed]>
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