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News & Views | 8/2/19

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Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) reported a $24 million haul for his presidential campaign in the second quarter, $18 million of which came from small dollar donations.

by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
The data "contradicts both the mainstream narrative and some national polling data that suggest that only a centrist Democrat could succeed in this political environment."

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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Amazing what a little bold leadership can do."



by Julia Conley, staff writer
Millions of Americans are still suffering the consequences of the 2013 Supreme Court decision that loosened restrictions of the Voting Rights Act, allowing states with long histories of voter discrimination to purge voters from their rolls without federal oversight.


Smoke rises from a wildfire on July 3, 2019 south of Talkeetna, Alaska near the George Parks Highway

by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"As temperatures rise, so will we," says 350.org.


Rep. Will Hurd (D-Texas) announced Thursday he will not seek re-election to the House. He is the ninth member of the House GOP caucus to do so this year.

by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"Texas is the biggest battleground state. Republicans know it, and Texas Democrats damn sure know it."



by Julia Conley, staff writer
Millions of Americans across the Midwest this summer are being subjected to surveillance from high above as the Pentagon experiments with the use of surveillance radars attached to high-altitude balloons.


On the five year anniversary of Eric Garner's death, and one day after federal prosecutors declined to bring charges against the arresting police officer Daniel Pantaleo, activists join Garner's family members, including his five year old daughter Legacy, to march around the neighborhood where Garner lived and died on July 17, 2019 in Staten Island, New York City. (Photo: Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images)

by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
Department puts Daniel Pantaleo on suspension after administrative judge recommends firing

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Alongside climate change, nuclear weapons pose one of the gravest risks to human survival. (Photo: Shutterstock)

by Olivia Alperstein
Seventy-four years after Hiroshima and Nagasaki, a No First Use pledge would make our country—and the world—much safer.


A sign supporting Medicare-for-all legislation on Capitol Hill in April. (Photo: Susan Walsh/AP)

by Pramila Jayapal
The Medicare-for-all movement has overwhelming public support, unprecedented grass-roots organization, and a serious plan that is ready to change our health-care system right now .


CNN debate viewers got industry talking points on healthcare from CNN moderators, bottom-tier industry-friendly candidates given outsized speaking time, and industry advertisements. (Photo: Screenshot)

by Julie Hollar
We desperately need serious, independently run debates, not over-the-top industry-friendly spectacles of the sort put on by CNN—and endorsed and gate-kept by the major parties.


It’s almost unbelievable, but in Tuesday’s Democratic debate, Marianne Williamson, better than anyone on the stage, captured the number one issue that has been sabotaging democracy in America for decades. (Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

by John Atcheson
Money in politics is the reason government doesn’t work and doesn’t represent the people and why the US is an oligarchy headed toward authoritarian rule.


While none of these bills would completely solve our executive pay problem, they are important steps towards a more rational, equitable system. (Photo: Pixabay/CC0)

by Sarah Anderson
Shortly before heading home for the summer recess, members of Congress are rushing to introduce proposals for cracking down on unpopular, overpaid executives.


The feigned gladiatorial confrontations CNN hyped in its promotion and then attempted to foment during the actual event serve no one. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

by Michael Winship
Direct your artillery at the real enemy, not each other.

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