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News & Views | 2/10/20
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'Of, By, and For the 1%': Sanders Condemns Trump Budget as 'Immoral Document' Designed to Hurt Families and Children
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"What kind of unbelievable moral framework allowed this White House to
propose $182 billion in cuts to nutrition assistance from needy
families, when nearly one in seven households with children are food
insecure?"
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Bernie Sanders Takes Lead Nationally as Biden Nosedives Post-Iowa: Quinnipiac Poll
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by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"This poll reflects a fundamentally different race than pre-Iowa, one in
which Bernie Sanders is the clear front-runner."
Save the Insects, Save Ourselves: Researchers Sound Alarm on Bugpocalypse
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by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
New papers detail severe threats facing insects, how their plight is
intertwined with humanity's, and the available solutions to address the
crisis.
Amplifying Urgent Need to Slash Emissions, New Map Series Shows How Climate Crisis Could Impact Europe
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
A new map series released Monday by a European Union agency shows how
the human-caused climate crisis could impact certain portions of Europe
in the future, underscoring the importance of the international
community working together to cut planet-heating emissions.
Watch: What Is a 'Practical' Democratic Candidate? Sanders Co-Chair Nina Turner Has Some Thoughts
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by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"Does being 'practical' mean that we don't say to the American people
that you deserve better than what you are getting?"
With Primary 24 Hours Away, Sanders Extends Lead Over Buttigieg in New Hampshire Poll
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"The name of the game here is electorate expansion," said Rep.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, "and bringing people out to vote that the
normal political establishment counts on not turning out."
Calling for Global Action, WHO Chief Says World May Only Be Seeing 'Tip of the Iceberg' With Coronavirus
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
In a series of tweets about the coronavirus on Sunday, World Health
Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus urged the
international community to develop containment strategies and warned
that "we may only be seeing the tip of the iceberg."
Trump Budget to Propose 'Savage' Cuts to Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security While Hiking Pentagon and Wall Funds
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"This budget is Trump's pledge that as long as he stays in office,
slashing Social Security, Medicaid, and whatever's left of SNAP will
remain a White House priority."
Pro-Sanders Canvassers Target Youth Vote With Unprecedented GOTV Ahead of New Hampshire Primary
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by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"We've never, ever seen this kind of organization and mobilization
before," said one volunteer.
Schumer Demands Every Agency Inspector General Investigate Trump's "Shameful" and "Illegal" Retaliation Against Whistleblowers
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
The Senate Minority Leader warned of a "dangerous, growing pattern of
retaliation against those who report wrongdoing only to find themselves
targeted by the president and subject to his wrath and vindictiveness."
Climate Justice and Indigenous Rights Advocates Rally in Solidarity With Wet'suwet'en People as RCMP Continue Raids
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
Indigenous rights supporters held solidarity actions across Canada over
the weekend as the Royal Canadian Mounted Police continued their raids
on Wet'suwet'en land in British Columbia.
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The Arctic: World War III’s Newest Battlefield
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by Michael Klare
U.S. troops head for the far north.
The Climate-Fueled Camp Fire Took Their Homes. Now They Are at Risk of Losing FEMA Housing Too.
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by Pat LaMarche
It's time for our country to focus on massive, extreme events—fueled by
climate change—that result in the instantaneous homelessness of tens of
thousands of people.
Fire Drill Fridays Take L.A.
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by Rev. John Dear
Catastrophic climate change is not coming in fifty or one hundred years.
It's upon us now.
Why the Buttigieg Campaign Tried to Have Me Arrested for Handing Out These Medicare for All Fliers
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by Norman Solomon
So much for freedom of speech and open election discourse in public
places—even in the "Live Free or Die" state of New Hampshire.
The Beasts and the Bombings: Reflecting on Dresden, February 1945
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by Brett Wilkins
The Dresden bombing shocked the world's conscience.
What Is Happening to Assange Will Happen to the Rest of Us
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by Chris Hedges
The publication of classified documents is not yet a crime in the United
States. If Assange is extradited and convicted, it will become one.
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Trump’s Budget Is Comically Bad for Food and Water Justice
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Trump Administration’s Proposed Funding for Land and Water Conservation Fund Won’t Protect Our Natural Beauty
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Greenpeace Statement on Arrests of Wet’suwet’en Land Defenders and Solidarity Protesters
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Canada: RCMP Must Respect the Rights of Journalists to Cover Indigenous Protests
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350 Action Responds to Presidential Debate in New Hampshire
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