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News & Views | 2/7/20
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'Consistent With a Mass Extinction': New Study Warns Climate Chaos Driving Rapid Decline of Bumblebees
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The rising frequency of extremely hot temperatures tied to human-caused
global heating is creating "climate chaos" that drives widespread
declines of bumblebees, some of the planet's most important pollinators,
according to a new study published in the journal Science .
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'Which Side Are You On?': Sanders Calls Out Buttigieg for Raking in Billionaire Donations
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Do you think if you're collecting money from dozens of dozens of
billionaires you're going to stand up to the drug companies and you're
going to throw their CEOs in jail if they're acting criminally?"
'Bombshell': Iraqi Officials Say ISIS—Not Iran—Likely Behind Rocket Attack Trump Used to Justify Soleimani Assassination
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Al-Qaeda attacked the U.S. on 9/11 and we went to war with Iraq. If
this report is true, ISIS attacked the U.S. and we nearly went to war
with Iran."
Record-Breaking Temperature of Nearly 65ºF Logged in Antarctica as Scientists Sound Alarm Over Rapid Ice Melt
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
The Antarctic peninsula was warmer than the United Kingdom when the the
temperature was recorded Friday.
'Not Good Enough': After Judge's Ruling, Greenwald Vows to Take Press Freedom Case to Brazil's Supreme Court
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Award-winning American investigative journalist Glenn Greenwald welcomed
a Brazilian judge's decision Thursday to reject cybercrime charges that
federal prosecutors brought against him last month but also promised to
keep fighting against assaults on press freedom by the right-wing
government of Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro.
While Sanders Declares Victory in Iowa Popular Vote, Buttigieg Chided for Claiming He 'Officially Won' Based on Error-Filled Delegate Count
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
The Sanders campaign issued a statement Thursday night highlighting more
than a dozen "discrepancies in the state delegate equivalent data" that
it sent to the Iowa Democratic Party.
'Victory for Workers!': House Praised for Passing Landmark PRO Act to Strengthen Unions and Labor Rights
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Union leaders and labor rights advocates applauded the
Democrat-controlled U.S. House for passing landmark legislation Thursday
night that supporters have called one of the most notable efforts to
expand workers' rights in several decades.
'Blatant Lie': Seema Verma Claims Trump Not Cutting Medicaid as He Pushes Plan Doing Just That
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Make no mistake: the Trump administration has spent the past two years
actively dismantling Medicaid by fiat—after failing to gut it
legislatively."
Andrew Yang—That 2020 Hopeful With the 'Math' Pin—on Iowa Results: 'Looks Like Bernie Won'
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by Jon Queally, staff writer
In the (almost) final popular vote tallies—with 99.9% of precincts
reporting—Sanders leads Buttigieg by 6,114 votes (43,671 to 37,557) in
the first alignment, and by 2,631 votes (45,826 to 43,195) and the final
alignment.
New Report Details How Fossil Fuel Industry's Climate Destruction Also Exacerbates Human Rights Abuses
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
In addition to having a disproportionate impact on marginalized
communities around the globe which have contributed the least to
climate-warming fossil fuel emissions, the climate crisis has
exacerbated the human rights violations already perpetrated by the
fossil fuel industry, according to a new report.
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Climate Justice Movement Joins Forces With Entertainment Industry at Fire Drill Fridays to Take on Big Oil in Los Angeles
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by Martha Argüello
Los Angeles is the perfect city to host the launch of Fire Drill Fridays
in California—where our "West Coast" image of environmental
progressivism clashes with the reality of a city still grappling with
its relationship to the fossil fuel industry.
Banning Fracking: Politically Smart and a Climate Necessity
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by Wenonah Hauter
A call to ban fracking is bound to energize climate activists and
progressive voters, who see it as the kind of bold action necessary to
confront the climate crisis.
With Establishment Knives Out for Bernie, Iowa Fiasco Just a Taste of What's Coming
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by Norman Solomon
The glaring subtext of what's now occurring is the frantic effort to
find some candidate who can prevent Sanders from becoming the party's
nominee at the national convention in July. Progressives must fight
back—not succumb to fatalism.
The Coronavirus Panic Exposes the Pathology of Nationalism
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by Sonali Kolhatkar
"The idea of America First, the nationalist populism, is against
everything that we believe in in global health."
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Canadians Should Not Be Lulled Into Ratifying the 'New' NAFTA
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Court Denies Free Press and Other Parties' Requests to Rehear Wrongly Decided Net Neutrality Appeal
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Docs Urge Trump to Reverse Medicaid Cuts, Applaud U.S. House for Voting to Protect Healthcare
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As Fossil Fuel Companies Keep Driving the Climate Crisis, the Scale of Human Rights Violations Is Increasing, Alerts 350.org Report
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Peaceful Indigenous Land Defenders Threatened With Violence
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